When did Spring Break become a thing?

[Algher]

@mcgato

Where the Boys Are came out in 1960, so it was a thing back then.

My memory is that it blew up in the early 1980s. My impression is that mainly wealthier people went to spring break in the 1960s. By the 1980s, a much larger and more diverse group of people went on spring break.

Airline deregulation made it cheaper to fly to Mexico or Florida for American college kids.