bbinnsitters
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Recently someone made this comment to me and I wondered what your thoughts were.
We were talking about the recent (in the past 2 years) increase in last minute bookings. I blamed it on the economy and people not knowing till the last minute if they had a little extra money to splurge on a weekend away. My friend blamed it on B&B's offering last minute deals (you all know the site - something about lukewarm deals) - she said "why would anyone book ahead, when you can get a really good deal at the last minute and also most B&B's have the 7 day cancellation policy that they enforce - B&B's are shooting themselves in the foot"
I didn't know how to respond! Has anyone else out there noticed an increase in last minute bookings? What do you attribute it to?
We were talking about the recent (in the past 2 years) increase in last minute bookings. I blamed it on the economy and people not knowing till the last minute if they had a little extra money to splurge on a weekend away. My friend blamed it on B&B's offering last minute deals (you all know the site - something about lukewarm deals) - she said "why would anyone book ahead, when you can get a really good deal at the last minute and also most B&B's have the 7 day cancellation policy that they enforce - B&B's are shooting themselves in the foot"
I didn't know how to respond! Has anyone else out there noticed an increase in last minute bookings? What do you attribute it to?