Task: To plan an overseas journey and keep track of your
financial records.
Process:
q You will be allocated a budget of
$6000 and have to plan an overseas trip taking in four different countries with
a specific time frame of four weeks. You need to keep records of how you
spend your ‘money’.
q You will need to ‘buy’ all
the necessary clothes, bags, visas, immunizations, travel insurance, passports
etc. This means you will need to research your intended destinations to
find out such information as the weather, currency etc. Use catalogues
from a variety of retail outlets to buy your travel requirements.
q Use the Australian Government’s
websites to discover the need for visas, immunizations, travel warnings
etc. Links to these websites can be found at the web address www.angelfire.com/hiphop3/ardross
q At each location that you travel to
you are required to research certain facts: currency, language spoken,
capital cities, flags, major tourist attractions and major geographic
features. You will also need to send a postcard home to your parents from
each location. On each of these postcards you must mention two local
attractions as well as the weather conditions. Don’t forget to
write the date on your postcards (and tell your parents how much you love them
and miss them- don’t bother asking for more money!)
q You must keep a travel diary which you
must update daily on your trip.
q You will need to keep track of
your finances using Star ******* on the computer.
Follow the correct method on the website.
q You will need to record the Internet
sites you used to get information.
q You will be required to present your
trip to the class.
q You will be involved in the evaluation
of your work and reflect on problems you encountered and how you felt you
“travelled”.
Travel
Links
Travel- Korjo Products (www.korjo.com)
Look here to buy travel products
Travel- Air New Zealand (www.airnewzealand.com)
Book flights on this airline to NZ and other worldwide
destinations
Travel- Backpackers (www.backpackers.com)
Site for back packers accommodation
Travel- Currency exchange rate calculator (www.commbank.com.au/today/ForeignExchange/TBC-Fxcalc.htm)
Use this site to change money
Travel- Easy Jet Airline (www.easyjet.com)
Flights UK and Europe
Travel- Expedia (www.expedia.com)
Book flights, cruises, hotels etc.
Travel- Hotels Anywhere (www.hotelsatanywhere.com)
Book hotels worldwide
Travel- Octopus Travel (www.octopustravel.com)
Book hotels, activities worldwide
Travel- Passports (www.passports.gov.au)
The history of passports in Australia and information on obtaining
one
Travel- Premier Travel Centre (www.premiertravelcentre.com.au)
For all your travel requirements.
Travel- Rough Guide (www.travel.roughguides.com)
Information on different countries, how to get there, what to see
Travel- Smarttraveller (www.smarttraveller.com.au)
Site for information about visas, passports and warnings
Travel- Trailfinders (www.trailfinders.com.au)
Extensive information on travel worldwide
Travel- Travel Shop (www.travelshop.com.au)
For all your travel requirements
Travel- Travelmate (www.travelmate.com.au)
Travel guide includes destinations, hotels, activities, maps and
driving directions
Travel- Zuji (www.zuji.com)
Travel information
Travel- Lonely Planet (www.lonelyplanet.com/index.cfm)
Information about world travel
Travel- Trafalgar Tours (www.ttaus.trafalgartours.com)
Information about travelling the world
Travel- British Airways (www.britishairways.com/travel/home.jsp/home/public/en_gb)
Flight and travel information
Travel- Qantas (www.qantas.com.au/regions/dyn/home/qualifier-region-au)
Qantas flight information
Travel- Flight Centre (www.flightcentre.com.au)
Information and prices on travel
Travel- Federal Government Site (www.fed.gov.au/KSP)
Information on visas, immunizations, passports and travel warnings
Go to the class shared folder for worksheets to print out on:
Travel Log
How to track your finances
