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What are the travel trends this year?
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- Date Mar 12, 2013
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Need to ditch the votes for the beach spring break is almost here.
So exactly where is everyone headed of course on this stunningly.
Important business story we -- -- keep you on top of the developments that matter.
Travel expert -- seg way.
With the latest hot spots well it's it's it's Branstad considerably from when I was in school where.
Since you know we -- in the Catskills would suffice now we've moved on what's going on.
I will certainly I mean the popular spots are -- -- be that -- -- -- Neal is so if you're if you're looking for college and bikinis at the head toward places like.
South south Texas Miami Florida internationally speaking -- -- Caribbean and Mexico are actually offered -- great values were.
-- -- the tail -- -- peak season in places like.
The Caribbean you both -- -- -- -- -- the last minute planning here for spring break look for islands offer a lot of lodging options budget to luxury like the Bahamas.
The Dominican Republic Jamaica Puerto Rico they don't have a passport -- because a place to go.
And in Mexico south of the border the -- -- distinction between peak seasonal low season is sort of blurred now over the last couple of years you can find a great bargain in places like Cancun a couple of -- pretty much any time.
The game.
-- might be your airfare but -- otherwise on the on the ground especially on closes the -- can be a pretty nice.
You don't let it it -- out way beyond what used to be it is to Daytona Daytona they don't remember that and another Florida -- way beyond Florida but Mexico comes up not so much to the party kids but their parents.
Who oftentimes -- the bills for these so Germans who are saying I've been hearing about the violence I've been hearing about some of the problems sorry you're not going there.
How how it how much -- it -- does that happen.
You know what it's actually having a minimal impact in some of these very popular tourist destinations and the reality that is that a lot of the the violence is occurring in a very close to the US Mexico borders -- We're not suggesting to me across the border on your own and and visiting some of these troubled states.
Places like Cancun.
Kallis and Lucas.
But he safety factor is high and everybody coming back from these locations is is is as.
Great stories to tell safety is is definitely a priority for authorities there now.
They stepped up presence and its and it's -- it's showing in that but it -- to travel to these destinations is not necessarily.
Softened but because -- dealing with this in addition you know.
-- seeing unusually good values even during the months that should be peak travel season which are now.
And certainly April as well are.
Thank you gave them very much for just wanted to help -- -- -- -- get a handle on that and where to go for fun and -- and all that.
Go north to go like visit because I would presidential museums but that's -- -- -- -- to play.