Gold Coast Schoolies

Schoolies week is a tradition that is now cast in stone for Australian school leavers. It is the chance for one final hurray with your friends before heading off in different directions to enter the adult world of work or tertiary study. The dates of the week differ depending on which state you live in.

The Gold Coast has become the top spot for Schoolies week each year with thousands and thousands of school leavers descending on the strip, particularly around Surfers Paradise. While there is a lot of infrastructure in place for Schoolies, the competition for the best accommodation deals is fierce and many locations are completely booked out by halfway through the year.

In order to help Schoolies have fun celebrating the end of their school days as well as keeping safe, there are a number of events that are planned throughout this period on the Gold Coast. You will find raves and nightly events set up throughout the Gold Coast to attract the school leavers. Many of these are put on by the police or community groups as alcohol free events or strictly monitored events. Throughout the day there is much fun to be had with the stunning beaches and the theme parks close by.

Schoolies weeks on the Gold Coast have been marred in the past by some people who drink too much and lose control. There have been several serious incidents in the past, but increased police presence throughout the period and more supervised events has reduced the number of incidents involving police and made it safer for teenagers to enjoy their newly found freedom.

If planning to spend time on the Gold Coast for Schoolies week, then you should aim to book your accommodation as soon as you can. Plan to do this before you get anywhere near your final exams as Gold Coast schoolies accommodation is always full even though there are thousands of type of accommodation on offer. It is a good idea to get together with friends early on in your final year to plan where you are going to stay during the week.

You can find some awesome schoolies accommodation through the various websites that have been set up to cater to this crowd. They have access to tens of thousands of beds that are available to school leavers. Not all hotels and other accommodation providers of holiday letting will accept Schoolies since they sometimes judge them as a risk. Through websites that cater to school leavers, there are more than 28,000 availabilities.

You can find a whole lot of different types of Gold Coast Schoolies accommodation and they range in price too. A budget rental will cost around $500 for the week and from there they go up to above $1000 for a week during Schoolies. If the accommodation is divided up between a group of friends, then the cost of your digs is actually very affordable considering that it is peak season.

If you book your Gold Coast Schoolies accommodation well in advance, then you and your friends are in for a rocking farewell to your school days and will welcome adulthood in style.

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