Then set a budget. Shop around for airfare. Check airline Web sites and sign up early for weekly alerts with sale prices. If you use a charter, monitor the arrival and departure times. Unlike scheduled air service, these flights might change without warning, and you could be left in the lurch.
Rental cars tend to be pricey for students, and there usually are age restrictions.
Hertz, for example, requires that the renter be 25 or older. If you are taking your own car, then you need to know what the rates are for parking in a garage and whether space near the beach is restricted. Spring break all started here in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in the 1960s. Since then, the wave of students has spread to Panama City and Daytona, Fla., South Padre Island, Texas, and into the Bahamas and Jamaica. Consider other costs of getting around.