Dos and Don'ts of Teen Holidays Article

Tips from experienceI thought it would be a good idea to visit Queen Elizabeth sixth form college, in Darlington[r1] , to see what their experience with holidays were, and I spoke to Ryan, a 17 year old student, He’s just booked a holiday to Greece with 18 other people. This will be their first holiday abroad, and I thought it would be good to hear what they plan to do while they are away.
Their plans all seem to be normal, beach in the day-time and then clubs on the night.
But because they’ve realised that as they have paid for all inclusive meals and drinks, it might not be clubs on the night and in fact they’ll save so much money just staying in the hotel bar[r2] .
Ryan and his friends are staying in a four star hotel in Greece, Hotel Louis. And they agree, staying in the hotel is always a better plan than going somewhere you don’t know and then having to make your way back to your hotel.
As they were a big group, they got a special deal for flights and hotels, because they’re giving so much custom to the store. This is always a good tip when you’re booking, and it’s good to be in bigger groups when you’re away too. The bigger the group the less likely it is for things to go disastrously wrong.
There’s a million things you can do that don’t revolve around drinking, Sun Sea Sex and Suspicious Parents isn’t exactly a good representation of young people who go on holiday.
Are you forgetting escaping the wonders of British weather?
Sitting by a beach or a pool all day can't be too badEspecially when it’s scorching hot. In recent a survey 38% of you said the beach would be you’re first choice, as opposed to clubbing. I think you know there’s a million ways to have fun when you’re on holiday without going stupid and doing something you’ll regret[r3] .

 

Before you say it; I know.I know exactly why you would want to go on holiday without your parents. You want to go to clubs and get wasted, I know because in a recent survey 46% of you said that was the main reason for actually going away...
Drinking when you’re on holiday is all well and good, trust me when I say it, but sometimes it’s just not worth it:
I don't want to feed you a load of horror stories...That’s not what my incentive was, honestly holidays abroad without your parents can be brilliant, but you just need to be careful.
In June 2012 a 19 year old, Ian Knox, suffered a fatal fall from a balcony from having a few too many down the club, and trying to make it to the pool.
I’m not saying don’t drink when you’re on holiday, hell no, but not to the extent where you could fall off balconies.
Going to clubs is another thing; just imagine trying to get home from an unknown club when you have no idea where you’re going...
And there’s always the good old drink so much that you end up throwing up all over you’re going out clothes: don’t lie, it’s happened to all of us at some point.
it's a good idea, while you'redrinking ...I spoke to Jenny, she’s a 19 year old student at Leeds Met university, and last year she went on to Spain and ended up coming home with a tattoo, and a much lighter purse: "It's not that I dislike tattoos, it's just I don't really want a cheap tattoo of a flower on my ear for the rest of my life.” Jenny is currently training to be a primary school teacher, which won’t be easy to get a job in with a tattoo.