<p>So Senior Week = Spring Break?
My kids never did this; we live in an ocean community so I guess they didn’t feel the need to go somewhere else that was the same.
Son did want to go down to the Keys after graduation with a bunch of friends. I told him it was on his dime and after he thought about it he changed his mind. Something about blowing all the money he had worked for over the past year in one week made him think a little harder about the tradeoffs.</p>
<p>No, Senior Week does not equal Spring Break.</p>
<p>I’ve heard kids from our town go down the shore for a weekend near the end of the schoolyear, but it’s not a named or organized kind of thing. Pretty sure there’s no “Senior Week” here; maybe because like DP says, we’re near enough to the shore for kids to go down any time during the summer if they want to.</p>
<p>OC, MD has a program for Senior Week. They have a package of activities and free bus passes. They have decided that Senior Week (really 3 weeks long as schools graduate at different times) will happen no matter what and they have decided to be proactive. They are very strict about public drunkness and complaints about loud parties. Are there still problems, yes. Our daughter went, stayed in a private home of a friend (with many rules) with one other girl, and had a wonderful, safe week.</p>
<p>“Senior Week” = a week after HS graduation - usually unsupervised. My D and her friends want no part of Myrtle Beach because of the reputed drunkeness. She works hard and earns enough money that she is funding this herself. I am very happy that her and her friends want to detach themselves from the “in crowd” whose sole intent is to drink. They are looking for a warm place to relax and enjoy themselves before they all go their separate ways to college.</p>
<p>momfirst - I think it will be difficult to find a nice place that rents to 18 yr olds. Your best bet is to rent from a private party so the parents should start networking with family and friends to find a private rental property.</p>
<p>The kids here all want to go to the beach for Spring Break. Many also go after graduation too. I confess that I left for the beach the minute my high school graduation was over.<br>
When S1 went to Myrtle beach for Spring Break, a friend’s Mom leased the house they stayed in ( 6 guys). She and her husband went down the first day, got them checked in and set up, cooked them a meal and then took off.<br>
It was a big risk on their part. H and I would have never done it. </p>
<p>I called S1 the day before departure to come home to see how things were going. He said “Well, 2 of the 3 toilets are stopped up and the garbage disposal in the kitchen isn’t working and we just got back from fixing a broken doorframe at the girls’ rental down the road…but don’t worry Mom. We’ve been to Home Depot and have it all under control!” They did not have to pay any damage fees so I guess they handled it.</p>
<p>Sometimes my son asks if he can have a friend over but my H and I have made plans for dinner and a movie. We usually say that he can have one friend over, but no more and that the parents have to be aware that we’ll be gone for a couple of hours. We’ve never had a problem with this set up. On the other hand we’ve been foolish enough on a couple of occasions to allow two or three friends to be over for an hour or two. It didn’t work out. More than two and you’ve got “mob mentality”. They do things that they would never do and ghode each other into pulling all kinds of stupid stunts. I would NEVER arrange for a group of seniors to stay in someone’s condo. It’s just too big of a risk. None of them actually lives there or has a sense of “ownership/responsibility” for the property, not a good combination.</p>
<p>Oh there are gorgeous places that will rent to 18-year olds cartera, but they charge very hefty prices and massive deposits. They have to. 18-year-olds can totally trash a place.</p>
<p>choco - interesting, I thought they wouldn’t contract with an 18 yr. old - even if it’s legal.</p>
<p>Now that I think about it, I might have done it for my eldest D if they were not going to a place where huge groups of 18 year olds were. It’s the big group of unsupervised 18 y/o’s that worry me. Things can take on a life of there own and your child may be caught unable to do anything even if she’s not participating in some stupid stunt or wild party.</p>
<p>Well, they want the contract to be signed by an adult, so some trusting parent signs, taking responsibility for what ten kids will be doing.</p>
<p>The difference is that some places will specify that 2 adults have to be present during the entire stay, while others don’t. </p>
<p>Last year after prom my friend’s D and her group of 12 rented this unbelievable 5 bedroom house on LBI, right on the beach, fabulously decorated etc. We saw pics. online. The guy charged $4000 for the week (even though the kids were going for 2 nights) and a $2000 deposit.</p>
<p>If you are looking for a safe place for wholesome activities, with lots to do, I go back to my recommendation of Disney/Universal resorts. Not sure if they need a 21 year old with them or not. Or, try an all-inclusive type resort, or something close to that, in a non-animal house type “senior week” location.</p>
<p>Last year my same S and friends (all in college now) rented an unbelieveable waterfront house on Key Largo for their college Spring Break. They were all over 18 but none were 21. I was surprised someone would rent such a nice house ( I saw the pics) to a bunch of college guys over the telephone. The owner mailed them the key, never actually laying eyes on any of them. I think they paid $2500 for the week split between 10 of them.</p>
<p>Can anyone recommed any all-inclusive resorts in the US? Everything I know about is in the islands. I draw the line at sending my D out of the US!</p>
<p>Do they want a beach/ocean? I think Amelia Island Plantation in Florida is all inclusive. Check out gordonsguide.com and tripadvisor.com</p>
<p>There’s a Club Med I think in Vero Beach maybe, or somewhere along the east coast there.</p>