Ghosh and Duke will be first-time visitors of Panama City. While Florida remains the most popular place to drive during spring break, local travel agents say other family destinations are also gaining popularity. One of those hot spots gaining popularity is Cancun, Mexico. Lisa Estes, senior travel consultant with Haynie Travel, said people are feeling more confident about traveling to Mexico. She said Cancun is the most popular spring break vacation being booked.
People are now more educated and it's more affordable than other trips.
Lisa Howard, a travel agent with AAA Kentucky Travel Agency, said Cancun offers variety. The ruins are very historical and there are all-inclusive resorts there where you pay everything up front. It makes it very convenient for the traveler. Travel agents say spring break vacations aren't all about getting out in the sun and on the beach. Nancy Kesler, a French teacher at Daviess County Middle School and College View Middle School, is traveling to Breckenridge, Colo., to snow ski with her companion Enrico Zanotti.