Before I discovered the joys of watching bikinis walk by while sipping on a beer at the beach, I used to love taking Spring Break trips with my family. We would all joyfully pack our swimsuits and sunscreen and head for warmer climes in Florida. After about 20 minutes of playing in a hotel pool, my pasty white northern winter skin would be a stunning shade of red. I would spend the rest of the vacation alternatively lamenting the fact that I had to wear a t-shirt while swimming and picking dead skin off my body when on land.
Those are the memories of a traveler. I have many more memories from those Spring Break and Easter trips and for that I am most thankful for my parents. Sometimes it is hard to get the time off from work to travel or to find the money to do so, but my parents were able to pull things together even if it only meant leaving the snow and the cold for a few days.
Travel over Easter and Spring Break is not always very cheap and this year is likely to be no exception. There are, however, still some deals on Spring Break and Easter airfares out there that won’t leave you feeling like a 10-year-old with burned, peeling skin, but you have to act fast to get them.
We all know that the holiday season is a crazy time to travel. The airlines jack up their prices and the airports start to resemble an art farm. Sometimes we are simply at the mercy of the calendar and have to endure the holiday crunch.