


        
        
        
                            [TRIP EXPENSE PLANNER]

        (c) 1990 A.W.Francis
           
        
        
        
        
        
        Readme.txt
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         1.   This  program does not plan or give trip routes  etc.,  but        
         does reasonably accurately project the cost of almost any trip  -        
         particularly if the information entered is correct.
         2.  The 3 programs (Setup,Update, and Trip) must reside  on  the        
         same  disk  in the same directory. The setup program  will  setup        
         subdirectories in the case of floppy drives and a main and sub-
        directory  for the hard drive (c:) and copy all programs to  that 
        directory automatically. A hard drive is recommended as file access
        and program run time are greatly improved
         3.   The program allows choices of up to 3 cars, other forms  of 
        transportation  (ie: trains,airlines,rental cars, etc.)  and  ex-
        penses for tickets for museums, amusement parks and the like.
         4.   It  will keep a record of hotel arrival dates and  the  ex-
        penses related to that, including state room tax rates (automati-
        cally computed from 2 letter state abbreviation you will  enter). 
        It  will compute the daily rate with the number of days  of  your 
        stay as well. It also computes kennel costs if you have pets that 
        will need to be boarded.
              a.) For some states the room tax rate is an average,  since 
        in  those states the rate varies from town to town. However,  in 
        most cases it will be accurate or to within 1%.
         5.  It takes into account daily costs for shopping or  miscella-
        neous  or tip expenses, plus allows you to choose how  many  days 
        you will buy breakfast, lunch and dinner while travelling.
              a.)  Generally breakfast and lunch should be about $5 -  $7 
        per person, while dinner can range $15-$20. You set these choices 
        yourself  and it will depend on the area you are  travelling  and 
        what you would normally spend for such meals.
              b.)   The  program automatically adds 5% of the  main  item 
        totals to the cost of the trip for unexpected or unknown expenses 
        that  almost  always come up. It has proven to  be  a  reasonably 
        accurate amount, however the amount can be changed from with  the 
        correction program.
         6.  SETUP must be run before the actual program the  first  time 
        only ! Do not run SETUP again, unless it is on a new system.  The 
        variables set up by SETUP can be changed from the program menu  - 
        selection #4 (which runs UPDATE).
         7.  Once SETUP has been run, just type TRIP from the prompt  and 
        you are on your way.
         8.   A   comparison program [ACTUAL.EXE], that will  accept  the 
        actual  costs  of a trip and compare to those  of  the  projected 
        costs  -  also allowing for automatic update of  the  basic  trip 
        variables  (ie: meal costs, gas prices,etc.)is now  available  as 
        well and is included in the zip file.
         9.   The program will supply a printout - allowing you  to  take 
        the  projected information with you. It shows hotels  with  costs 
        and arrival dates, deposits made and more.
         10.  If you discover any problems or bugs that I have not as yet 
        discovered, please let me know.
         11.   When entering dollar amounts, only enter the  amount,  not 
        the '$' dollar sign. The decimal point is optional if there are no
        cents to be recorded.   
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        A.W.Francis
        Compuserve 72436,357
            
        





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