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Colleges Spring Break Do's and Don'ts Tips

By Drew Nichols - It’s that time of year again. The weather is changing, flowers are beginning to bloom and schools are preparing to close down for a whole week. Yes, it’s Spring Break, and arguably one of the greatest times in a college student’s life.

It’s a time to get away from homework, tests, projects and start partying. Even though Spring Break is an opportunity for students (and teachers) to let loose and have fun, it is important to maintain a modest level of safety and responsibility.

Colleges Spring Break Do's and Don'ts Tips

Mexico Maya Calendar 2012 Travel Tours Packages

The ancient Maya calendar ends Dec. 21, 2012, and Hollywood has wasted no time portraying the coming date as the trigger of a worldwide cataclysm.

But in Mexico, where drug violence has hobbled the nation’s $70 billion tourism industry, government leaders hope to counter Tinseltown’s doomsday scenario by promoting 2012 as the year of the tourist.

Several of Mexico’s top tourism officials have been making the rounds in their northern neighbor, betting that an invitation to see Maya ruins will attract hordes of older, wealthier U.S. visitors keen on Mexican culture.

Mexico Maya Calendar 2012 Travel Tours Packages

Mazatlan Mexico's Best Family Beach

Mazatlán has claimed the title of Best Family Beach as part of Travelocity Mexico’s 2010 “Battle of Destinations.”

Hosted by Travelocity.com.mx and the Mexican Council for the Promotion of Tourism (CPTM), this online competition featured weekly match-ups between 14 competing Mexican destinations this summer. Travelers were asked to vote for their top pick in four travel categories, including Family Beach, Luxury Beach, Urban City and Colonial Town.

More than 2.3 million people living in cities and towns throughout Mexico cast their online ballot for Mazatlán in the battle for Best Family Beach Destination, held during the week of July 1. With a grand finish of more than 73 percent of votes, the seaside destination known as “The Pearl of The Pacific” celebrated a landslide victory over the rival beaches of Cancún, Acapulco and Ixtapa.

Mazatlan Mexico's Best Family Beach

2011 Mexico Year of Tourism

Mexican President Felipe Calderón recently declared 2011 the Year of Tourism — and he insisted that despite all the negative drug-war publicity Mexico gets these days, "99.9%" of visitors to his sun-splashed country "have pleasant vacations." He's right: a minuscule portion of foreign tourists have been affected by Mexico's violence. But on Jan. 26, a day after Calderón's proclamation, a U.S. missionary was murdered in a part of northeastern Mexico that is rife with narcocriminals, reportedly shot in the head by men in a black truck who tried to stop the missionary and her husband on a road near the U.S.-Mexico border.

2011 Mexico Year of Tourism

Alaska Airlines Web Specials Mexico Travel

February and March always seem to be the hardest months when it comes to dealing with winter. The excitement of the holidays is a distant memory, but the promise of spring seems so far away. It's the perfect time to escape the cold, gray days of winter and head south to warmer climes. And right now, getting away to Mexico is very affordable, thanks to some excellent discounts on flights, hotels and vacation packages.

Alaska Airlines Web Specials Mexico Travel