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 $4,000.
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 nonessentials and souvenirs
• Include budget amount,
items purchased (if
possible)
Step Nine: Miscellaneous items
• *Determined by students*
• Look for specials and discounts!
Step Ten: Grand Totals
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Lodging Total: $X per night * # of nights =
Transportation Total=
Meals Totals (B’fast, Lunch, and Dinner)=
Gratuity Total=
Etc……..
• Grand Total:
/$3,000.00
Presentations begin:
TBD
You will have six days in the computer
lab to work on this assignment