Spring Break Dreaming....

Ah to be young again. It's the time of year when the first whiff of spring arrives at college campuses across the nation signaling its time to start planning for Spring Break. As a Junior at the University of Dayton (many, many years ago) I remember piling the guys into my vintage Chevy Malibu and heading to Daytona beach for the annual Dayton to Daytona trek. You could feel the excitement building as the frigid cold temperatures slowly melted away as mile after mile passed under the tires of the car, and that first magical refueling point where we exited the car sans coats to feel the first mild temperatures we had experienced in months.

If tradition holds true, most college students will be driving to spring break this year and with gas prices lower than they've been in years there should be plenty of cash left over for those .. ahem .. extracuricular activities spring break has become infamous for.

To help budget for the trip (and make sure your college chums are footing their fair share of the cost) I'm providing the cost of driving to the top spring break destinations from Universities across the country. And in the spirit of my old Chevy Malibu, I'm going to use a 1999 Chevy Malibu in the calculations.

Note that all costs are one-way. To see what it will cost you to drive your own car to spring break visit Cost2Drive.com.

• University of Dayton to Daytona Beach, FL: $62.82


• University of Michigan to Panama City, FL: $80.60


• University of Wisconsin to Fort Lauderdale, FL: $123.47


• University of Iowa to South Padre Island, TX: $111.78


• Boston University to South Beach, FL: $105.94


• Ohio State University to Key West, FL: $106.77


• University of Colorado to Laguna Beach, CA: $82.50


• University of Washington to Malibu, CA: $103.33


• University of Oregon to Mission Beach, CA: $88.69


• University of Illinois to Galveston, TX: $81.62