A Trip to Buenos Aires

Introduction

Congratulations! Your parents are considering paying for a vacation for you and one friend to travel to Buenos Aires for a week. You need to book a flight, find hotel accommodation, and compare your results with your friend's results. Your parents aren't made of money so choose the best options and present your parents with your research. Be careful, if you can't convince your parents that you've done your due diligence and researched the best options, they just may cancel the trip.

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Task

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In this web quest, you will be searching for flight and hotel accommodation information. When researching your flight, consider ticket price, length and number of layovers, and comfort level (first class, economy, etc.). When researching your hotel, keep in mind price, review rating, and any special amenities. Since there are two of you traveling, you will need to book two flights. For the hotel, you can either book two rooms or one room and two beds. You should fly in and out of Ezeiza airport and stay in the Recoleta neighborhood. Once flight and hotel information is found, compare your information with your partner. Choose the best flight and hotel based on the conditions listed above. Include a brief explanation of why you chose each flight and hotel.

Process

Step One

Find flight information! Remember to not actually fill out any personal booking details. Use the resources listed below:

https://www.google.com/flights/

http://www.aerolineas.com.ar/Welcome

Step Two

Find hotel accommodation! Again, remember to not actually fill out any personal booking details. Use the resources listed below:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/

https://www.hotels.com/de14534/hotels-buenos-aires-argentina/

Step Three

Compare the information with your partner and make a decision on the best flight and the best hotel. You are person A and your partner is person B Use the table listed below:

Flight and Hotel Comparison Chart
	Airline Name	Total Price	Number of Layovers	Length of Layovers	Comfort Level
Flight A
Flight B
	Hotel Name	Total Price	Review Rating	Number of Beds/Rooms	Special Amenities
Hotel A
Hotel B

Explanation of choices:

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Evaluation

Evaluation
	Beginning	Developing	Proficient	Mastery
	0-2	3-5	6-8	9-10
Flight	Minimal evidence of research performed. More than two categories missing.	Some evidence of research performed. Two categories missing.	Fair evidence of research performed. One category missing.	Strong evidence of research performed. No categories are missing.
Hotel	Minimal evidence of research performed. More than two categories missing.	Some evidence of research performed. Two categories are missing.	Fair evidence of research performed. One category missing.	Strong evidence of research performed. No categories are missing.
Comparison	Unclear comparison with an illogical explanation for decision.	Unclear comparison with a simple explanation for decision.	Clear comparison with a simple explanation for decision.	Clear comparison with a detailed explanation for decision.

Conclusion

By now, you know the process of booking an international flight and hotel in a foreign city. You should also be familiar with the biggest airport in Argentina and one of the most popular neighborhoods in Buenos Aires. You will have analyzed this information, compared it with another student, and made a decision about which are the better options. You should be able to defend your decision with logic. Do you think your parents will approve your trip to Buenos Aires?

What was the most important thing that you learned during this Web Quest?

What would you do differently?

Your next step could be to develop an itinerary for the sites you want to visit and how to use public transportation to visit them! Now you will be able to plan out your travel information for any city you want to visit!