Introduction: Travel business is becoming a very competitive field. You are working for a travel agency. In order to get the bonus for the year you and your coworkers need to come up with a five-day itinerary for a trip to Paris for a group of first year college students who are on Spring break. You want them to choose your travel agency and you have agreed to present them the itinerary via Powerpoint to convince them to choose your agency.

Task: Your task is to use various sources, and web sites to create a powerpoint presentation for the college students to view and be convinced that your travel agency has the best itinerary for them at the best price.

Roles:

Transportation Coordinator: Researches airline flights, métro prices, bus prices

Accommodations Coordinator: Researches places and prices of where to stay.

Activity Coordinator: Researches museums, and evening activities for the group.

Cuisine Coordinator: Researches cafés and restaurants in Paris for lunch and dinner each night and breakfast if it is not included in the price of the hotel.

The Process:

1. You will be assigned to groups of 4

2. You will divide up the coordinator's roles

3. Research your topic through the web sites

4. Address the following questions in your presentations

5. Present a Powerpoint presentation (Remember you must allow the students free time to go to some of the monuments, which you must mention, and show them in the presentation too.)

Travel Coordinator: Find 4 different flights to Paris

a. How much is a flight from New York to Paris?

b. What are the airlines that fly that route?

c. Are the flights direct or are there stopovers?

d. What are the times and what meals are included?

e. What will be the final flight choice?

f. How will you get around by métro? How much will it cost? What type of ticket will you buy?

Accommodations Coordinator: Find 4 hotels in Paris (4 different arrondissements)

a. What types of accommodations are available?

b. What amenities do they offer?

c. What arrondissement are they located in?

d. Are they located near the museums and/or cafés?

e. What métro stop is it?

Activities Coordinator: Find 4 museums and 4 evening activities

a. What 4 museums will you visit?

b. How much are the entrance fees?

c. What will you see and do?

d. What is the métro stop?

e. What are the 4 evening activities?

f. What are the prices and métro stop?

Cuisine Coordinator: Find 4 cafés for lunch and 4 restaurants for dinner

a. What are the 4 cafés you will eat at for lunch? (Are any included with the museums?)

b. How much will it cost?

c. What are the 4 restaurants you will eat at for dinner?

d. What is the cost?

e. Will dinner be included with any of the evening activities?

f. Will you have to go out for breakfast?

Resources:

Les Pages de Paris

The Louvre Museum

Hotels

Restaurants

Métro

Paris-City

Paris Culture

Paris

Air France

Flight information

Musée D'Orsay

Musée Rodin

Museum and Monuments

Paris Galleries

Paris Hotels

France

Evaluation:

The final Powerpoint presentation will count as a double test grade. You will get an overall group grade and a grade for your part of the presentation. Grading will take place in the following areas:

a. Organization

b. Content Knowledge

c. Visuals

d. Mechanics

e. Delivery

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Conclusion:

After completing this WebQuest, you will now be able to fully organize any 5-day trip to Paris, enjoy French food, go to museums, visit monuments, all for a reasonable price...BON VOYAGE!!!

Credits:

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Source of Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Luxembourg Palace: http://www.freefoto.com/pictures/france/pareiffe/index.asp

Source of wine glass: "© 1999-(current year) www.barrysclipart.com"

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