Spring Break Discounts for College Students on a tight budget

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I have to laugh when I see ump-teen MILLION websites promoting spring break travel – from travel agents to students marketing their trip as “the best” thing since sliced bread. With travel, you get EXACTLY what you pay for. There is no magic wand you wave and get 96% off your spring break trip, or all inclusive all the time at a 5 star hotel for $750. Sorry, we had that deal. In 1992.

We have 4 specific spring break packages under $500/person with no hidden fees nor games. Does that price include airfare? No, dipstick, it doesn’t, you have to drive UNLESS we are talking about the Mazatlan Spring Break Party Bus trip – that has the bus included.

Trip #1: South Padre Island, Texas
Price $499/person
includes:

Trip #2: Breckenridge Spring Break Ski – colorado
Price: $499/person
includes:
5 nights ski in condo
4 days worth of lift tickets good at Breckenridge, Vail, Beaver Creek, Araphoe Basin, & keystone mountains
$20/day rentals
UNBEATABLE price with lift tickets included!! check rates out then call us LAST!!!

Trip #3: Mazatlan Spring Break Party Bus Trip
Price: $450/person
includes:
RT luxury motorcoach from Austin, San Marcos, or San Antonio Texas
5 nights beachfront hotel stay at the Balboa Towers (yes, BEACHFRONT)
2 dine around restaurant meals per day per person
4 hours of free drinks (one house drink on special that is FREE to our guests)_ every single day of our trip
All taxes & fees.

Do you have to have a passport? Yes.
is this insane trip gonna last long on availability. F no Foo

#3 – Panama City Beach, FL – the Dirty South!!!
Price: $499/person
includes
5 night beachfront condo stay at the Summit Condos (THE place to stay, not some dump)
2 dine around restaurant meals per day per person
Onsite Souvenir Kit at Check in
Red Carpet VIP Event Package with all cover charges that includes the Club La Vela card AND the Panamaniac gold card…not just one – BOTH!

Sure, you can buy a stripped down shithole for $200/person – but we are talking about THE best vacation package to Panama City spring break that exists in the world, period.
You can get a Chevy or a Ferrari. We have the Ferrari. Get one.

Does one of these sound good? Call me – 800 821 2176 x 1 ask for Chad. I won’t pull your chain, and I will sell you a trip over the phone in less than 5-10 minutes. I’m not a college kid hoping to get a free trip, I simply have THE best trips. The advice is always free or visit my discounted spring break page: http://www.inertiatours.com/lowcosttrips/

Inertia Chad…OUT!!!

Spring Break Tips for South Padre

Most of the tips I could offer for South Padre would apply most anywhere you go for spring break. Some, though, are specific to the island.

I’ve tried to group them, accordingly.

General Spring Break

Bring protection of BOTH kinds–Sun and sexy time.
Smile–It should be obvious, but it’s easy to overlook.
Get to the clubs early–Lines are shorter, drinks are cheaper.
Condos don’t have maids–Hotels don’t have kitchens.
Meet new folks–It’s a long drive just to party with folks from home.
Don’t sleep through checkout–It’s a hefty fine and you could miss your flight.
Expect traffic–It’s the flipside of the getting to party with a huge crowd at the clubs.

Specific to South Padre:

Glass containers are prohibited on the beach–It’s a $500 fine.
Whizzing in public is also prohibited–$185 fine.
Open containers are legal on the beach–But not on the street.
Don’t damage the condos–It’s a felony charge in Texas.
Kegs are NOT allowed in the condos–You’ll be evicted.
You can drink more here–Since we’re at sea-level, your tolerance goes up.

South Padre Frequently Asked Questions

Understandably, parents have a lot of concerns about their kids going on spring break. So, in the Inertia office, we end up answering a lot of the same questions repeatedly as the spring break season gears up.

Here are a couple of the most common:

Q. Where is South Padre?
A. It’s a long skinny island that runs along the coast of Texas.

Q. Is South Padre a part of Mexico or the U.S. or independent?
A. It’s a part of the U.S.

Q. Is South Padre safe, since it’s so close to Mexico?
A. We’re a full 40 minutes, one border, and several checkpoints from Mexico. So, not unlike Las Vegas, whatever is going on in Mexico, stays in Mexico.

