Take a break from work, school and routine. Add a healthy dose of warmth and sunshine. Share with your family. Here are five ways to enjoy spring break.

1. Road trip. If you'd like to cover some country with your kids over spring break, consider teaming up with Tracks & Trails. The company creates custom, self-drive RV vacations. Specializing in the western United States and Canada as well as Florida, these travel pros make all of the national park and activity reservations and chart your itinerary from start to finish. You'll receive a personalized adventure kit full of maps and travel tips as well as suggested family-friendly hikes, points of interest and outings along your route.

Contact: 1-800-247-0970; www.tracks-trails.com.

2. Volunteer in the Virgin Islands. Give back during your beach holiday and receive a $100 resort credit.

Stay at the Westin St. John Resort & Villas during March and April, and everyone benefits when you join the Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park for a day of beach cleaning and trail maintenance. Junior guests receive a free sports bottle or tippy cup on check-in at the resort. Later, the containers will be filled with free beverages. The Westin Kids Club also offers a range of outdoor activities, movies, and arts and crafts. Teens have the 1,200-square-foot Teen Center, where they can enjoy watersports, watch movies or play beach volleyball.

Contact: 1-888-627-7206; www.westinresortstjohn.com.

3. Barbados-bound. With 3,000 hours of sunshine a year and an average temperature in the mid-80s, sun-seeking families will find plenty to smile about when visiting this 166-square-mile destination in the Caribbean. Expect history, culture, food, music, beautiful beaches and the chance to see hawksbill and leatherback turtles. Book the Take Me to Barbados package and receive one night free when staying for five. Also, children 16 and younger stay and eat free at participating hotels. This and other packages are available through travel agents. Contact: www.visitbarbados.org.

4. South Beach, Fla. After a day splashing in the surf, what could be more fun than building a tented fort in your hotel room? Lowe's provides extra in-room sheets plus flashlights so kids can get creative once they've emptied the sand from their shoes. As part of the hotel's Sundown Survival Kit for Kids, junior guests can also see movies and enjoy a milk-and-cookies bedtime snack.

Youngsters will also want to visit SoBe Scoops, an ice cream parlor serving old-time favorites such as rock candy, candied apples and cream soda. Parents can join kids at SushiSkool, where everyone can learn to roll sushi and maneuver chopsticks. The resort also offers camps, healthful menus and swank Kidbanas by the pool. Pets are welcome, too.

Contact: 1-800-235-6397; www.loewshotels.com/en/miami-beach-hotel.

5. Aruban holiday. From now through April 23, enjoy spring break specials at the Occidental Grand Aruba all-inclusive resort where meals, snacks, resort activities and the Kids Club are covered by your rate. The entire clan can join an Aruban beach party, featuring live entertainment, festive music and local food. Enjoy snorkeling, sailing, kayaking, tennis, pool play or building sand castles on the white-sand beach.

Contact: 1-800-858-2258; www.occidentalhotels.com/grand/Aruba.asp.