A day out with family boosts up
the energies and enables to have quality time together. A little planning and
budgeting process can make a huge difference and can make more chances of
family activities. The present work is accomplished as a guide to take the
planning seriously and to have adequate outing plans. Owning or renting a car
for a number of millennial families is often considered as a pipe dream and the
reason is a hidden cost for the taxes and upkeep. In the present work, the
planning and budgeting are to go with the family to watch the ceremony of the
Olympic torch that will be lit for the Sochi winter games in the coming Friday.
All the soccer world is waiting passionately to have coverage of Brazil in the
summer for the upcoming event of FIFA world cup. The list of necessary things
along with budgets is developed. Unfortunately, most of the events were not set
in the budget to watch. But luckily, all the family members will be able to
join the event and it will be more affordable.
Program selected of Sporting event
Sticking at home with the family
event in case of running sporting events induces negative impact on learning
abilities but if the plan is developed then it should look for all the possible
ways to save the money and expenses. The planning in the present work is to
attend the event of the Olympic torch that will be lit for the Sochi winter
games in the upcoming Friday. The budget will include the cost of all
facilities, food, travel expenses such as ticket pricing. The present plan to
have a visited for the event of Olympic torch lit will perhaps one weeknight
with the basketball players. In the event there will be the number of sessions
therefore, the matchup can be higher and bigger determining factor for the
selected day. To minimize the cost and to maximize the savings there it
requires different considerations. Table 1 includes different considerations
regarding the event.
The venue of Olympic flame lit
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In front of ruins of the temple of Hera
Olympia,
Greece
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Two hotels within 20 km away from the venue
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Europa hotel Olympia
Website ( https://www.hoteleuropa.gr/
)
Greece is
Website (http://www.greece-is.com/lighting-the-flame/)
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Number of family members
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6 members
Parents
Daughters (3)
Son (1)
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Room
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Double or twin room
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Stay time for the family
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One night before the sporting event
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Room cost
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Europa hotel Olympia $ 450 (one night)
Greece Is $ 350 (one night)
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Selected hotel based on
facilities
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Europa hotel Olympia
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Information about Europa hotel Olympia
I have made the budget of the
round trip of the Olympic torch lit event and the most appropriate hotel to
stay for one night is Europa hotel, Olympia. The hotel is only 600 m away from
the venue. Although the early online booking is a non-refundable offer, it
provides a discount of 20% for the online reservation. The cost of living one
night with 20 % discount becomes 71.20 euro. The online reservation facility is
provided on the website where the discount is valid only for the full
prepayment and other reservations are not refundable. All the information about
the hotel is collected from their official website and the link of the website
is provided at https://www.hoteleuropa.gr/.
Fuel consumption estimation of Sporting event
The distance between hotel and
venue is only 600 m and it will require a minimum consumption of fuel. Even the
hotel is at walking distance from the selected venue but still, I will prefer
to get a rental car to facilitate the family members. The estimated fuel
consumption is 0.25 litters for a round trip. The family requires only enough
place to adjust all the members in the car. The most important consideration
for the tour is to take short walks in streets, easy and comfortable beds for
my parents and soft seats of car so it will not induce impact on muscle problem
of my mother. The car should be soft enough. Besides being comfortable and the
rent of car, there are no other factors to be considered. The rent of the
selected car should be according to my budget plan. I have mentioned $ 500 for
rent of the car. $ 100 for the fuel consumption of the car. The whole car tour
will be $ 600 approximately.
Cost of services by internet of Sporting event
The prices of tickets and food
are provided online on the websites. The important factor is to identify and
evaluate the cost of each service before getting there. Many organizations
offer tickets, drinks, hot dogs and parking for a family of six members at a
reasonable price. The facilities they provide are not the best seats but in
actual, family time and the atmosphere of the event counts more instead of the
cost of the services. I have made a backup plan so in case if I get some issues
in this plan I will switch to the other preferable option. The premier events
and the regular season games of Olympic provide hundreds of tickets and
sometimes people may be looking for a better option to get rid of their tickets
because they are not going to use them. I will prefer to reach them and will
find the tickets for my family members below face value. I will contact season
ticket holder though some personal network and will get the tickets at
discount.
Tour plan and food of
Sporting event
The plan is to spend maximum time
in wandering around in Greece and the best solution is to leave the home early
in the morning of Saturday and then return back on Sunday. After discussing
with parents, I designed one nice restaurant meal and then others will be
casual dining and fast food that can be preferred on the basis of choice of
siblings or hotel food service. The food cost in ordinary restaurants is
estimated at $ 700 and one nice meal at the expensive restaurant will be
approximately $ 900. In the cost of food, the taxes and tips are also included.
The estimate of cost for the two breakfasts, two lunches, and one nice dinner
are listed below in table 2.
Food
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Cost
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2 breakfasts (ordinary)
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$ 300 each
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2 lunches (ordinary)
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$300 each
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One dinner (nice)
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$ 900
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Information is taken form http://www.sdflc.org/seven-tips-for-attending-sporting-events-on-a-budget/

Figure 1: Pie chart for the budget
Justification for parents of
Sporting event
It was the heartiest desire of
all our family members and my siblings to attend the Olympic torch lit event in
Greece. On your recommendation, I have estimated the cost of all the tour and
expenses including travel expenses, food expense, rental car expense, fuel
consumption, room cost for the living and other minor expenses are excluded
from the budget. The program will go according to the estimated budget and
hopefully, we will have quality time there.
The budget states that it would be an economical trip and some of the
events will be attended and rest of them are eliminated due to cost issues and
time issues because we are allowed have only one day tour. It is supposed that
whole tour will be best tour of our family and it will be a good part of our
memories too.