YOUR DREAM VACATION 2012

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: $3.50.

DFW airport parking
http://www.dfwairport.com/parking/remote/index.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 a minimum of $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.