I Need A Vacation Budget of $1,700.00

By: Kristie Buonomo

Bear Creek

Bear Creek is a ski resort in Macungie, PA. It is a great place for all ages. If you are not a skier then try snow tubing or wait in the lodge.

Skiing at Bear Creek

Bear Creek has a huge selection of easy hills and challenging slopes. There are 3 quad chairs, 1 triple chair, and 2 carpet lifts.

Day one

Wake up - free

Load the car – free

Stop at Dunkin Dounuts – $10.45, 25 munchkins, 4 hot chocolates, includes tax and tip

Drive to Bear Creek - Trip from home is 40 miles. Our car gets 20 miles per gallon of gas. It will take two gallons of gas to drive to Bear Creek. A gallon of gas costs $3.50. So the cost to drive is $7.00. Time of trip was one hour.

Have lunch at Trail’s End Café – $42.65, Caesar salad, wings, ham sandwich, chicken tenders, 3 fountain sodas( coke ), bottled water, includes tax and tip

Day one continued

Check into room ( 2 queen beds, deck with a view of mountain ) – leave dad’s credit card at front desk

Unpack all 4 bags ( mom, dad, Karlie, and mine ) – free

2 people take showers – free

Get ready for dinner – free

Eat dinner at The Grill – $93.95, French onion soup, Caesar salad, 2 cheeseburgers, tortellini, N.Y. strip steak, cheesecake, orange creamsicle float, includes tax and tip

Go to bed – free

Total cost of day one - $154.05

Balance - $1,545.95

Day two

Wake up – free

Get dressed – free

Go to breakfast at Trail’s End Café – $35.75, 2 omelets, pancakes, French toast, hot chocolate, juice ( orange ), 2 waters, includes tax and tip

Go back to room – free

Put on warmer clothes – free

Go to the ski rentals shack – free

Rent the ski stuff – $70.00, 2 pairs of skis, 2 pairs of ski boots, helmet, 2 pairs of poles, includes tax

Day two continued

Buy dad’s lift ticket - $47.00 ( my lift ticket is free )

Buy 2 tubing passes - $48.00

Start on Kodiak- free

Brown Bear - free

Cub Run – free

Broadway – free

Timberlane – free

Lunch at Trail’s End Café - $24.75, 16” pepperoni pizza, bottled water, and 3 fountain drinks ( coke ), includes tax and tip

Head back to the mountain – free

Day two continued

Kodiak- free

Homerun – free

Brown Bear – free

Back to the lodge – free

Take showers – free

Get dressed for dinner – free

Go to dinner at Trail’s end Café – $40.95, BBQ chicken wrap, wings, chicken fingers, medium turkey wrap, 4 fountain drinks ( coke ), includes tax and tip

Go back to room – free

Go to bed – free

Day two total – $266.45

Balance - $1,279.50

Day three

Wake up – free

Get dressed – free

Go to breakfast at Trail’s End Café - $38.00, 2 omelets, pancakes, French toast, 2 hot chocolates, juice (orange), 2 waters, includes tax and tip

Go to gift shop – $298.00, 4 sweatshirts, 4 t-shirts, 2 teddy bears, Bear Creek logo key chain ( Mr. H ), deck of cards, golf balls, 2 coffee mugs, includes tax

Go to room – free

Get changed into ski clothes – free

Rent ski stuff – $70.00, 2 pairs of skis, 2 pairs of ski boots, helmet, 2 pairs of poles, includes tax

Day three continued

Buy lift ticket – $47.00

Buy 2 snow tubing passes – $48.00

Mom and Karlie go snow tubing

Dad and I ski

Kodiak – free

Brown Bear – free

Timberlane – free

Go to lunch at Trail’s End Café - $54.65, Caesar salad, wings, ham sandwich, chicken tenders, 3 fountain sodas( coke ), bottled water, 2 cheesecakes, includes tax and tip

Kodiak – free

Day three continued

Go back to room – free

Take showers – free

Go to dinner at Trail’s End café - $56.75, 16” pepperoni pizza, French fries, Caesar salad, 4 fountain drink (coke),4 cheesecakes, includes tax and tip

Go to room – free

Pack up all of our stuff – free

Check out – $623.45

Drive home (one hour) - $7.00 (same cost as the drive up)

Day three total – $1,242.85

Total Spent - $1,663.35

Balance - $36.65

Pie Graph of the Percentage of Money Spent on Vacation in the Various Categories

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