This is the time of the year where we all need to start planning for the most important week to any college student. Spring Break!
From deciding where to go, what to wear or not to wear, what side of the city to stay, what friends to take, and how much money to spend everything needs to be right to have a worry free spring break.
Here at C.L.A.S.S. we feel it is our duty to provide everybody with the veterans guide to making sure YOU are properly prepared for Spring Break.
1. Start Saving NOW!!!!!!
If you do not start saving your funds now, you will be spending that week at home patrolling the couch at your parent’s crib bored out of your mind, or you will be the broke friend that everyone is ducking when you get in line at the club. Put yourself on a strict budget where your only real expenditures are what you have to spend to maintain (rent, utilities, food, and liquor). Remember it’s only a little over a month, YOU CAN SURVIVE!!!!
Tips:
· Do not eat out every meal. If you must have your fast food fix eat it once a day. NOTE: if you can resist for a few weeks you can have that spring body that all the guys and gals like.
· If you are hosting a house party, make it a BYOB (bring your own bottle), there is no need to get the entire campus drunk while they save their pennies. You bring none, you get none.
Expenses
Depending on your budget, it can get tough to stay inside the “cool” parameters during spring break. The best way to find a decently priced hotel is by looking through all the different travel websites. They usually have a deal that can be found if you take the time to do a detailed search. Use your recourses i.e., friends that have gone before. It is very easy for a hotel to throw up a nice picture of another hotel. Since you are always on facebook anyway, use this time wisely. Once you arrive at your destination become familiar with the prices of food, drinks and social life, then set a daily allowance for yourself and do not go over it. This will seem really hard at times but manageable if you can find “self balance”.
Definition of “self-balance”: On a $50 a day budget.
· Drink-oholic: This is a person who likes to spend all of their money on drinks. This person likes to eat the cheapest food and does not want to shop just drink. A perfect budget for them would include $10 per day on food and $40 on drinks.
· Shop-oholic: This person has to take everybody back a souvenir and must purchase a pair of shoes once a week. Not too concerned about cheap or expensive food but likes to drink. An example budget would include $15 food, $20 shopping, which leaves you $15 for drinks.
TIPS: these were two very farfetched examples of college kids on Spring Break, however in many cases very realistic. A few things that can help oholic’s, find a local grocery store when you get in town (no not the village mart on the strip, a real store) and go shopping. Get chips for snacking, microwavable foods, big bottles of liquor so you can drink before you WALK down the strip. This way you can have a slight buzz before you get in the club and you can spend less on drinks. Make friends with a cab driver and get his card, this way you can use him all weekend on a discounted rate.
2. Workout
Almost all great spring break locations are located where the sun and sand are major parts of the environment. This means clothes off and bodies out. For the sake of your tags and the others on the beach, tone that fat. There is no need to walk up and down the beach looking sloppy and sick if you can help it. That would not be a good look. If you are only a few weeks away from turning sag into definition why not make it happen? Make sure that you are eating right, drinking enough water (leave the beer alone), and get in a little cardio to start. Make everyone who is going with you get on the same work out plan.
Guys’ being able to take off the beater and play in the water with some new female friends is a perfect way to spend your day, and hopefully it will lead to some fun nights. You do not have to join a gym or make any other type of long term commitment, just invest in the Perfect Pushup exercise equipment, which can be found in a certain humongous nationwide super discount store for under $30. If you follow the workout they give you, you will be able to work out the whole upper body. If not crunches, pushups, and running are always a good option.
Ladies please start doing your squats ASAP. Nothing and I mean nothing looks worse than a saggy booty in a bathing suit. The second thing you must do is lose that little spare tire that you got during the holiday season. Most of your time will be spent with your stomach in plain view to everyone. Make sure that it is a nice sight to see. There are plenty of 5 minute AB videos on youtube to choose from. Find one that you like and make it happen.
3. The Trip
One of the great misconceptions about spring break is that you have to spend your whole break on vacation. This is completely wrong. Waiting until Wednesday or even Thursday to go on your trip can be a smart move depending on where you’re going. You’re able to save money this way which is always a good thing (especially in the middle of a recession) and still experience all the fun.
Make sure your roommate is going for the same reasons you are. If you plan on starting to drink at 11am and party until 5am every night, make sure that your roommates have the same goal in mind. I don’t care how good of a friend you are with a person, if one person’s goal is to party with the best of them and the others goal is to relax and relieve stress a conflict will occur.
4. Favorite Spring Break Locations
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