ʻO kahi hoʻolaha hou "World for $ 1" e LastMinuteTravel.com i hoʻohiki i kahi lumi "i kekahi o kā mākou 15,000 hōkele" no $ 1 i ka pō. ʻO ka hopu wale nō? Pono ʻoe e puke iā lākou i ka puka o 15 mau minuke i kuhikuhi ʻia.
"I ka manawa e puka ai kēlā mau minuke 15," hoʻolaha ka pūnaewele. “ʻAʻole ʻoe maopopo.”
Akā ʻaʻole kēlā wale nō ka iʻa. Ma hope koke iho o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kūʻai aku he 12 mau lā ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ninini ʻana. Ua noi ʻia ka poʻe e nānā i kahi wikiō ma mua o ka hiki ʻana iā lākou ke puke i kahi lumi. Hoʻokahi manawa heluhelu e hoʻolaki ana i ke kūʻai aku a ʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻole lōʻihi ia 15 mau minuke. Ua pilikia kekahi i ka hele ʻana i ka pūnaewele.
Ua mālama ʻole paha ʻo LastMinuteTravel i kahi kikoʻī a ʻelua paha?
Maliʻa paha. Akā inā ua hana ia, ʻaʻole wale ia. Makemake ka ʻoihana huakaʻi e "hoʻopoina" i nā mea nui e pili ana i kāna huahana, inā he rula hoʻokele mokulele koʻikoʻi a i ʻole kahi paukū nui i ka ʻaelike holo kai. A ʻae, ke lilo nei kēia mau paukū i ka crazier. No laila, ʻaʻohe mea e kahaha, no ka mea, ʻaʻole emi mua nā ʻoihana huakaʻi e pili ana iā lākou. ʻIke lākou i ka maikaʻi a maikaʻi hiki ke hoʻopili i kā mākou hoʻoholo hoʻoholo.
Ua noi au iā Lauren Volcheff, ka luna alakaʻi o LastMinuteTravel, e pili ana i nā namunamu ma hope koke iho o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kūʻai aku. Ua ʻae ʻo ia ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā puka aniani he 15 mau minuke i ʻekolu a ʻoi aku paha mau kau ma kēlā me kēia lā, "ʻo kēlā me kēia mea no ʻelima mau minuke, no ka manawa o 15 mau manawa kūʻai." Ua hōʻoia ʻo ia e noi ʻia nā mea hoʻohana e ʻike i ka mea āna i kapa ai ʻo "ke kaʻina o ʻekolu mau aʻo" i hala ma kahi o 2 1/2 mau minuke.
ʻAʻole i hana iki kēlā mea i keakea i ka loli o nā leka uila huhū iā ʻoe maoli, nāna i aʻoaʻo i ka poʻe e hāʻawi i ka hoʻolauleʻa i kahi manawa ma mua o ka hemo ʻana iā ia ma ke ʻano he hoʻopunipuni. Ua kānalua nā poʻe heluhelu e pili ana i ka manawa o ka hoʻolaha ʻana. No laila ʻehā mau lā ma mua o ka pau ʻana o ke kūʻai, ua noi au i ka ʻoihana no kahi hoʻohou. ʻOiaʻiʻo i kona inoa, ua kali ʻo LastMinuteTravel a hiki i ke awakea o ka lā hope o ke kūʻai e haʻi iaʻu ua hana ʻo ia i "kekahi mau hoʻololi" i ka hoʻolaha e pale i nā palapala pūnaewele mai ka hopu ʻana i nāʻaelike hōkele. "ʻO ka ʻāpana o kēia mau hoʻololi ʻana ʻaʻole hiki i nā manawa ke lōkahi hou mai kekahi kanaka a i kekahi."
ʻO ka LastMinuteTravel wale nō ke hoʻomau nei i kahi kuʻuna hoʻohanohano manawa i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi. Eia nā paukū kiʻekiʻe loa e hōʻike ʻole paha kāu ʻoihana huakaʻi - a me nā mea e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike e pili ana iā lākou.
1. Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻololi i nā lula o kā mākou papahana kūpaʻa i kēlā me kēia manawa
Hana nā ʻoihana huakaʻi i nā mea āpau a lākou e makemake ai me kā lākou papahana kūpaʻa. Manaʻo ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo paha lākou iā ʻoe ke loli kahi lula, akā ʻaʻole pinepine. A ʻaʻole pono lākou e. Eia kekahi laʻana, hoʻolaha nā ʻōlelo papahana AAdvantage a ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka "American Airlines hiki, i kona manaʻo pono, e hoʻololi i nā rula o ka papahana AAdvantage, nā lula, nā makana huakaʻi, a me nā makana kūikawā i kēlā me kēia manawa me ka ʻole o ka leka hoʻomaopopo." ʻAʻole kēlā wale nō boilerplate legalese - no nā ʻāpana nui o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi, ʻo ia nā ʻōlelo e ola ai.
He aha ke ʻano o ia mea iā ʻoe: Mai noʻonoʻo i nā lula a ʻoe i kākau inoa ai i kāu mokulele, ʻo ka hoʻolimalima kaʻa a me ka papahana ʻoihana hōkele e noho like. A i ʻole e haʻi paha kekahi iā ʻoe ke loli nā lula. Aia iā ʻoe e hoʻomau.
2. ʻ wait kali, aia kahi uku hoʻoneʻe
Makemake nā kānaka āpau i kahi ʻaelike ma ka hōkele, a me ka hoʻokele waiwai i loko o ka freefall, ʻo ka Pūnaewele kekahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa e hōʻoki ai i kahi kūʻai. Akā, ʻo ka helu āu i ʻōlelo ʻia ai no kahi lumi ke kumukūʻai āu e uku ai? ʻAʻole pono. Ua manaʻo ʻo Ray Richardson ua loaʻa iā ia kahiʻaelike i ka wā i kauoha ai kāna Priceline ma kahi hōkele ʻo Orlando i kahi hoʻopaʻa inoa ma kahi waiwai ʻo Radisson. Akā ua loaʻa iā ia kāna pila, kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia he $ 6.95 i kēlā me kēia lā “uku hoʻoneʻe” e uhi ai i ke kumukūʻai o ka loko hōkele, nā pono hoʻoikaika kino a me nā mea pono ʻē aʻe. Hiki iā ia ke hana i kēlā? No ke aha, ʻae. Kanu ʻia i loko o ka paʻi paʻi maikaʻi a Priceline kahi mea i hoʻolako ʻia “Aia i ke kūlanakauhale a me ka waiwai āu e noho ai, e uku ʻia paha ʻoe i nā uku hōʻaiʻē a i ʻole nā uku hihia e like me nā kaʻa kaʻa. ʻO kēia mau uku, inā pili, e uku ʻia ʻoe e ia i ka hōkele ma ke kūʻē ʻana. ” I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ua ʻae nā "huina kālā" a Richardson i kona wā i noi ai i kahi hōkele inoa ʻole ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Magic ʻaʻole i hoʻopau loa ʻia.
He aha ke ʻano o ia mea iā ʻoe: Inā makemake ʻoe e hōʻalo i nā uku hoʻoneʻe - ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka uku hōkele hūnā - e hoʻopaʻa i kou lumi ma o ka lawelawe e hoʻohiki ana i ka helu "āpau āpau" a kū ma hope o ia. Inā pili ʻoe me ka uku hōʻaiʻe i hōʻike ʻole ʻia, a ʻaʻole lawe ka hōkele iā ia mai kāu pila, e hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ka uku ma kāu kāleka hōʻaiʻē.
