Planning a Vacation
In this webquest – you are going to find out how much it costs to take a vacation for a week with your family/friends (4-people total).
1. First, you need to pick a vacation destination. You can choose from one of the following places: Honolulu, Hawaii, New York City, NY, Orlando, FL or Los Angeles, CA.
2. You need to figure out how much money it will cost you to drive to the airport. You need to find the miles from Vernon to DFW airport (and back).
http://maps.google.com/
Then you need to figure out how many gallons of gas that will take – average car gets 23 miles/per gallon of gas. Then you will multiply that by the average price of gas per gallon: $2.75.
DFW airport parking
http://www.dfwairport.com/parking/remote.php
3. You need to find out how much a round-trip plane ticket will cost to go from DFW airport to your vacation destination in the month of July.
(when searching these sites – you must do your search for plane only)
http://www.expedia.com/
http://www.travelocity.com/
http://www.orbitz.com/
4. You need to have a mid-sized car on your vacation. You will need to rent it from the airport you are flying into – and you will rent it for 7-days.
(when searching these sites – you must search for vehicles only)
http://www.orbitz.com/
http://www.expedia.com/
http://www.travelocity.com/
5. You will need a place to sleep. Search for a 3-star hotel at your vacation destination – for 6-nights.
http://www.hotels.com/
6. Now, its time to be a tourist and visit all the famous places at your vacation location. Search the link of your vacation city, and find a minimum of three places to visit (one of your visits must be a museum). Search for the price of admission.
ORLANDO, FLORIDA
http://www.orlandoinfo.com/
http://www.visitflorida.com/
http://www.orlandofloridaguide.com/museums/index.html
HONOLULU, HAWAII
http://www.gohawaii.com/
http://www.honolulu.worldweb.com/
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g60982-Activities-c6-Honolulu_Oahu_Hawaii.html
NEW YORK CITY, NY
http://www.nycgo.com/
http://www.iloveny.com/
http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.e2a1b26d9be35ff6a62fa24601c789a0/
http://www.ny.com/museums/all.museums.html
LOS ANGELES, CA
http://discoverlosangeles.com/
http://www.latourist.com/
http://www.museumspot.com/cities/losangeles.htm
7. Food: the government sets a price on how much it will reimburse employees who travel for business. Look up the government’s rate at your city’s location and find out how much it will cost you to eat for 7 days.
www.gsa.gov/perdiem
8. You can expect to spend about $25/day for “extra” expenses and souvenirs.
Now, use the information you collected from the internet (and put on your worksheet) and find out how much it will cost you to take this "dream" vacation.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROJECT - APRIL/MAY 2010
Financial Responsibility Project
OK.. its time to be all grown up. Use the links below to find a job. Now here are your rules. You need to pretend you are a high school graduate - about 19 years old - you are looking for a full time job in the Texoma area (Vernon, Wichita Falls, etc. NOT Oklahoma). While most of you plan to go to college and get a degree.. for this assignment, you will not have a degree -- therefore, you will not be able to find a job as a Doctor or Lawyer or even a Teacher. And the salary you should be looking at will be in the $10/hour range. Before you print off your job description and put it in your Finance Folder you need to get your job approved by me. (this will be graded - so don't goof off).
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/hotjobs/
http://www.monster.com/
http://www.careerbuilder.com/
http://www.hotjobs.com/
http://www.salary.com/
Now, I want you to use the links below to look for a place to live. You will not have a whole lot of credit build up yet.. so renting an apartment or a house or even a trailer will work best for you. Later you will be using this information to figure out your monthly budget for utilities, etc. You can find a place and have roommates. Print out the living arrangements and make sure to include the square footage, bedrooms, the monthly rent, deposit fees, application fees, and any other expenses (and put it in your folder)… No, you can not live with your parents.
For this part of the assignment - you can work with groups (roommates). However, you can not have more than 3 roommates. (each roommate has their own room - no sharing BEDS). Another thing to think about.. if you get a job in Vernon.. but your apartment is in Henrietta.. that will be quite a long drive to work each day... and later we will be using this information to calculate how much gas you will spend going to work.. so think about it. (this will be graded)
http://www.rent.com/
http://www.rentals.com/
http://rentals.nationalrelocation.com/
As usual -- all VMS rules apply to the proper use and behavior in the computer lab.Now - get to work!
OK.. its time to be all grown up. Use the links below to find a job. Now here are your rules. You need to pretend you are a high school graduate - about 19 years old - you are looking for a full time job in the Texoma area (Vernon, Wichita Falls, etc. NOT Oklahoma). While most of you plan to go to college and get a degree.. for this assignment, you will not have a degree -- therefore, you will not be able to find a job as a Doctor or Lawyer or even a Teacher. And the salary you should be looking at will be in the $10/hour range. Before you print off your job description and put it in your Finance Folder you need to get your job approved by me. (this will be graded - so don't goof off).
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/hotjobs/
http://www.monster.com/
http://www.careerbuilder.com/
http://www.hotjobs.com/
http://www.salary.com/
Now, I want you to use the links below to look for a place to live. You will not have a whole lot of credit build up yet.. so renting an apartment or a house or even a trailer will work best for you. Later you will be using this information to figure out your monthly budget for utilities, etc. You can find a place and have roommates. Print out the living arrangements and make sure to include the square footage, bedrooms, the monthly rent, deposit fees, application fees, and any other expenses (and put it in your folder)… No, you can not live with your parents.
For this part of the assignment - you can work with groups (roommates). However, you can not have more than 3 roommates. (each roommate has their own room - no sharing BEDS). Another thing to think about.. if you get a job in Vernon.. but your apartment is in Henrietta.. that will be quite a long drive to work each day... and later we will be using this information to calculate how much gas you will spend going to work.. so think about it. (this will be graded)
http://www.rent.com/
http://www.rentals.com/
http://rentals.nationalrelocation.com/
As usual -- all VMS rules apply to the proper use and behavior in the computer lab.Now - get to work!
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