For everyone starting to feel like the wintry mix will never stop, take comfort: Spring break is fast approaching, and FM has found the perfect getaways for those on a tight schedule and an even tighter budget.
Booze Cruisin’
Fly south to Ft. Lauderdale for $180 on JetBlue and hop aboard a Bahamas-bound cruise. Set sail with an all inclusive (read: open bar) spring-break package. For $372 a piece, you and three friends get food, drinks, gambling, and the time of your life.
www.bahamasun.com, www.jetblue.com
Paris (and London) in the Springtime
Can’t decide where to go this spring break? Don’t. Jet set to Paris and stay at the Caulaincourt Square Hotel, then take the train to London and set up camp at the Astor Hyde Park Hostel. Or, fly into London and out of Paris. For $424, you’ll get roundtrip airfare from Boston, accommodation for 6 nights and a one-way intercity ticket on the Eurostar.
www.statravel.com
For the Adventurer...
Explore Costa Rica: $382 gets you airfare from Boston to San Jose, six days’ accomodation, and your own personal tour guide. Spend three days in the rainforest and climbing the Arenal volcano, and three days sleeping it off on the beach at Manuel Antonio. Return with a tan your friends will hate you for, along with unidenitfiable insect bites.
www.statravel.com
You Get What You Give
Give a little bit back and head down to New Orleans for the Katrina relief effort. Register with up to 14 friends and camp out at volunteer center Camp Hope to spend a week making a difference.
One week at Camp Hope: $100
Flights from Boston to New Orleans: $266
www.studenttravel.com, www.kayak.com
Viva Las Vegas!
Feeling lucky? Let your inner gambler loose at the Stratosphere Tower Hotel in Las Vegas. For $578, fly roundtrip from Boston and spend 5 nights on the strip. Score some liquid courage sipping cocktails on the 107th floor, or binge away the pain of loss at one of the 13 restaurants.
www.studentcity.com