3. ʻAʻole pono mākou e pili i kā mākou huakaʻi holo moana a ʻaʻohe mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana e pili ana
Ua ʻike anei ʻoe i kāu laina huakaʻi hiki ke hoʻololi i kāna alahele i hoʻolaha ʻia a ʻaʻole ʻaiʻē iā ʻoe i kahi mea? ʻAʻole ʻo Anne lāua ʻo Jack King ma mua o ko lāua nānā ʻana no kā lākou holoholo Carnival i Panama, Costa Rica a me Belize ma ka Miracle Carnival. I ka minuke hope loa, a me ka ʻole o ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i nā mōʻī, ua hoʻopōkole ʻo Carnival i kāna alahele e hoʻokomo i nā awa kū moku ma Costa Maya, Cozumel a me Roatan. ʻO kā lākou uku no ka holoholo a lākou i makemake ʻole ai? He hōʻaiʻē $ 25 ma ka moku. "Maʻi mākou ua hoʻolilo mākou ma mua o $ 2,000 ma kahi holoholo a mākou i makemake ʻole ai e lawe a ʻaʻole loa mākou e koho i kekahi kumukūʻai," haʻi mai ʻo Anne King iaʻu. ʻO kahi loiloi o ka ʻaelike hoʻokele a Carnival - ka ʻaelike kū kānāwai ma waena o ʻoe a me ka laina holo moana - e hōʻoia ana hiki iā ia ke hoʻololi i kahi makemake e hele i kahi alahele, me ka uku ʻole ʻia o ka uku. ʻO wai ka mea i ʻike
He aha ke ʻano o ia mea iā ʻoe: Kāhea mau e hōʻoia i kāu huakaʻi ma mua o kou haʻalele ʻana, a e hoʻomaopopo i kāu mea huakaʻi inā hoʻololi ʻia kāu ala hele. Inā ʻaʻole hiki i kāu agena ke kōkua, malia hiki i kāu loio mokuʻāina.
4. Hala kou pili, uku uku
ʻO kēia loophole kekahi o nā mea ʻoi loa i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi. Hana i kēlā me kēia ʻoihana. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e pili i kahi pilina a hoʻohana ʻole i ka ʻāpana hoʻihoʻi o kāu likiki ʻōwili, a laila maikaʻi paha ka ʻoihana mokulele i kāu ʻoihana huakaʻi, a hiki i kāu ʻelele ke huli a hoʻāʻo e uku iā ʻoe. No ke aha mai? ʻĀ, he nui nā lula lapuwale e ʻōlelo nei e pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i kāu likiki holoʻokoʻa. ʻOiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoikaika i nā mea kaʻa e noho iā lākou. Akā hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopili iā ia i nā ʻāpana huakaʻi e ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana e kāʻili iā lākou i kā lākou hiki ke hoʻopuka i nā likiki. Ke ʻike ʻia kahi tikika i kapa ʻia ʻo "ʻaʻohe kānāwai" e ka mokulele, hoʻouna ʻo ia i kahi memo hōʻaiʻē, he bila ia no kahi likiki uku piha - ke ʻano pipiʻi loa ma ka ʻōnaehana. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻole o ka uku hiki ke hopena i ka lilo ʻana o ka ʻoihana i ka hiki ke hoʻopaʻa puke i nā likiki no ka mokulele. ʻIke wau i kekahi mau hihia kahi i noi ai kahi agena i ka mea kūʻai aku e uku i kahi memo ʻaiʻē. Pehea ʻē?
He aha ke ʻano o kēia mea iā ʻoe: Inā ʻoe e hoʻolālā e hoʻolei i kahi ʻāpana o kāu likiki, mai hoʻohana i kahi mea huakaʻi huakaʻi. A mai hāʻawi i ka mokulele i kāu helu flier pinepine - hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no ke alualu ʻana i ke ʻano "kū ʻole i ke kānāwai" a hele mai lākou ma hope o kāu mau mile.
I ka huakaʻi ʻana, ʻaʻole nui ia i ka mea a lākou e ʻōlelo ai e pili ana i kahi huahana nui. ʻO ka pinepine, ʻo ia ka mea a lākou e ʻōlelo ʻole ai. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e nānā i ka paʻi maikaʻi ma kāu papahana kūpaʻa, tikiki mokulele, lumi hōkele a i ʻole bilakika holo kai, e uku paha ʻoe ma mua o kāu i manaʻo ai.
Maliʻa paha ʻo ka mea crazier wale nō ma mua o kēia mau paukū ʻaelike e hāʻule nei i ka heluhelu ʻana iā lākou.
