Tempted by an exotic weekend away at rock bottom prices? If you can read French and have a spontaneous spirit as well as a spare weekend or week to fill, then these sites are for you:
Unbeatable Wednesdays on Lastminute.com: check this site starting at 8am each Wednesday for slashed prices on their unsold weekend trips.
Nouvelles Frontieres auctions off its unsold trips at killer prices, with up to 75% off on flights and packages. Peruse the offerings the day before then be ready place your bid on Tuesdays from 10-11h and 13-14h, and Thursdays from 10-11h. The flights are often from Paris but are still worth it; for instance, among the offerings this Monday are a bunch of round trips tickets Paris/Phuket Thailand to use before April 1st with opening bids at 399€.
If you prefer taking the train, SNCF gets rid of their excess seat inventory at 40-60% off. Here is the page to check 3-10 days before you want to depart.
Marmara is a kind of French Club Med that specializes in Spain, Italy, Greece, Morocco, Turkey, Tunisia and Egypt (but you might want to skip those last few for the moment…). Unsold trips are halved in their Flash Sales on Wednesdays starting at noon. Sign up and get the email Monday for Wednesday’s deals, then jump on it at noon.
Sign up for Travelzoo and get a Wednesday email with last minute deals tailored to your departure city.
The newest player in the market is Groupon which offers ’daily deals’ with a twist: you have maybe 30 hours to buy, but then you can take your time to use it. For instance, today they are offering a night for 2 at a Paris hotel with extras for 159€: you have 30 hours to buy but can use it all summer.
And don’t forget that Nice has the most budget flights of any airport in France! Click here to see an up-to-date list of the lowest fares to Nice.
Related Page: Everything you need to know about Flights into Nice
