What's the best way to get good last minute deals on vacations?

Question by jittered: What's the best way to get good last minute deals on vacations?
I want to go on a one week vacation the second week in august. I'm having a hard time deciding where, because my original plans fell through. I heard you can sometimes get really good deals if you book something the last minute.

Has anyone ever done this before ?

Is there a good website?

I checked out lastminutetravel.com, it seems to have some cool stuff.

It's me and my girlfriend and we are

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