For anyone who has ever planned a vacation, you can agree it can be stressful, exciting, frustrating, exhilarating or a combination of all these feelings.
Sometimes people's schedules don't match up and other times nobody can agree on the destination. We all have that friend or family member who wants to road trip and that other person who absolutely needs to fly because they get carsick. But other times it's one of the easiest things: everyone wants to go to the same place and everyone is free the same week.
While planning a trip can be stressful, it's all worth it in the end. By the time your trip is over, you'll be wishing you could go back and do it all over again.
Down below you'll find the only steps you need to plan your dream SB trip! Have a great spring break, my fellow vacationers!
1. Confirming that everyone's spring breaks line up
Whether you're planning a trip with friends from other schools or with your family back home, the first stage is to make sure everyone has the same spring break. This crucial stage could make or break your trip.
2. Picking a destination
This is easily the hardest decision. Someone wants to go somewhere new, someone else wants to hit up the beach, someone else wants to hit up somewhere random like Seattle (what's in Seattle? Can someone please inform me?). My family solves this dilemma by playing it safe and picking a destination we all know and love: Walt Disney World.
3. Deciding if you want to fly or drive
Depending on the destination chosen, flying may be your only option but there's always someone in the group who wants to road trip. Since spring break is only about a week long, I always choose flying so I can spend the maximum amount of time at our chosen destination.
4. Finding the cheapest plane tickets/road trip route
The most time-consuming stage by far. Constantly comparing prices will make your head spin but will be well worth it in the end when you save some moolah that you can then spend during your vacay.
5. Building the itinerary
Arguably the most fun stage of planning your SB trip! Everyone RSVP'd, the destination is picked, the means of getting there is all planned out and next, you have to figure out what to do. Building the itinerary includes doing your research and deciding what you're going to do in this vacation getaway destination, booking hotels/housing accommodations, scheduling a rental car and making restaurant reservations or deciding to just wing it all!
6. The countdown begins
Two months... one month... two weeks... three days... vacation time! During the countdown stage is when you complete all the essentials: shop for new clothes and shoes, get a mani/pedi right beforehand and hope it lasts the entirety of the trip, buy a bunch of travel-sized items you probably won't even use and pack your bags! The countdown is one of the best stages because the anticipation carries you right through class, midterms and work. There is nothing better than the anticipation and having a vacation to look forward to!
