Name: ______________________
Theme: ___________________________________________
Seven Day USA Road Trip Assignment (3 cities, 3 sites, $2000 budget) – 100 points, January 15 (DUE)
RENTAL CAR (use Alamo.com or some other car rental agency)
Go to Alamo.com and find a rental car for yourself. Use the San Diego International Airport as
both your pick-up and drop-off locations. You should be renting the car for at least 7 days. It all depends
on your trip and your budget. REQUIRED: Print the one page rental car agreement that shows total price.
(A) $$$
Cost of Rental Car:
$
__________
DRIVING MILES (use mapquest.com to find the total miles involved in your trip)
Go to mapquest.com and use their “Directions” function to figure out how many miles you will be
driving from city to city. DO NOT print the long list of directions. Please DO print the detailed map.
San Diego
to
____________________
=
__________
miles
____________________ to
____________________
=
__________
miles
____________________ to
____________________
=
__________
miles
____________________ to
San Diego
=
__________
miles
TOTAL trip miles =
__________
miles
GAS MONEY (we’re assuming your car gets 25 mpg and that gas costs, on average, $3.00 a gallon)
Divide the total miles of your trip by 25 to get the total number of gallons of gas you will be using
for this trip. Then, multiply that amount by $3.00 to get the total amount you will be spending on gas.
(B) $$$
Total trip miles
__________ / 25 mpg
=
__________
Gallons of gas
__________ x $3.00 a gallon =
$ __________
gallons of gas
spent on gas
HOTELS (use expedia.com to find hotels in your cities)
Go to expedia.com and find hotels which suit your style and comfort needs. Expedia provides
costs for each day of the week and also an “Average Daily/Nightly Cost”. To make things easier, we will
simply use the “Average Daily/Nightly Cost”. REQUIRED: Please print the FIRST page of the hotel
listing that provides cost per night, etc.
City #1 Hotel:
________________________________________________________________
(c) $$$ Avg. cost per night = __________ x _____ (nights there) = $ __________
City #2 Hotel:
________________________________________________________________
(d) $$$ Avg. cost per night = __________ x _____ (nights there) = $ __________
City #3 Hotel:
________________________________________________________________
(e) $$$ Avg. cost per night = __________ x _____ (nights there) = $ __________
(F) $$$
(G) $$$
Total Cost of hotels for your entire trip
TOTAL cost of car, gas, and lodging? (A + B + F)
TOTAL =
= $ __________
$
__________
ATTRACTIONS: Please print the page that shows the individual attraction and how much it costs to go to
it. Three attractions means three individual printed descriptions, with costs.
City #1:
1.
______________________________
Theme: _____________________________________________________________________
Why visit this place?: _________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
(h)
Cost of Attraction:
$
__________
2.
Arts/Nature: __________________________________________________________________
Why visit this place?: _________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
(i)
Cost of Attraction:
$
__________
3.
Somewhere Fun: ______________________________________________________________
Why visit this place?: _________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
(j)
Cost of Attraction:
$
__________
(K) $$$
Total cost of Attractions in City #1 (h + i + j)
City #2:
______________________________
1.
=
$ __________
Theme: _____________________________________________________________________
Why visit this place?: _________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
(l)
Cost of Attraction:
$
__________
2.
Arts/Nature: __________________________________________________________________
Why visit this place?: _________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
(m)
Cost of Attraction:
$
__________
3.
Somewhere Fun: ______________________________________________________________
Why visit this place?: _________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
(n)
(O) $$$
Cost of Attraction:
$
__________
Total cost of Attractions in City #2 (l + m + n)
=
$ __________
City #3:
1.
______________________________
Theme: _____________________________________________________________________
Why visit this place?: _________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
(p)
Cost of Attraction:
$
__________
2.
Arts/Nature: __________________________________________________________________
Why visit this place?: _________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
(q)
Cost of Attraction:
$
__________
3.
Somewhere Fun: ______________________________________________________________
Why visit this place?: _________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
(r)
Cost of Attraction:
$
__________
(S) $$$
Total cost of Attractions in City #3 (p + q + r)
=
$ __________
(T) $$$
Total Cost of your 3 attractions in your 3 cities: (K + O + S)
=
$ __________
(U)
THE TOTAL COST OF YOUR TRIP (G + U)
=
$ __________
(V)
Additional Funds, Budget – Total Cost of Trip ($3000 – U)
=
$ __________
BUDGET RANGE
$2400 - $9999 = F
$2300 - $2399 = D
$2200 - $2299 = C
$2101 - $2199 = B
$1900 - $2100 =
A
$1800 - $1899 = B
$1700 - $1799 = C
$1600 - $1699 = D
$1500 - $1599 = F
HIGHEST FOR "A"
$2,100.00
LOWEST FOR "A"
$1,900
Number of Required
Items Missing from
Final Itinerary?
0
Points Lost Per Items
ALLOWED BUDGET
Missing from Itinerary
$2,000.00
5
ACTUAL BUDGET
$0.00
Total Points Lost
0