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, 2013

You will have six days in the computer lab to work on this assignment