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USA Travel Project

Using the figures from your Budget Project, you must plan a vacation for you and a friend.  You must travel within the United States.

Guidelines

You will need to do the following:

 


This project is worth 40 points!  Here is the breakdown:

Excel Worksheet

20

PowerPoint

20

 

Activity

Links

Choose a state that you have NEVER been to before. 

Research your State.

Research the various things there are to do in the state.

Since your trip is only 5 days long, you will need to spend most of your time in one geographical area of the state.

City Link 

50States.com 

Infoplease - States 

Excite Travel 

Lycos Travel 

Yahoo Travel

Narrow to one geographical location in your state:

Once you have found the information on your state, select one geographical area where you will spend your vacation.  Then answer the questions on the worksheet based on the city/area you selected.

You must select at least 2 different activities to do while on this vacation.  Be sure to get the addresses so you can print maps to these activities.

Travel.com 

The Lonely Planet

Find Historical Landmarks

Citysearch.com 

Official City Sites

Lodging, Airfare, and Car Rental:

The links to the right will allow you to look for all three.

The links shown below are more specifically related to one category.

Expedia.com 

Orbitz.com 

Travelocity.com 

Yahoo Travel

Kayak.com

Lodging:

Dates of check-in and check-out

 Make sure it is close to the attractions you plan to go visit

If the attractions you pick are spread out, you can stay at more than one hotel/motel.

Vacation Home Rentals

Flipkey

Homeaway

Airbnb

Hotels.com

Trivago

Flight:

You must depart from a Chicago airport.

 Know your arriving city.

Your arrival date is the first day of your vacation, your departure date is the last day of your vacation.

Flight must be round trip.

Shop around--prices can vary by almost $1,000.

Airport.com 

Orbitz.com 

Travelocity.com 

Expedia.com

Kayak.com

Trivago.com

Rental car:

 Pick up and drop off place will be your destination city.

 Decide what type of car you want versus want you need and can afford.

Assume that someone in your group is over the age of 25. You do not have to worry about any extra fees related to age.

 

Avis

Dollar

Hertz

Enterprise

Alamo

Thrifty

Price of Gas

Calculating Driving Distance: 

Google Maps

MapQuest 

Yahoo Maps

Restaurant Information:

Type of food served

 Cost of meals

 

Menus.com 

Restaurant Associates 

Restaurant Row

Diners, Driveins, & Dives

Man vs Food

Things to Do:

Stub Hub

Basketball - Pros 

Baseball - Pros 

Football - Pros 

Hockey - Pros 

PollStar 

Ticketmaster.com