Key Skills Assignment 2 Travel

Key Skills Assignment 2 Travel

Travel Pricing Assignment

(Travel & Tourism 1st and National Diploma, Airline Ops)

Scenario

You have recently started work at a small independent travel agency and you have been asked to do some research to examine the holiday prices of travel agencies with an online sales presence. Your manager has asked that you gather and compare information about different holiday packages from several different agencies for a family of four.

The family consists of two adults and two children aged 8 and 13. They are not certain where they want to go for their holiday and they don’t have a set budget. The family wants to travel from a London airport and they want to depart on the 10th July and return on the 24th July.Both adults have full driving licenses. The family have expressed an interest in the following destinations:

FloridaThe Balearic IslandsBenidormNew York

The Canary IslandsRomeBarcelonaIreland

The Grand CanyonGreece

Your colleagues in the travel agency will look at any destinations you don’t choose, so just pick three or four.

In order to complete this task you should:

1)Carry out appropriate research to find packages from different travel companies.

2)Write a short report explaining how you found your information and presenting your recommendations for the family. You should present at least four different holiday options and compare the costs for each.

3)You should break down the cost of each holiday as much as possible showing separate costs per person for flights, accommodation, tax and any other costs such as car rental or excursions and a total for each package.

This Assignment will allow you to gather evidence for your Key Skills IT Portfolio at Level 2.

You will need to produce the following evidence of your work for this assignment:

1)Evidence showing where you found your information. If you use the Internet to find your information you should provide screen printouts showing the search terms and techniques you used and printouts of the pages where you found your information.

2)A report that presents your findings in an appropriate format.

3)Drafts including any preparatory work and calculations you have carried out.

Assignment Due: