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TRAVEL AGENT - VACATION DESTINATION

You are currently working part—time as a travel agent. Your supervisor at the travel agency wants to offer a special vacation for families. He wants you to design a 7—day vacation package for a family — two adults and two children. The packages must cost no more than $6,000 for transportation, entertainment, lodging and food. Average daily cost of food is $30 per person. You are to design a presentation to show the VACATION DESTINATION. Please include:
 * the type of transportation from your city to the destination;
 * a description of the entertainment, with a day—by day schedule; MUST have THREE PAID activities during your vacation destination.
 * a description of the lodging;
 * a spreadsheet of the budget for the trip, include an applicable graph of your budget.
 * a graph or table showing the average temperatures for each month for the particular destination.
 * Brief history of the vacation area.
 * In addition, you must include the cost of transportation, lodging, and entertainment.


 * To ** successfully complete this project, you will need to complete the following items.
 * Find a mode of transportation for each vacation from your city. Several transportation options include airlines, trains, and busses. Be sure to record the costs of each option for your report to the travel agency. For help, try these Web sites. www.yahoo.com [|www.amtrak.com] [|www.greyhound.com] [|www.expedia.com]
 * If driving by car, use [|www.gasbuddy.com] to calculate the amount of gas needed for the trip. Yes, you may include a picture of the car that you will be using.
 * Find lodging.You may want to consider motels, hotels, and rental condominiums. Be sure to record the costs for each option for your report to the travel agency. For help, try these Web sites. [|www.travelocity.com] www.google.com
 * Determine what type of entertainment will be offered with each vacation package. You may want to consider amusement parks, museums, tours, and national parks. Check Web sites for different state that you are interested in for tourist attractions. For help, try these Web sites. [|www.funguide.com] [|www.excite.com]
 * Find a yearly weather summary for each vacation destination. Record the average temperatures for each month and prepare a graph or table of the data. For help, try this Web site. [|www.weatherbase.com] or [|www.weather.com]
 * Be sure that the vacation are within the given price range, create a spreadsheet to keep track of all of your expenses.
 * Be creative. Add some additional data, and pictures to your presentation. If using PowerPoint or MovieMaker you must have at least 12 slides.

Here are some additional questions and ideas you may want to consider for your project.
 * 1) Will the cost of each vacation be the same at all times of the year?
 * 2) What factors might affect the cost of the vacation package?
 * 3) What type of graph would be best for showing the temperature variations for the travel destination?
 * 4) Would the Internet be a useful tool in estimating the cost of meals, since meals are not included in the plan?

The following web sites may be helpful [|www.travelocity.com] [|www.mapquest.com] [|www.expedia.com]