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Last minute holidays are still an enormously popular and budget-friendly way to go on holiday. If you’re planning a last minute escape, here are a few tried and tested tips and tricks to help you find the best late deals on the market.

I was all prepared to write a raging bitch rant about how much it sucked to drive 500 miles from Las Cruces, New Mexico to Abilene, Texas – known forever in my head as Hwy 20 from hell across west Texas. But then I thought, what would Pollyanna say?