TOP DESTINATIONS
Top destinations from three airfare booking sites for spring break season show not everyone is heading to the beach. There’s plenty of love for big cities too:Expedia.com’s top 10 based on bookings: Las Vegas, Orlando, Cancun, Phoenix, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa and San Francisco.Top 10 from StudentUniverse.com, which specializes in trips for 18-to-25-year-olds: Orlando, Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Cancun, San Juan (Puerto Rico), London, San Francisco, Seattle and Chicago.Hipmunk.com’s 10 most-searched destinations: Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Cancun, San Juan, New Orleans, Tampa, Cabo (Mexico) and Costa Rica.
Who doesn’t need a spring break from the cold weather so many places are experiencing? Here’s a look at destinations offering everything from beaches to baseball to music festivals.
FROM ITHACA TO KEY WEST
The winter in Ithaca, N.Y., has been so rough that all Noah Zheutlin can do is joke about it. “Snow almost every day and temperatures low enough to freeze an egg on the sidewalk,” says the Ithaca College student. “I have more degrees than the weather and I haven’t even graduated yet!”