While some students are fighting to make ends meet in State College, others are spending their money to travel south.

Chris Urbanski (sophomore-integrative arts) didn't find saving up for his trip to Daytona Beach, Fla. that hard.

"You have to be responsible enough to save up and have a goal," Urbanski said. "Basically my parents are helping me out a bit, but we all have a part-time job in order to afford it."

But Dave McKee (junior-earth science) doesn't have to worry about funding his spring break trip to Florida.

"I'm going away with my parents. That's the only way I can afford to go away," McKee said. "I went away with a friend once, but we just drove down to Clemson (S.C.)."

Some vacation companies said students save up for spring break and they don't see lack of money as a problem.

Richard Miller, president of Oz Yacht Chapters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said his company has offered spring break trips to the Bahamas for the last 10 years.

"We have a pretty good idea of what students like by now," Miller said. "The area is the same place where Ernest Hemingway used to go and hang out. It is very relaxing, and it becomes a great place to hang out during spring break."

Students rent a six-person boat and travel from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. to the West Bahamas for seven days. The $488 per person cost includes a captain's fee, charter fee, three meals a day and dockage, Miller said.

The trip is designed to be cost-efficient so students will get their money's worth, Miller added.

Anthony Carpanzano, vice president of Advance Travel in Stanford, Conn., said his company advertised only the air fare for a trip to attract student attention.

"The full Cancun (Mexico) package deals range from $424 to $614, which includes air fare, hotel, free admission to night clubs, two company-sponsored parties and a free T-shirt," Carpanzano said. "We are one of the only companies that guarantee the Oasis Cancun Hotel. Other companies say that they guarantee it, but then they move people to another hotel."

The company advertised the cost as $299.

One company offers students an economical vacation including a tent and a plot of ground for $69.

Donna Dyke, a representative of Devine Enterprises in Daytona Beach, said this is the group's first year offering spring break trips.

"We offer tents and a campground 10 minutes away from the beach and 15 minutes away from Daytona (Fla.)," Dyke said. "You get six days for $69, with tents and campsite included in that fee. The campground has a pool, basketball courts and volleyball nets."

For Suzanne Brandt, this will be her third trip to Cancun, Mexico.

"My parents are helping me out, and I got a good deal through (the Undergraduate Student Government) that made it affordable," said Brandt (sophomore-human development and family studies).