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Planning a vacation, on a budget. Life Management- A. Sobotka. Objective. Students will plan a dream vacation for a family of 4. Students will work either individually or with a partner to prepare a PowerPoint presentation and plan every aspect of a vacation using a budget of $3,000.
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Planning a vacation, on a budget Life Management- A. Sobotka
Objective • Students will plan a dream vacation for a family of 4. • Students will work either individually or with a partner to prepare a PowerPoint presentation and plan every aspect of a vacation using a budget of $3,000.
Step One: Create a profile • Include the following: • Parent’s ages & occupations • Children’s ages • Where they live (city & state) • Include why this is their dream vacation
Step Two: Choose a destination • This will be entirely up to you, please consider: • # of people • Budget • Where your partner wants to go
Step Three: Choose lodging • Photo of hotel or lodging facility including prices, description of accommodations • Check in/out dates • Amenities (pool, pay-per-view, restaurant/room service, internet, room size, etc.) • Price per night • What is included
Step Four: Transportation method • If traveling by air, train, or bus please include: • Ticket prices • Name of company traveling • Cost per ticket • Flight times
If traveling by automobile • Obtain average price per gallon of gas, type of car, and mileage to and from destination • Type of vehicle (you will be renting) • Dates traveling • Route that you are taking • Approximate distance in miles • Approximate MPG/miles driven =how many gallons of gas you will need, in order to have an approximate gas budget for the trip.
Step Five: What will you do? • Any entertainment (amusement parks, museums, shows, movies, tours, etc.) • Cost per ticket (x4 people) • Packages (& what it entails) • Name of facilities, movies, tours, price per person
Step Six: Meals • Meals, name of restaurants and prices (can you find restaurants that let kids eat free?) • Menu items including cost • Consider hotels with continental breakfast included?
Step Seven: Gratuity • Gratuity (tipping – bellhop, taxi, baggage, wait staff, etc.) • Baggage (50 cents - $1.00 per bag) • 20% on other items (like meals) • Taxi or other transportation • Concierge (depends on what service is provided)
Step Eight: Non-essentials • Purchasing of non-essentials and souvenirs • Include budget amount, items purchased (if possible)
Step Nine: Miscellaneous items • *Determined by students* • Look for specials and discounts! • You will have five days to work on this assignment divided between the computer lab & the classroom to organize your data.
Presentations begin:Friday November 1, 2013You will have six days in the computer lab to work on this assignment