Creating A Travel Itinerary

by

Becky Peden

INTRODUCTION

Good morning! Welcome to the office of Roadrunner Computing Service. This is your first day on the job as an assistant to the chief executive officer (CEO) of the company, Mr. Don Huddleston. Mr. Huddleston will be traveling to Washington, DC, (use IAD or DCA for the airport code) from St. Louis (STL for airport code) in October for a meeting with one of his clients. His first meeting is scheduled for October 20, 20--, at 10:00 a.m. in the Oval Office of the White House. His second meeting is scheduled for October 21, at 2:00 p.m. in the Kentucky Room at the Pentagon. He is free for sight-seeing all other times.  He has asked you to make all of his travel arrangements for the trip including flights, car rental, and hotel accommodations. (We will not really purchase these, but we will pretend.) Mr. Huddleston would like to arrive 3 days early to include some sight-seeing, and he plans to return home the day after his last appointment.

THE TASK

1. Gather information for airlines, flights, hotel accommodations, and car rental.
2. Create a travel itinerary for Mr. Huddleston using Microsoft Word.
3. Create a list with at least 10 places of interest using Microsoft Word. Include addresses, hours, phone number, price of admission, etc.

RESOURCES

You will find most of your information searching the internet. The following items will be of help to you.

• Handout of sample itinerary (Use as a guide when preparing yours)
• Atlas can be used in the library as needed (If you need to look at a map)
• Internet Search (Click to see websites)

1. You will work on this assignment individually
2. Use a notebook to record your findings
3. Determine the dates of the trip
4. Search for flights that match the date of departure and date of return (Choose good flight times)
5. Search for a car rental at the airport in Washington
6. Search for hotel accommodations near the airport for the number of nights needed
7. Search for places of interest (tourism)
8. Record all important information (flight numbers, times, addresses, costs)
9. After information is gathered, organize the information to be typed
10. Type the itinerary using Word
11. List the places of interest using Word
12. Save the documents on your data disk using appropriate names
13. Include your name and print both documents

EVALUATION

Each finished document will be worth 100 points making the entire project worth a total of 200 points.

I will look at the following on each document:

• Formatting - 25 pts.
  
• Grammar - 25 pts.
  
• Content - 25 pts.
  
• Creativity - 25pts.
  

CONCLUSION

Congratulations! You have just proved what a responsible person you are by completing this task for your new boss. Since you have done such a good job, Mr. Huddleston rewards you by letting you leave the office an hour early today with pay.

• Did you enjoy finding information about Washington, DC?

• Would you like to go there someday?

• Has this exercise sparked your interest in traveling to another destination?