Last Minute Travel

An Oahu beachside mansion may be available at the last minute, but it is likely to become more expensive. Don't neglect to look at where you can take your airline mileage or credit points (again, be flexibility about the destination) - a less favorite place could be easily reached with an award ticket that would otherwise charge a few hundred bucks for last minute bookings, while an expensive room at a resort could instead be a sensible point boost.

When you have more free travel hours than cash, the choice of a stop-over service can lead to a lower last minute fare. Life in a multi airfield town can also be a blessing as you may be able to travel from a smaller airfield for a more convenient trip. But it is also rewarding to consider the cost of the unfavourable timing flight:

How much is the extra cost of arriving at the international airports at an uneven hours and how do you get to your accommodations after landing? If you are looking for something special, it is important to maximise your vacation hours. You can take a last-minute rest with these applications, whether you're after a long rest or just waiting to get out of the city for a day - and if you're there, we've taken care of you.

Momondo (iOS/Android) is not only one of our most popular - and trusted - air travel discovery service, but you can also get inspired where you want to spend your spontaneous holiday by clicking on the Trip Locator section. There you can explore everything from sightseeing trips to beachside vacations and family-friendly attitudes, with screens that you can see within your budgets, as well as the hard times you want to go from the actual monthly to six monthly on the line.

They can also choose the kind of pause - romatic, unusual, socially or just "the cheapest". In order to instantly experience the feeling of spontaneity, choose "Anywhere in my budget" to see flight, hotel and/or packages for each vacation within a certain amount of dollars. In order to spend your holidays on the high sea without having to plan ahead, go to the Cruise Finder (iOS/Android), a central point of contact for cruise trips starting next weekend.

This website includes cruise holidays that last from two days to two week, with sailings from the USA, Mexico and Europe - think of cruising to the Americas, Norway and the Mediterranean, as well as short stays in the Bahamas and Cuba. Fareness (iOS/Android) is a good choice if you are flexibly at your final destinations.

The results can be screened via easy-to-use "this week-end only" bar graphs, as well as the duration of your journey from two to 35 working day. There is also an opportunity to see offers for the next two weeks or until the next few weeks where Fareness really comes into its own - it shows the data when it would be cheaper to travel.

If you don't have enough spare traveling time to find out where you live - or even where you're going - TravelPirates' last-minute travel section could be the stepping stone you need for a smooth, spontaneous vacation. This website (also available for iPhone, iPad and Android) searches the network for cheap flight offers, cruise packages, hotel and packages.

There is everything from a open air Cuban and Bahamian tour to a week-long Costa Rica tour with flights, hotels and hire cars, with travel details only a few nights away. Handy the site records if agreements do not contain tax and tips and break down the overall per capita costs for simple budgeting. What is more, the site is able to provide a complete overview of the costs per pen.

The Startup HotelTonight was the pioneer of the concept that you could find a beautiful room at the last minute for a fair price. With a well-maintained choice of 25,000 properties in 1,700 towns and villages, the App-only suite (Android/iOS) is categorized into Basic, Solid, Hip and Luxe to help you make fast decisions and book rooms in about ten seconds.

This discount applies to the listings that the start-up concludes with hotel to help them move their last rooms the same or previous date, so you're likely to get a really good listing - although it's noteworthy that the application now provides up to 100 booking nights in advance, claiming to be able to offer even better rates.

Geo-rate function emphasizes those properties that provide discount to visitors at specific places - for example, you can get a special deal if you're looking for a property in your hometown. No matter whether you have a limited household or prefer the room of a well-equipped house on vacation, Airbnb (Android/iOS) is a good place to go for short-term accommodations that usually do not exceed the price you would have paid if you had been planning in advance.

With over 70 towns and cities in Europe, North America and the Middle East, Spotted by Local (Android/iOS) provides Lonely Planet-like guidebooks exclusively inspired by local advice and not by tourists. Inside the application you can browse to the proposed locations (no Internet) and place your own locations - such as your own hotels - on the maps.

Setting off on a trip to a town without a route? In order to see what kind of disaster you can do, the Find function is a funny and simple way to adjust what you want to do ("Everything" and certain categories), when you want to do it and in which town you want to do it.