How to survive the later stages of a tournament

I think less is best, the least amount of hands is better. What i have noticed is that you have to lay down top ten hands more, especially out of position in the later parts of the tournament, because the risk factor is so high. With sky rocketting blinds and antes, late in a tourney i suggest you only play a hand that you are willing to go all in with and try to be very selective. This stragety works well using proper betting amounts and patterns so dont forget that either and you will see a huge diferrence

What about the bubble? Some people say become more aggressive others suggest to weather by being more conservative. What's your thoughts?

Here is the traditional answer : it depends

It depends the stacks you and your opponents have. If you are the big stack at the table then there's no need to be shy especially if your opponents are tight and are "making ITM" focuses at the bubble. This is a great opportunity to steal again and again (and if your hand is weak and you faces reaction like 3-bet or push then you'll have an easy fold ).

If you are the short stack or a middle then the question is what is your goal : are you really concerned about making ITM or is your goal a final table ?

If the answer is making ITM then you better have to wait a good opportunity to put your chips in (tough to say what a good opportunity is at this point as you may want to have a hand but you should also be concerned about blinds eating your stack)

If final table is your goal then you should be more aggressive : there's pretty good chances that some of the short stacks at your table just want to avoid to be the "bubble guy" and it's even hard for middle stacks to call you without a big hand as they risk a high part of their chippies with that call.

So put pressure of those who are middle and short stacks at your table and that you think they are shy at bubble time. Avoid entering a pot with a loose big stack who doesn't care to lose a few chips if he could bust a guy unless you have a very big hand.

After the bubble you'll probably see an all-in fiesta of short stacks so that's probably the best time to slow down the aggression and wait for these to be bust.

Then at this stage of the tournament you won't probably be able to play post-flop as either you or your opponent will be too short to avoid going all-in preflop. If you are the short stack at the table you need to double up but you want to be the first to bet in a hand as calling for all-in isn't a great option (unless you're holding AA of course ).

If you are middle stack then put pressure on the shy guy at your table the one that doesn't want to lose now all his stack or even a great part of it.
If you are the big one well put pressure on the middle stacks as they probably want to wait for the smaller stacks to be bust before risking any big cut into their stacks.

Well that is the way I see late stages of tournaments. Some might agree with it some might have a different way to play these.
And these probably a lot more to say about it , a lot lot more...

But anyway if your only concern is making ITM on tournaments then unless it is a big buy-in tournament you qualify for through a satellite you surely have to change your mind as big prices are only at the final table and making just ITM or being the bubble guy won't change your poker life.