By: Zaara Irshad & Latchmie Singh

Budgeted Amount: $8,000Time of Year: June-AugustLocation: AlaskaDuration of Cruise: 7-10 days

Family 3: The Retired Family

Family Member Needs Wants

64-year old wife •Non-smoking room•Spa

•Theatrical show•Shopping

68-year-old husband •Non-smoking room•Live music

•Native show•Fishing

14-year-old grandson •Non-smoking room with separate beds•Pool

•Access to the internet or to a library•Visit a national park

12-year old granddaughter

•Non smoking-room with separate beds•Movie theater and/or game room

•Snow skiing•Whale watching

Details About the Cruise: • 7-night – Alaska (Seattle Roundtrip)• Departure Dates: June 5, 12, 19, 26. They are going on the cruise on June 5, 2009.• Cruise Line: Royal Caribbean• Ship: Rhapsody of the Seas• The benefits of the cruise is that it didn’t cost that much and the rooms were non-

smoking.• Prices

They are staying in an ocean view rooms.$799 X 4 = $3,196 for rooms.Airfare: Total cost for the airfare is $1586.00. The family lives in New York City and they aretaking a flight to Seattle, Washington. When the cruise is over, the family takes another planeback to New York City.

Inside Cabin Ocean View Balcony Suite

From $649 per person

From $799 per person

From $1,399 per person

From 1,399 per person

Vacation Challenge 1: About the Cruise

Cruise Itinerary Day Ports of Call Arrival Time Departure Time

1 Seattle, Washington --------- 4:00 pm

2 At Sea --------- --------

3 Juneau, Alaska 11:00 am 8:00 pm

4 Skagway, Alaska 7:00 am 8:30 pm

5 Tracey Arm Fjord, Alaska 7:00 am 12:00 pm

6 At Sea --------- --------

7 Victoria, Canada 9:00 am 6:00 pm

8 Seattle, Washington 6:00 am --------

ItineraryDay 1 June 5, 2009:2:50 pm: Family arrives at Seattle, Washington.4:00 pm: Ship departs from Seattle, Washington.Day 2 June 6, 2009:Ship is at sea.Day 3 June 7, 2009:11:00 am: Ship arrives at Juneau, Alaska.12:00 pm: 64-year old wife and 12 year old granddaughter goes to the spa at TheBell House Day Spa & Tea Room at 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm. The price for that is$150.00.3:00 pm: 64 year old wife goes to the Juneau Lyric Opera to see a theatricalshow called “Mozart’s Missa Solemnis.” Her granddaughter goes with her. The show isfrom 3:00 to 4:45 pm. The cost for this show is $50.00.5:00 pm: 64-year old wife and her granddaughter go to shopping at the NuggetMall in Juneau, Alaska. She shops for clothing, food and more things there. Sheshops from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. The cost of her shopping spree is $150.00. 7:15 pm: Wife goes back to the ship to spend some time with her family until the shipleaves. (The grandson was in the pool while the husband was watching a movie.)8:00 pm: Ship departs from Juneau, Alaska.

Itinerary ContinuedDay 4 June 8, 2009:7:00 am: Ship arrives at Skagway, Alaska 7:15 am: 68-year old husband goes to a native show called The Days of ‘98 Show with his grandson. The show is from 7:15 am to 8:15 am. The show has live music. Entry fee is $10.00 per person. 8:20 am: 68-year old husband goes fishing with his grandson at a place called Fat Salmon. They fish for 4 hours. The cost for 4 hours of fishing is $145.00 perperson.11:30 am: Grandson and his grandpa go back to the ship to go out to lunch withtheir family. (The wife and granddaughter were watching a movie on the ship.) They gothe Starfire Restaurant. The spend one hour and thirty minutes there. The cost for lunchthere is $30.00.1:00 pm: The family goes to the Corrington Museum of Alaskan History to learnabout the history of Alaska. Entry fee is $10.00 per person. They spend two hoursthere.3:00 pm: Family goes on a whale watching adventure on their ship. The cost per person is$121.00. They spend 3 hours whale watching.6:30 pm: Family goes to the Starfire restaurant for dinner. Dinner costs $32.00.8:00 pm: Family goes back to the ship and spend some time together.8:30 pm: ship departs from Skagway, Alaska

Day 5 June 9, 2009:7:00 am: Ship arrives at Tracey Arm Fjord, Alaska7:30 am: After eating breakfast on the ship, the family goes on the Tracy Arm Fjord Glacier Cruise. Prices for adults are $147.89 and $102.52 for children. They spend four hours on the cruise.11:30 am: Family goes back to the ship and waits for the ship to leave the port.12:00 pm: Ship departures from Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska.

Day 6 June 10, 2009:Ship is at sea. While the ship is at sea, everyone is in the spa, in the game room, in themovie theater, in the pool or on the internet.

Day 7 June 11, 2009:9:00 am: Ship arrives at Victoria, Canada.9:30 am: Family goes skiing at Mount. Hotham. It costs $32 per person to go there. They spend 4 hours there.2:00 pm: Family visits Hatley National Park. It costs $10 per person to go there. Theyspend 2 hours in the park.

Itinerary Continued

4:00 pm: Go to Café Brio and eat supper for a hour and a half for $60 per person.5:30 pm: Leave Café Brio to go back to the cruise.6:00 pm: Cruise leaves port from Victoria, Canada.

Day 8 June 12, 20096:00 am: Arrive at Seattle, Washington.7:45 am: Family takes a plane back to New York City.

ITINERARY CONTINUED

Name of Activity Location Price Per Individual

Total Cost

Spa Bell House Day Spa and Tea Room, Juneau, Alaska

$30.00 $60.00

Theatrical Show Juneau Lyric Opera, Juneau, Alaska $25.00 $50.00

Shopping Nugget Mall, Juneau, Alaska ---------- $150.00

Native Show Skagway, Alaska $10.00 $20.00

Fishing Fat Salmon, Skagway, Alaska $145.00 $290.00

Lunch Starwire Restaruant, Skagway, Alaska ---------- $30.00

Corrington Museum Skagway, Alaska $10.00 $40.00

Whale Watching Skagway, Alaska $121.00 $484.00

Dinner Starfire Restaurant, Skagway, Alaska ---------- $32.00

Tracy Arm Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska $147.89 $591.56

Snow Skiing Victoria, Canada $32.00 $128.00

National Park Victoria, Canada $10.00 $40.00

Supper Café Brio, Victoria, Canada $60.00 $240.00

Activities

How much money left:The family had $8,000 to spend on this vacation. The totalmoney spent on this vacation is $6937.56. The family has$1,062.44 left to save.

Money Left

We chose this vacation package because it covers most of theneeds and wants of the family. This cruise has a good pricefor the family’s budget. We had enough money left to planthe activities. The cruise also had a good time limit for thefamily. They wanted a 7-10 day cruise.

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