Travel Project

My husband and I love traveling but when I was a child, my family didn’t travel much. My dad had one week off every year and we went to visit relatives 800 miles away every summer. We stayed at their house so we didn’t even have to make hotel plans.

Fast forward to after marrying my husband. He loves to travel. I learned a lot about travel from him!

I think travel is the best way to learn about other places, people, and even cultures.

So, I have my students work on a travel project. First, they decide where they want to go. Money is no object! How long will their trip be?

Once students plan where they want to go, they have to decide how they plan to get there. Do they want to drive or fly or cruise? Then they have to find the cost of getting there.

Once they get there, where will they stay? There are many online sites to find the cost of hotels. They need to find a hotel they like and the cost for the length of stay.

Then they need to decide how much they will spend on food each day. Many places have their menus and prices online. They need to decide the cost of breakfast, lunch, and dinner for each day they are there.

What will they do while they are there? What are the costs for the things they want to do? They also need to take into account how they plan to get from their hotel to this activity.

Once they have their prices, they need to find the total of their whole vacation. Then present this to the class. All of the students would enjoy hearing the different presentations. They might have suggestions or they might learn about someplace new they might want to visit.

What else would you add to this project? Please share.

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