Last-Minute Rentals? No Problem

"This year, last-minute renters are in luck. You need not be banished to unfashionable parts of the Hamptons, the farthest reaches of New England or less-than-pristine lakes in the Midwest. You're beneficiaries of changing American vacation habits, says the latest issue of Forbes. Of course, the news isn't all (ahem) sunny. While real estate prices have shot up, rental prices have, for the most part, held steady from Cape Cod to Lake Tahoe.