A cheap last minute ticket for a tourist - this phrase can be found in the fall and on New Year's Eve in any advertisement, as well as on the street, on the bright sign of a travel agency. This concept is known to every tourist who has traveled far from home at least once.
Of course, as in any sales and service environment, they simply want to rip off a little more money from you, hiding behind this hot name - Cheap package with a discount. Let's weigh all the pros and cons, find out the whole truth! By the way, you can buy a cheap hot tour right now !!!
What is under the guise of this concept?
So, everyone knows perfectly well that the tourist hot offer is an unforgettable trip with a discount. “What a generous agency!” You say when you get a discount.
In fact, this is not a promotion or a generous offer from a travel agency, this is the last chance not to get at a loss and not go bankrupt (by the way, the tourism industry is the most unfavorable in the service sector).
If the company does not have time to sell such options a few days before the trip, then it will face colossal losses, most often unscrupulous tourists refuse. But everything was already prepared in the hotels and plane tickets were bought, packages of services and excursions were paid.
And then a cunning move comes to us from a travel agency. The company lowers the cost and then the option starts to be called a cheap last-minute tour or, as they used to call it, a cheap vacation option, such an offer can 'burn out' along with the company's money if it is not sold, but since we live in Russia and the word “freebie” is very loved ones in our country, then such offers very rarely lie idle and are redeemed very quickly.
Now let's take a closer look at the positive and negative features that travel companies offer us on the eve of the holidays or during the vacation seasons.
Pros of cheap last minute tours
The main advantage of such vouchers is, of course, the low price. Many people do not trust low prices very much and believe that cheap prices can lead them to the wrong place and affect the quality of service.
In fact, as mentioned above, all expenses and activities have already been paid by the company, so the quality of the voucher does not change at all and will remain the same as if you bought the voucher before it became a last minute tour.
But, as a rule, in order to save money, the company cuts back on some aspects of such trips, for example, if you are going to Turkey, then in this option there will not be any excursions or Turkish bath (Hamam) included in the tour price.
What you should do - be sure to read the agreement on the provision of services, you should carefully familiarize yourself with the provision of services for the last minute tour. First of all, check the level of the hotel, room and food, if everything is in order, you can save a decent amount by spending on excursions or entertainment.
So, all the pluses boil down to the fact that when buying a last minute ticket, you will save decent money. But, it is imperative to read the agreement on the provision of services so that it does not work out that the travel agency will save you money.
Cons of tourist last minute tours
Of course, traveling on such an offer is a fortune, where you cannot predict and plan in advance. Many tourists who are going on vacation and have already packed their suitcases are waiting for such a chance, but such a chance may not appear, then you will stay at home, sitting on your suitcases.
If you have a whole free summer ahead of you, then we are waiting for the desired option and run to redeem it, but on what trip and to which resort do you want to buy a vacation? If this does not bother you, then the hot offer is for you!
One of the downsides is that you will only get the voucher at the height of the tourist season to wherever you want to fly. If you want, for example, to go on vacation to Thailand in the summer or to Spain in the fall, then you will not find such offers. And even without this, prices are much cheaper during the high season, so you can buy a ticket much cheaper.
Another disadvantage of such a trip will be the reason for inconsistency in the family at work, we note that this factor is very important for those who are always accustomed to planning everything to the end.
Such people, as a rule, are a large number compared to those who are waiting for last minute tours, and such people do not chase after cheap tours, because everything is in order with money, and there is no desire to save.
To summarize, in this article I would like to tell the story of our friend, a tourist who bought a last minute tour one day before leaving for Greece. There was little time to pack the suitcase, and you can't remember everything all at once. As a result, he arrived at the hotel, in a room with an unpleasant sight and smell on the trash cans, forgot his bathing pants and slippers, in general, the trip “succeeded”.
To avoid such consequences, if you are still going to go on vacation using this option, you should be well versed in the tourist destination of the vouchers and have a rough idea of the main prices in a tourist country. As a rule, last-minute tours are sold with a very good discount and many tourists buy for it, not knowing that they can save much more money, time and nerves.
Tips for choosing last minute tours
Pros: you will save good money
Cons: the trip is usually not included in the plans; such a package vacation may not appear, you need to sit all the time waiting; Such an opportunity appears at the height of the season and very quickly diverge, such tours are bought in bulk by agencies ("outbid") that specialize in last minute tours and then sell you, of course, at a completely different price under the guise of a burning tour.
In conclusion, one more story that will cheer you up. Visitors to our site decided to go to the same hotel where their friends rested on an excellent offer from a tour company.
On the phone at the agency they were told the discounted price, and they ran to buy this tour. While the tourists were gathering, the tour agency called them and said that they had refused to book at this hotel, where their friends had offered to book at the hotel next door, but the conditions were much better, and the price was even cheaper than at the hotel with friends.
As a result, when friends had already arrived on vacation and came to look at the number of our site visitors, having learned the price, which was almost two times different, they were upset. And our visitors got a room with a sea view in a 5-star hotel in Spain and 2 free excursions.
In general, a cheap last minute tour is an offer of travel agency services that you just need to be well versed in. To keep abreast of other events, read our interesting articles on travel-picture.ru or subscribe to new fascinating articles.
