| Spring Break Vacations are often the most | | | | spring break, lines will be long. Spring break cruises |
| memorable experience a student has during his four | | | | often involve more students. The cruise ships often |
| years at a university. Once they graduate, they | | | | hold several thousand students vs. an airplane that |
| often loose touch with many of their friends. Many | | | | seats several hundred. For this reason, you must also |
| of their friends move hundreds of miles away. They | | | | get to the cruise port early to avoid possible |
| take jobs that keep them from attending events | | | | problems. |
| planned by their college friends. For this reason, a | | | | Step 3: Don't include a ritzy hotel in your spring break |
| spring break trip is often the last time your college | | | | package. The more upscale hotels have stricter |
| friends will be able to take a vacation together. | | | | policies concerning spring break students. A damage |
| The question is this. Will your spring break vacation | | | | deposit per person is almost always guaranteed. If |
| memories be positive or negative? Some college | | | | you are loud and rowdy, they often inform the local |
| students say it's the most fun they have ever had, | | | | authorities and/or eject you from your room. They |
| others say it was a nightmare beyond belief. How | | | | are much less tolerant of your behavior. Pick a low to |
| can you make sure your spring break vacation is a | | | | mid-range hotel. They need the business and are |
| positive experience? A few simple steps will increase | | | | usually more tolerant of spring break students since |
| your odds dramatically. | | | | more college students stay there year after year |
| Step 1: Don't invite troublemakers on the trip. He or | | | | due to the cheaper price. |
| she may be fun at parties, but they often cause | | | | Step 4: Don't loose those passports. Put them in the |
| major problems for you and your friends on a spring | | | | hotel safe before the drinking and partying starts. |
| break trip. They often cause an entire room to loose | | | | You loose your passport and you're not getting back |
| their damage deposits. Make sure you don't find | | | | in the country. |
| yourself in a room with the troublemaker. He or she | | | | Step 5: Do not party in or around your room or hotel |
| will usually be the first to pay you for his or her | | | | property. This is by far the most important step. |
| portion for the trip, but in the end will cost you | | | | Party at the beaches, clubs, and bars only. Don't bring |
| money and grief. | | | | it back to the hotel room or hotel property. |
| Step 2: Get to the airport or cruise port early. These | | | | By learning from past mistakes, future spring break |
| days, most airlines require you check in three hours | | | | students can have a much more positive spring break |
| prior to departure. Passport verification takes a little | | | | experience. |
| longer so you must arrive earlier than in the past. Its | | | | |