Adrenaline Tours

Placement organization

Name of organization: Adrenaline Tours
Town/city: Willemstad
Country: Nederlandse Antillen
Website: http://adrenalinetourscuracao.com

Name of student: Miranda Quint

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2013-2014

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Watersports Company
Organization’s activities: Guided Tours with jetski, kayak, charter, and trips to Klein Curacao. Rental of equipment like kayaks, boats, jetski’s.
Target group of the organization: Everyone is a target group
Company culture: The company is small and informal. There’s not much like an hierarchy, everybody has his own tasks which look al the same.
Number of employees: 8
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? I am not really working in a specific derpartment because I do all kinds of diffrent stuff.
Brief description of your daily activities: – Making the agenda for trips and cruises
– Arranging the pick up for quests
– Arrange al the suplies
– Keep an eye on the schedules
– Update social media
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Brief description of your company assignment: Make an social media plan for the future, with diffrent kinds of suggestions.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: The supervision is not very good. The colleagues will help me always, but the head of the company does’nt give any interests or help. