Natalia Lusinski The author, Natalia Lusinski, in Portugal
- I've been living and working abroad for almost three years, and I always book my
travel last-minute. - Waiting until the last minute to book your flights and housing can save you money if you know the best strategies.
- Here are 12 of my best tips for booking travel at the last minute.
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In 2016, in an effort to get away from the bustle and noise of big-city life, I accepted a job taking care of goats at a remote home in the Swiss Alps, nothing but mountains and silence around.
The only catch? I had just over a week to get there.
When you book travel last minute, it means you need to get creative and become more than a little flexible with your plans.
For me, the cheapest option was to take a series of three flights from Chicago to Boston to Iceland to Paris, and then finally taking a train to Switzerland.
In essence, it cost me under $400 to leave the US and start a new life abroad, and ach form of transportation was booked last-minute. Now, I've been living a nomadic life for two and a half years and I continue to book everything from flights to housing in the same way.
With that in mind, here are my best tips for booking travel at the last minute, so you'll never have to plan a trip in advance again.