Safety Risks, Steep Prices, and Logistics: Why Spring Break Looks Different This Year
Dozens of students share their spring break plans. Apparently, the movie version “feels very 2014.”
Spring break is here, but it’s different this year. War in the Middle East is threatening safety around the world, travel prices continue to rise, America’s spring break hot-spot Miami Beach has cracked down on partying and on the whole — Gen Z is partying less than prior generations of college students. Gone are the Four Lokos or spring break days of yore, or so it seems.
Beyond the headlines, it’s a bit more complicated. Gen Z still parties. They just do it differently. When you boil it down, post Covid and with social media, there’s more social pressure, and social stigma, around those who do party and those who don’t.
To really hear how students are *spring breaking*, we asked them — both in our latest Reality Check and with the help of our ambassadors, who crowd sourced the spring break vibes on their campuses.
Insights from dozens of students point to three core themes.
Global instability is upending travel plans and changing destinations.
Financial concerns are top of mind, even for those who decided to splurge.
Some are staying home because it’s just less stressful.
So what does spring break look like for Gen Z 2.0? Upgrade your subscription to hear first-hand insights.