

CONGRATULATIONS! The prize is a ten day tourist drive for
a family of four ( 2 adults and 2 children aged 10 and
12). You have been given
$5000.00
for your holiday. Your tour will begin and finish at your
home town visiting at least five towns during your
travels. YOU have to decide
where to go! Your task is to plan and budget the
holiday.
Your family has won a prize from Tourism NSW.
You must allow $100 per day for food from your budget.
Remember, the total cost of your trip must not exceed
$5000

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Task 1
Waiting for you are 3 hire vehiles for you to choose from- a 4 cyclinder car, a 6 cylinder car and 4 wheel drive. You need to invesigate and choose the vehicle you will use on your trip.
Use Worksheet 1 to demonstrate and give reasons for your choice of vehicle. Don't forget to consider different hire charges, fuel efficiency (kilometres per litre), comfort and off road ability. Click here to download Word version or print out the web screen.
WebLinks: (Budget, Apollo and Europcar)
Task 2
Your task is to plan your overnight stops and the
tourist attractions you will visit. You must visit at least 1 tourist
attraction in each town/area.
On a map mark your trip with towns and tourist attractions you will
visit.
WebLinks:
Use Worksheet 2 to work out costing for accommodation and tourist attractions. Click here to download Word version or print out the web screen.
Task 3
One of your main costs will be petrol. You will need to work out total kilometres that will be travelled and the total cost for petrol. Download Word version or print out web screen
WebLink: Travelmate
Task 4
You will need to complete a final budget sheet. Download Word version or print out web screen.
Presentation
Your final presentation will be in the form of an oral report to your class. It must include the following:
1. Completed worksheets
2. Map of the area with towns and tourists sites visited marked.
3. Present in graph form ( using graph paper or a software graphing tool) the percentages of the total cost for petrol, accommodation, food, tourist attractions and car hire.
