The Process

1. First you'll be assigned to a team of 3 or 4 students.  These students will be your travel partners.
2. Determine the leader of your group.  The leader will have final say on all your group decisions.
3. Assign the following jobs to each member of your group
1. Tour guide - This person will be responsible for keeping track of all the tourist attractions in the cities to you visited
2. Travel agent - This person will be in charge of all travel plans (planes, rental cars, taxis, etc.)
3. Treasurer - This person will be in charge of the expenses for the trip.  Remember you can only spend $10,000
4. Travel secretary - This person will be responsible for putting together a visual scrapbook for the trip.
4. Next, each person in the group will investigate and then decide on what city they would like to travel to.  (Each person must pick a different city. Choose from the list below.)  Then decide as a group what your 4th city will be.
5. At each stop of your trip, the person who selected that city will have four jobs to be responsible for:
1. Decide what events or places you will go to in your city and how much it will cost. Make sure to give this information to your travel secretary.   
2. Investigate air fare from the previous city to your city.  Determine how long you will stay in your city and get a rental car for that time.  Give this information to the travel agent in your group.  
3. Keep track of how much money you have spent on your leg of the trip and what you spent it on. - Give this information to your group's treasurer.
4. Collect pictures, brouchures or other interesting pieces of information to share with your classmates. - Give this information to your group's travel secretary.
   
6. The group will decide which city to travel to first, then second and so on and will decide how long to stay  (Keep in mind your budget and time.)
7. Each member of your group will create a spreadsheet for their city to keep track of activities, hotels and transportation and the cost of each.  Click here to get a copy of the spreadsheet.  
8. Team members will save their spreadsheets to our class' folder.  Teams will then combine spreadsheets to create one master spreadsheet for their group.
9. Each member will then write a short essay about their city of choice.  The essay should try to convince your classmates to consider a vacation to this city. The essay should be neat, organized, persuasive and at least 1 full page (12 point font, 1 inch margins.) 
10. Finally, your group will put together a presentation using PowerPoint, posters, or a series of handouts and present this to to the class.

1. New York
2. Boston
3. Baltimore
4. Washington D.C.
5. Philadelphia
   
6. Atlanta
7. Miami
8. Orlando
9. Indianapolis
10. Minneapolis
11. Detroit
    
12. Houston
13. Dallas
14. Austin
15. San Antonio
    
16. Denver
17. Phoenix
18. San Franscisco
19. Los Angeles
20. San Diego
21. Seattle
22. Cleveland
23. Cincinnati
24. Anchorage
25. Honolulu