Groovy Grape Tours

Placement organization

Name of organization: Groovy Grape Tours
Town/city: Adelaide
Country: Australië
Website:

Name of student: Robin Hendriksen

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2013-2014

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Tour Company
Organization’s activities: Reservations section – client liaison, taking bookings and general reservation work

Accounts section – preparation and distribution of accounts relating to passenger bookings also tour reconciliations

Operations section – pre and post tour preparation of tour vehicles and equipment

Target group of the organization: Backpackers
Company culture: The atmosphere in the company is really good and people in the company see each other as family and they thread you like their family. There is no dress code so you can wear whatever you like, for example shorts in the summer.
Number of employees: 10
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Mainly reservations
Brief description of your daily activities: Daily tasklist, reservations and accounts section
Brief description of your company assignment: Work together with NHTV tour leader placement student to develop a new product ‘’Walking tour of Adelaide’’. The project will require the development of a 12 month marketing plans as well as developing social media for the project.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: If you need any help just ask and they are happy to help you. My supervisor gives me a lot of advice and information about the company assignment.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Teamplayer, sociable and flexible
Additional company requirements for this placement? Ms office, writing skills
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Company
How did you go to work every day? by foot, walk of 20 minutes

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? Working holiday visa
Do you need a work permit? no
How did you arrange the necessary documents:
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents?
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance?

Language course

Did you take a language course before you started your placement? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? No

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 1300
Accommodation (monthly): € 410
Local transport (monthly): € 25
General costs of living (monthly): € 600?
Costs of visa: € 600?
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? 500 dollar monthly

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
Lonely planet book about Australia
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? No

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: 111797@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Arrange to do tours with the company because you can do them for free:)
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Beach, Mount lofty, entertainment centre, city etc.

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link