Par-taaay! 2013`s trashiest spring break destinations

Par-taaay! 2013's trashiest spring
break destinations
By Jayne Clark, USA TODAY
9:24a.m. EST March 7, 2013
Girls Gone Wild, the raunchy sophomoric franchise that made a name by aiming its cameras on the
booze- and testosterone-fueled college spring break scene, filed for bankruptcy last week in a sign
that maybe, just maybe, American culture has taken a giant leap forward.
Nuh-uh.
The Girls Gone Wild franchise may have been tamed, but for the second year running
Coedmagazine.com has announced the nation's trashiest spring break venues. The editors base their
rankings on past spring break cred factors such as Girls Gone Wild shoots; prevalence of Hooters
restaurants, tattoo parlors, liquor stores and strip clubs; and laws pertaining to open containers and
drinking establishment closing times.
The website rounded up the usual suspects, except this year,
the list of bared-flesh, sun-drenched, booze-soaked
bacchanals includes 15 locales, five more than last year.
A rise in trashy stature from the No. 5 spot to fourth place this
year had some Myrtle Beach, S. C., city officials tut-tutting
about the dubious distinction.
"I am at a loss to explain why someone would put Myrtle
Beach on that list," Myrtle Beach spokesman Mark Kruea told the Charlotte Observer. "That wouldn't
be our perception."
For the second year, Las Vegas gets the site's nod for overall trashiest spring break haunt. Many
spring breakers apparently have already gotten that message: Las Vegas was No. 1 in flights and
hotel searches for travel through March, reports the Internet travel search site Kayak.
And this just in: Del Monte, the mega purveyor of fruits and veggies, will promote healthy eating to
spring breakers in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Thursday (March 7) by giving away 200 banana costumes
for a mass "banana dance." Cue the double entendres.
Wholesome-eating efforts notwithstanding, Daytona Beach ranks No. 3 on Coedmagazine.com's
trashy list.
The complete rankings:
1. Las Vegas
2. South Padre Island, Texas
3. Daytona Beach, Fla.
4. Myrtle Beach, S.C.
5. Orlando
6. Lake Havasu, Ariz.
7. Miami
8. Panama City Beach, Fla.
9. Key West
10. Fort Myers, Fla.
11. Tampa
12. Virginia Beach
13. Scottsdale, Ariz.
14. New Orleans
15. San Diego