Quote Originally Posted by Markis View Post
But the days of crowds of students is long over...
I find this interesting. It's not the first time I have heard this. What do you think is the reason spring break isn't the same as it used to be? I never went on a spring break trip myself so it's something I never experienced.
Is spring break just not the cool thing to do, or do they go elsewhere now?

Thanks,
The North American spring break still exists, but as with any tradition it can gain and lose popularity as do the destinations.

Negril no longer caters specifically to the Spring Break crowd for many reasons. For one, there was little money being made by the smaller properties as most of the spring break companies arranged everything in advance, usually at huge discounts which they would pocket the profits. Good business for them, bad business for Negril.

The passport requirement had been taking a toll after 9/11, with many US destinations increasing their market share.

The tendency of the foreign DJs and MCs to take the parties to a drunken sexual extreme was becoming too much for the local authorities to bear.

And the fact that MTV got kicked out of Negril did not help matters any.... we kinda got on their bad side for that....

The entire situation blends many of the above over many years, but these should give you a good idea why Negril no longer has a "spring break" season.