My Million Dollar Trip to CaliforniaPresentation by Jenny
For my million dollar project I chose to go to California with 19 other friends and family members. I looked through many activities and items to purchase for my trip. I spent my money in 5 major categories: meals, activities, shopping, travel and lodging. I will show you the circle graphs and spreadsheets of each major category.
A Brief Summary
Travel
For my travel I bought First Class tickets for everyone to fly to California. In California, I rented a limo to take us around to different places.
First Class Airfare -
Detroit to Los Ange-les, Cali-
fornia59%
Limousine Service
Fri-Sat rate 16%
Limousine Service
Sun-Thurs rate 25%
Gas for New Car to drive to airport
0%
Travel
Item Quantity Unit Price Total PriceFirst Class Arfare - Detroit to Los Angeles, California 20 $2,192.00 $43,840.00Limosine/Party Bus Rental 8/2/2013 - 8/16/2013 Fri-Sat rate 5 days x 16 hours/day 80 $149.00 $11,920.00Sun-Thurs rate 10 days x 16 hours/day 160 $119.00 $19,040.00Gas for New Car to drive to airport 50 $3.39 $169.50
Total $74,969.50
Meals When I estimated my meals, I found several restaurants that I love to eat dinner at. I looked at the menu and estimated what the meal would cost for each person. For breakfast and lunch, I assumed a fixed price everyday.
Breakfast18%
Lunch31%
Olive Garden-2 nights
7%
PF Changs- 2 nights
7%
Sir Winstons8%
Blue Bayou7%
Gladstones5%
House of Blues 4%
Café Orleans4% Rainforest Café
3%
Cozy Cone3%
Ristorante Brickolini
3%SuperMex
2%
Meals
Breakfast & Lunch totals shown in chart.Dinners shown byRestaurant
Item Quantity Unit Price Total PriceBreakfast 280 $12.00 $3,360.00Lunch 280 $20.00 $5,600.00Olive Garden-2 nights 40 $30.00 $1,200.00PF Changs- 2 nights 40 $30.00 $1,200.00Sir Winstons 20 $70.00 $1,400.00Blue Bayou 20 $60.00 $1,200.00Gladstones Seafood 20 $50.00 $1,000.00House of Blues Restaurant 20 $40.00 $800.00Café Orleans 20 $35.00 $700.00Rainforest Café 20 $25.00 $500.00Cozy Cone 20 $25.00 $500.00Ristorante Brickolini 20 $25.00 $500.00SuperMex 20 $20.00 $400.00
Total $18,360.00
Lodging
For the Lodging category, we spent all our money to stay at this cool hotel near Hollywood.
Chateau Mar-mont-10 rooms 2person per rm
100%
Chart TitleLodging Item Quantity Unit Price Total PriceChateau Marmont-10 rooms 2person per rm 140 $753.57 $105,499.80
Total$105,499.
80
Activities
Taylor Swift Concert in San Diego (Front Row VIP area)
32%
Disneyland Passes-Disney & California Adventure
23%Legoland passes adult1%
Legoland passes kids2%
Spa Day for Girls/Ladies5%
Horseback Riding Near Hol-lywood Sign
4%
Universal studios VIP Pack
10%
iFLY indoor sky diving for kids2%
Queen Mary Paranormal Spirit Walk Tour
3%
Aquarium of Pacific adult1%
Aquarium of Pacific kid0%
Catalina Island Snorkel Trip charter
3%
Catalina Island Snorkel Trip-gear rental
2%
San Diego Zoo adult - backstage pass
2%
San Diego zoo kid3%
Sea World admission + penguin & dolphin encounters
6%
Activities
Activities (continued)
When doing my activities I looked up fun places to go on Trip Advisor. I also included places I knew about in California. I also used Google to research activities.
Item QuantityUnit Price Total Price
Taylor Swift Concert in San Diego (Front Row VIP area) 20
$895.00
$17,900.00
Disneyland Passes-Disney & California Adventure 20
$649.00
$12,980.00
Legoland passes adult 8 $98.00 $784.00Legoland passes kids 12 $88.00 $1,056.00
Spa Day for Girls/Ladies 17$160.0
0 $2,720.00Horseback Riding Near Hollywood Sign 20
$100.00 $2,000.00
Universal studios VIP Pack 20$289.0
0 $5,780.00iFLY indoor sky diving for kids 12 $99.95 $1,199.40Queen Mary Paranormal Spirit Walk Tour 20 $75.00 $1,500.00Aquarium of Pacific adult 8 $36.95 $295.60Aquarium of Pacific kid 12 $19.95 $239.40Catalina Island Snorkel Trip charter 1
$1,750.00 $1,750.00
Catalina Island Snorkel Trip-gear rental 20 $45.00 $900.00San Diego Zoo adult - backstage pass 8
$143.00 $1,144.00
San Diego zoo kid 12$133.0
0 $1,596.00Sea World admission + penguin & dolphin encounters 20
$176.00 $3,520.00
Total$55,364.
40
Shopping / Souvenirs Before we left I gave everyone
a gift card to buy their own clothes of their choice. And we bought some things during our trip.
Pre-Trip Shopping @ Sommerset
Mall1% Disneyland
Shopping1%
Legoland Shopping
1%Cowboy Boots for
Horseback Riding
0%Universal Studios
1%
Cadillac Escalade ESV SUV
Ride to Air-port9%
Yacht for Cruising to
Catalina, San Diego,
87%
Shutterfly Photo Album
from Trip 0%
Shopping / SouvenirsItem Qty Unit Price Total PricePre-Trip Shopping @ Sommerset Mall 20 $500.00
$10,000.00
Disneyland Shopping 20 $500.00$10,000.0
0Legoland Shopping 20 $200.00 $4,000.00Cowboy Boots for Horseback Riding 20 $150.00 $3,000.00Universal Studios Shopping 20 $200.00 $4,000.00New Car for Mom & Dad Cadillac Escalade ESV SUV Ride to Airport 1
$65,770.00
$65,770.00
Yacht for Cruising to Catalina, San Diego, 1
$649,000.00
$649,000.00
yachtworld.com 65 foot Hatteras sportfish Long Beach and Marina Del Rey Shutterfly Photo Album from Trip 1 $36.30 $36.30
Total $745,806.30
65 ft Hatteras Yacht from yachtworld.com
Category Money SpentShopping / Souvenirs
$745,806.30
Transportation $74,969.50Meals $18,360.00Activities $55,364.40Lodging $105,499.80
For My Grand Total…
$1,000,000.00
And my Grand Total was…….
Meals2%
Activities6%
Travel/Trans-
portation7%
Shopping75%
Lodging11%
Major Spending Categories