Q. What’s the drinking age in South Padre?
A. It’s 21, like everywhere else in the States.

Q. What if I’m on a party cruise, don’t the laws change in international waters?
A. The party cruise sails around the bay between South Padre and Texas. It’s still the United States.

Q. South Padre is an island, but it doesn’t have an airport. So, do we have to take a boat there?
A. No. We’re connected to Texas by a bridge.

Spring Break Party Contests

I’d hoped to write a little something up regarding the various contests that go on during spring break, usually at the end of the night at a club.

But, they’re actually pretty self-explanatory. So, a list may suffice.

There are Wet-T shirt contests, which are sort of a staple. Prior to actually coming on spring break, I don’t think I understood how few of the T-shirts stay on. Probably this is because I’d grown up watching MTVs spring break specials–during which the shirts have to stay on.

There’s also the best thong contest. Most of the time, the thongs do actually stay on–though I have seen a stray girl enter the contest commando. But, it never goes well.

Sexy Dance contest…I’ve never seen two dudes in this one, just two ladies. I wonder if girls feel gypped with the lack of writhing men in most of the contests.

I also think there might be a Sex with Your Clothes On contest. But, this might actually be the same as the Sexy Dance contest–as they’re both just a bunch of wiggling around provacatively.

I’ve seen more than a few Girl Kissing Girl contests (again, no Guy Kissing Guy contests).

And Bikini contests, though these are usually limited to the daytime.

These all tend to rule the clubs, though our party cruise is smaller and allows for smaller contests like the Clothing Exchange, Relays, and so on.

And there’s always the one on one games like Beer Pong, Bong Races, Keg Stands–though these tend to happen on the beach or at random.

Why South Padre for Spring Break?

Come spring, you’ve got a load of options as far a spring breaking goes. For folks in the South, South Padre is an obvious choice for several reasons. Primarily, it has all the bonuses of being a domestic location–no plane fare, most folks can drive there the same day, etc.

But, even for folks as far as the Midwest, it’s also got a totally different feel most of the other domestic options, since it’s:

a) an island
b) 30 minutes from Mexico
c) further south than Miami

To that end, authentic Mexican food isn’t far off, the beach is never more than a block and a half away, and it’s hot as hell–all of which might help account for the 50,000 students that trek on down.

Partying by Day in South Padre

While there are several megaclubs on in South Padre, by far the largest venue on South Padre is Coca Cola Beach. It actually changes names depending on who sponsors it. So, folks tend to think of it as Coca Cola Beach even on the years when it’s been Full Throttle Beach or Sprite Remix Beach.

Regardless, it’s located behind the ISLA GRAND BEACH RESORT–which has undergone a name change itself, since it was a Radisson last year. And its party stage attracts daily crowds between 12,000 and 18,000 at for games, drinking, a lot of banter about whose college is best, all competing with a 50,000 watt sound system.

More shrimp, but not for us.

Per my earlier note, our meal plan is pretty badass. Unfortunately, our staff can’t usually eat it this week–since there’s so many people on the island and we’re swamped with work.

Adding insult to injury, one of our restaurants just doubled the amount of shrimp they give out with their meal giving the mountains of Chinese food I wrote about earlier a run for their money.

Gone.

I know it was just yesterday when I wrote about the travelers we have who come down and try to pound three of the enormous drinks down here. But, last night it was one of the guys who works in the office with me.

He didn’t disappear in the middle of the night, like the last guy. And was still drinking when I got home. But, I haven’t seen him all day today.

Three Cherries

The signature drink at Louie’s is the Charlie’s Cherry. Every club here has one. They usually run around $12 and have around ten shots in them. I drank a third of one once and that was plenty for an evening.

Invariably, there are giant dudes from Iowa that come down and try to drink three. (I’ve never seen anyone drink more than that…though it might be possible). In any event, last night was this year’s first appearance of such a man.

10 Best Parties in the World

I’m not sure how they come up with these things, but the Travel Channel has dubbed our weekly pool party at the Isla Grand one of the 10 Best Parties in the world and is featuring it on an upcoming show that covers them.

So, we’ve got a camera crew coming down to film in a few weeks. And then it hits the air later this spring.

If you want to be on TV, you know where to be.