1. Planning a vacation, on a budget
Life Management- A. Sobotka

2. 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.

3. 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

4. Step Two: Choose a destination
 This will be entirely up to you, please consider:
# of people
Budget
Where your partner wants to go

5. 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

6. Step Four: Transportation method
If traveling by air, train, or bus please include:
Ticket prices
Name of company traveling
Cost per ticket
Flight times

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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?

10. 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)

11. Step Eight: Non-essentials
Purchasing of non-essentials and souvenirs
Include budget amount, items purchased (if possible)

12. Step Nine: Miscellaneous items
*Determined by students*
Look for specials and discounts!

13. Step Ten: Grand Totals Lodging Total: $X per night * # of nights =
Transportation Total=
Meals Totals (B’fast, Lunch, and Dinner)=
Gratuity Total=
Etc……..
Grand Total: /$3,000.00

14. Presentations begin: TBD You will have six days in the computer lab to work on this assignment