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Travel flash sales are all about the timing

Step away from the computer for a moment and ask yourself these questions: Are you interested in the Spruce Point Inn because the Maine resort is on your life list or because it’s on sale at SniqueAway for $159 a night? Is the real appeal the seaside hammocks and the Adirondack chairs or the thrill of the get? As you watch the deal’s countdown to oblivion - sale ends in 22 hours 44 minutes, 22 hours 43 minutes, 22 hours 42 minutes - do you worry that you’ll make a terrible mistake by not booking it? Or, conversely, that you made a horrible error by committing to a trip to Boothbay Harbor? Speaking of which, do you even know where Boothbay Harbor is?

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