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Itinerary

“Let’s Take a Trip!”

Content Standard 8.2

Plan and prepare appropriatedocuments for a business trip.

You will be able to . . .

1. Plan a trip for a group of 202. Choose the best travel plan by studying

maps, considering different routes, visiting websites to get airline and travel schedules

3. Use ratios and proportions as well as changing from fractions to decimals to percents to solve problems involving rate of speed, distance in miles, and cost with different modes of transportation

You will be able to . . .

4. Find cost effectiveness on a trip to another destination of your choosing

5. Discuss best features of each travel destination

KWL

Know Want to Know Learned

Average price for a gallon of fuel?Internet sites to assist with assessing mileage?

How to make airline accommodations?

Let’s Group Up!

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Print a Map of Your City

Transportation(departing Thursday night, returning

Sunday afternoon)

• Calculate the cost of 3 means of transportation (charter bus, train, and airplane)

• Provide advantages and disadvantages of each• Make a comparison by calculating the best

route and cost• Present findings to the rest of the class

convincing arguments with your results to support your choices

Hotel Accommodations(Check-in Friday, Checkout Sunday)

• Calculate the cost of accommodations at 3 hotels (4-6 students per room, 1 chaperone room)

• Breakfast provided?• Earliest check-in?• Provide advantages and disadvantages of each• Make a comparison by calculating the best rooming

arrangement and cost• Present findings to the rest of the class convincing

arguments with your results to support your choices

College Tour(Friday)

• College tour with main emphasis on College of Business (Emory University, University of New Orleans, University of Missouri—St. Louis)

• Check SCS calendar and College calendar to prevent conflicts (i.e. testing, spring breaks, dead periods, etc)

• Hours of availability?

Federal Reserve Bank or Branch Tour (Friday)

• Hours of availability?• Affiliated cost?

Restrictions?

City Attraction(Saturday)

• Choose 2 attractions• Provide costs affiliated

with attractions• Provide advantages and

disadvantages of each• Present findings to the

rest of the class convincing arguments with your results to support your choices

Retail Therapy(Saturday Evening)

• Choose 2 shopping malls• Provide distance from hotel of choice• Provide advantages and disadvantages of each• Present findings to the rest of the class

convincing arguments with your results to support your choices

Fine Dining

• Calculate cost of food for 3 days• Choose 2 well-known restaurants (Friday)• Determine if able to accommodate the group• Provide distance from hotel of choice• Provide advantages and disadvantages of each• Present findings to the rest of the class

convincing arguments with your results to support your choices

Prepare an Itinerary

• FBLA Format Guide

Web Resources

• http://www.mapquest.com Mapquest• http://www.travelocity.com Travelocity• http://www.aaa.com/scripts/WebObjects.dll/ZipC

ode AAA

• http://www.priceline.com Priceline• http://www.travel.com/ Travel.com• http://www.travelweb.com/tvlw_web/jsp/index.j

sp Travelweb

• http://www.amtrak.com/ Amtrak

Point Distributioncriteria must be typed and submitted in a file folder

(write the name of person assigned by each task and staple inside front cover of folder)

Hotel Accommodations (10 points) ________________Charter Bus Quotes (10 points) ________________Food Allowance Breakdown (10 points) _______________College Tour (10 points) ________________Federal Reserve Bank/Branch Tour (10 points) __________Retail Therapy (10 points) ________________Main Attraction (10 points) ________________Fine Dining (10 points) ________________Map of City (10 points) ________________ Itinerary (10 points) ________________