Plan a Vacation!

Your Job:
You and your partner are travel agents
who work for Sunny Day Travel Agency.
Your boss has given you the job of
planning a perfect vacation for
a family of four.
Your Budget:
You have a budget of $5,000 to cover the cost
of travel, including renting a car, staying at a
hotel, and meals. The money will also go towards
the cost of resort admission, hotels,
and meals while at the destination. You
can also use leftover funds for
extra activities that will make the
vacation extra special and fun.
Your Tasks:
● Select options from the Vacation Choices
board (travel, destination, and extra activity
fees)
● Complete a Vacation Costs chart
● Complete a sample daily schedule
● Plan a presentation for your clients
(PowerPoint, Brochure, or Poster)
Your Materials:
● You will receive:
○ a Vacation Choices board to select options
for the trip
○ a vacation cost chart to total travel costs
(round trip), destination costs, and any extra
activities/expenses
○ a blank sample daily schedule to show your
clients what their vacation will be like
○ a rubric
Questions?

Good luck!
 Vacation Choices 
Travel Agents: _________________________________________________ 
Item A B C
Rental Car Small 4 door car Minivan or SUV 2 door sports car
($20/day) ($30/day) ($50/day)

Travel Hotel Superior Hotel-indoor Good Hotel-outdoor Average Hotel-TV

& pool, TV ($50/night) ($30/night)
outdoor pools, movies,
TV, internet ($80/day)

Travel Meals Fast food for all Fast food for 2 meals Fast food for 1 meal
meals ($20 per day and 1 meal at a nice and 2 meals at a nice
per person) restaurant ($30 per restaurant ($40 per
day per person) day per person)

Destination Superior Hotel-huge Good Hotel-mid-size Average Hotel-small

Hotel pool, 4 restaurants, pool, 1 restaurant, pool, restaurant,
arcade, gym, 24 snack gym, internet, TV internet, TV
shop, shopping, ($200/night) ($100/night)
internet, TV
($300/night)

Destination Lunch and dinner at Lunch and dinner at Breakfast, lunch, and
Meals at selected restaurant any restaurant of dinner at any
(you do not choose) your choice ($50 per restaurant of your
($40 per person per person per day) choice ($70 per person
day) per day)

Destination Hawaiian Beach Disneyland Camping Adventure

Resort/Park Vacation Package-will Package-will take 3 Trip-will take 2 days, 1
take 2 days, 1 night to days, 2 nights to get night to get there;
get there; includes there; includes famous includes skiing, fishing,
scuba diving, rides, characters, 3D boating, obstacle
snorkeling, surf movies, & more! ($100 courses, paint ball, &
lessons & more! per person) more! ($70 per
($200 per person) person)
 
 
 Vacation Cost Chart
Travel Agents: ________________________________________

Travel Costs
Choice of Number of Days Number of Days X Cost Per Day Total
Rental Car (round trip)

Choice of Hotel Number of Nights Number of Nights X Cost Per Night Total
(round trip)

Choice of Meals Number of Days Number of Days X Cost Per Person X Total
(round trip) Number of People

Total Cost of Travel

(Round Trip)

Resort Destination Costs

Choice of Hotel Number of Nights Number of Nights X Cost Per Night Total

Choice of Number of Days Number of Days X Cost Per Person X Total

Resort/Park Number of People

Choice of Meals Number of Days Number of Days X Cost Per Day X Total
Number of People
 Total Destination Costs

Choice of Extra Spending Options

Choice Cost Cost X Number of People Total

Choice Cost Cost X Number of People Total

Choice Cost Cost X Number of People Total

Total Cost of Extra Spending

Options

TOTAL TRIP COST (Total Cost of

Travel + Total Destination
Costs + Total Cost of Extra
Spending Options

 
Notes:
Travel Agents: ___________________________________________________________
 
Sample Daily Schedule
 
Activity  Starting  Ending  Elapsed Time  
Time  Time 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
Total Elapsed Time:    
 
 Vacation Project Rubric
Travel Agents: _______________________________________
 

Item  Possible Points  Earned Points  

Completed Cost Chart  40   

Sample Daily Schedule (11  41    
items and total elapsed 
time) 
Presentation (Poster,  19   
Brochure, or  Neatness-2 
PowerPoint)  Creativity-2 
Inclusion of Schedule: 5 
Inclusion of Costs: 10 
Total Points   
Notes/Comments   
 
 
 
Vacation Project Rubric
Travel Agents: _______________________________________
 

Item  Possible Points  Earned Points  

Completed Cost Chart  40   

Sample Daily Schedule (11  41    
items and total elapsed 
time) 
Presentation (Poster,  19   
Brochure, or  Neatness-2 
PowerPoint)  Creativity-2 
Inclusion of Schedule: 5 
Inclusion of Costs: 10 
Total Points   
Notes/Comments