TRAVEL PLANNING BOOK PROJECT 旅行计划书

TRAVEL PLANNING BOOK PROJECT

Congratulations! You have been given 3,000 American dollars to plan your trip of a lifetime in China. Before you get to spend your money you must learn a little about your chosen destination! After all, the best vacations are the ones that are well researched! You don’t want to miss anything while visiting the country. Your grade will depend on how realistic this budget and plan is！So please do careful research of how much these cost！You can use either U.S. or Renminbi for this project, please be aware of current exchange rate! The final could be TYPED (this means you can save this project as a Microsoft Word or PowerPoint  file then have it print out . However, you have to handwrite drafts.

• Your trip must be booked during the one-week break, and will cover a time span of five days plus the times needed for travel. 
• You can choose one city in China to do detailed exploration of multiples one just to sim through major attractions. 
• You must pay for all expenses with your 3,000 America dollars. You can not go over the amount or your trip will be cancelled (which means you fail the project). 
• You can use any resource to help you with your trip planning but you must make sure they are reliable resources… you DO NOT want to get scammed out of your money! (You must list all sources that you use for planning. )
• You must research the requirements for international travel. Look to see if the country you chose has requirements for visitors. You must list all requirements and figure the cost. Remember, you must pay for these expenses from your 3,000 American dollars. 
• All travel information should be typed organized into the following sections:

Detailed page-by-page requirement

Cover Page：

• Have a title. For example 上海旅行计划书（Shanghai travel planning book）
• Your name
• A picture that is landmark of that city

Table of Contents：

• Titled “目录”    
• Have page number for each section of your book.

Introduction of the City (or area you are going, if you are doing multiple cities, do the one you are staying the longest) : Title: City Name+ 简介

• An introduction with minimum 150 characters describing the geography，weather， history and culture, local customs, traditions, and holidays celebration of the city etc.  You can organize them into sub-sections with subheadings.
• Map showing its location in China with caption saying “...在中国的。。。部"
• Any additional pictures you feel is appropriate

Preparation (you don't have to follow the order of the bullet points): 

• Write a paragraph detailing what you need to prepare going there. You can include but not limited to those : visa and passport application, booking hotel and ticket, buying travel books, etc
• Have an image of your luggage and detail what you will bring to China

You must use one of these sentence connectors in the page: 除了。。。还有。。。，虽然 （although）。。。但是（but）。。。，因为。。。所以。。。，一。。。就。。。，要是。。。就。。。，不但。。。而且。。。， 先。。。然后。。。最后。。。，一方面。。。 一方面。。。， 有的。。。有的。。。还有的. Please underline those sentence connectors.

Day 1:

• Title: 第一天的行程安排 （if you have a theme for the day， you can give a name for the day also：Ex: 第一天：游览市区 ）
•  An overview of the day：you can use the following example's layout (You must specify where you eat 3 meals and have at least two activities that relate to the history or culture of the area.

• Information (Price per Day and Total, Hotel Rating, Type of Room, Check In/Out Days and Times)

• Specify the cost of the day item by item and have a total cost for the day. You can do this by having a table summarizing the cost for each item such as lodging, food, transportation, ticket for admission to scenic spots，souvenirs etc.  OR   Have cost written after the itinerary in style of table of contents. Ex.  午餐：去王府井全聚德吃烤鸭。。。。。。。。180 元人民币
• 100 character minimum： Have a paragraph describing the day. EX.  我（们）七点半起床， 然后去酒店餐厅吃早饭。 上午10十点我们坐地铁去。。。餐馆 
• You must specify mode of transportation you use to get from one place to another (subway, bus, rental car, train, trolley, boat, airplane, bicycle, pedicab, taxi or walking)..
• You must use one of these sentence connectors in the page: 除了。。。还有。。。，虽然 （although）。。。但是（but）。。。，因为。。。所以。。。，一。。。就。。。，要是。。。就。。。，不但。。。而且。。。， 先。。。然后。。。最后。。。，一方面。。。 一方面。。。， 有的。。。有的。。。还有的. Please underline those sentence connectors.

Day 2: same requirement as Day 1 page

Day 3: same requirement as Day 1 page

Day 4: same requirement as Day 1 page

Day 5: same requirement as Day 1 page

Attraction poster: You can use 1-2 pages for this section.  This page is similar to the poster we did in class, pick ONE scenic spot or attrition to do detailed introduction

• You can format this section similar to that of a brochure 
• You must have pictures of the attraction
• You must have title (name of the attraction)
• Interesting facts or why people should go there (anything you feel that a tourist bureau would put out to attract tourists. Think about if people would want to got to this place upon seeing this)

A recipe for a local food (can not be Zhajiangmian): the requirement for this is exactly the same as 炸酱面 poster we did in class. 

•  A poster title ...菜谱， or ...制作方法
• Necessary ingredients ,   Large pictures for the food and ingredients
• Step-by-step guide on how to make this local food

  Expense Summary (how you spent your money on each category )

• Have a table detailing how much you spent on each category： please do this page last as you will be looking back to add the cost of each category up. 
• Sub category is optional， extra credit for detailing each sub category. For example, instead of only listing how much you spend on transportation, you also detail the amount you will spend on each mode of transportation.
• You must include these categories at minimum: transportation（交通, lodging (住宿）， food（食物）， fees for paper works and other formalities （手续费， these could be visa and passport application fees, airport construction fee which is a special tax for travelers to China). 门票。 Other optional categories include： entertainment （娱乐）， souvenirs （纪念品）etc.
• Have a pie chart, that shows the proportion of each category of expense (you can do it like below or just label each category with arrow pointing to the portion, category name and percentage） 
  

Websites to Use: 

• https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ (for info about your country)
• http://finance.yahoo.com/currency?u (to convert currency)
• http://www.state.gov/ (travel information: Warnings, Passports, and Country Info.)
• http://newyork.china-consulate.org/chn/ （Chinese consulate in New York
• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ (Culture Info)
• http://www.religionfacts.com/ (Culture Info)
• http://www.everyculture.com/ (Culture Info)
• http://www.expedia.com/ (to book hotel and flight)
• qunar.com 去哪儿网

Timeline (you can do this ahead of time. For example, you can submit all the draft writing for me to edit on 02/27 before you put it down on the paper)： 

Due 02/27:  On a loose leave，write draft of introduction page and specify 2 activities you will do in that city or area on each day.

Due 03/06: Draft for writing of those pages: preparation,  Day 1-5,  tourist spot poster, recipe poster

Revised-Due Tuesday，03/14 : Final Project, all drafts submitted, checklist

Please note that plagiarism will result in failing of this project.