A sign outside a travel agency by campus advertises spring break deals.
I’m not writing from any Carribean Island. I’m still in Storrs. But a sign that I saw outside a travel agency by campus made me want to be relaxing in a warmer climate.
While it may be 83 and sunny in Aruba, it’s 33 and cloudy in Storrs. Just a slight difference…
And speaking of Spring Break — I’ll probably spend it catching up with friends and enjoying Tod’s Point this year. As far as the plans for other people, I have not heard much about spring break plans. I saw a sign for a website advertising an organized trip to Florida but other than that I’m not sure. One journalistic question about all this: considering the turblence in the economy, has interest in spring break declined? Apparently not, according to a recent USA Today article entitled “Economy won’t stop the spring break party”:
“Typically the student business is more resilient to the economy because it’s like a once in a lifetime trip,” said Jason Chute, director of operations for StudentCity.com. “A lot of times kids will go no matter what.”
Also, apparently interest in trips that involve community service has increased, according to the article:
It’s been more than three years since Katrina, but spring break volunteering is growing exponentially, according to Andrea Hutchinson, of Adventures in Travel Expo.
That seems to be the case at my school as well. There is a wait list for the Honors Alternative Spring Break to Florida for hurracine relief. One of my friends, who has experience in construction, was actually placed on the waitlist.
