Back when we were looking for a place to stay at the beach, I logged into a lot of “vacation rental” type of web sites. In spite of the fact that I was being very specific in where we wanted to stay (“Galveston. On the beach. Not across the street. Two adults, three kids.” for example) I still get weekly ‘vacation special’ emails like this one. This is a cut/paste:

villa in tuscany Tuscany, Florence Email Manager
super last minut
increbibe super last minut valaible from 25 sectember to 9 october only 1000 euro for one week. thank you …
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duration (2004-09-25 – 2004-10-09) Sleeps 16
7 Bedroom(s)
6 Bathroom (s)

Notice this e-mail arrived in my mailbox ten minutes ago and it truly is “last minut” as it starts tomorrow… half a world away!