| Together with last minute flights, last minute | | | | window. While this isn't generally so terrible, you |
| hotels are big business nowadays. The idea is that | | | | should at least prepare yourself for this possibility. |
| you take a room that would otherwise be empty | | | | It's also quite likely - though not inevitable - that |
| (often because of cancellations), and in return you | | | | the cheaper hotels will be nowhere near the city |
| get a steep discount. However, as ever, it's a | | | | centre, leaving you to commute by public |
| case of buyer beware. | | | | transport each day if you want to see the sights, |
| It can be a very common experience to arrive in | | | | or else hang around in the suburbs. You should |
| a hotel and find that there's actually no-one in it | | | | consider the costs of transport before you book, |
| who didn't come on a last-minute travel deal. This | | | | as a slightly more expensive hotel that is more |
| is either because the prices the hotel is trying to | | | | central can often save you more than it costs. |
| charge normal customers are too high, or | | | | A final thing to be aware of is that you can often |
| because it's a terrible hotel. To avoid these places, | | | | get a good discount by booking a last minute flight |
| check whether the hotel you find a last-minute | | | | and hotel as a package deal through the various |
| deal on is otherwise fully-booked or at least busy | | | | agency websites. If you are doing this, though, |
| - if not, you should probably stay away. | | | | make sure that you don't let the savings pressure |
| Even in good hotels, though, you might find | | | | you into taking a bad flight or a bad hotel just |
| yourself stuck with the one bad room that they | | | | because the other half of the deal seems so |
| haven't been able to shift - the one that smells | | | | good. |
| funny, or has a view of a brick wall outside the | | | | |
