In most places the low vacation season starts around late autumn. If you scout the Internet, you will find plenty of bargain deals around that time. Some of the travel and airline sites advertise bundle deals that include hotel, car, and airfare for two. These deals can be real bargains because airlines want to sell the unused seats in those packages by heavily discounting the seats. Sign up for the news letters of major travel sites, e.g. expedia.com, price line.com or airline travel sites, like ua.com, aa.com. You will receive plenty of last minute great vacation and airfare deals in your e-mail account regularly. Use another site called sidestep.com for comparison shopping of best airfares to your destination.
Go to different hotel sites to look for bargains in the form of one night free for two nights stay. Check out bedandbreakfast.com for the last minute great bargains. While at bedandbreakfast.com site, sign up for their weekly news letter to all the discounted bed and break fast gateways. Many car rental companies will not advertise their unbooked cars at a lower price but they would offer discounts via sites like hotwire.com and priceline.com. Priceline.com...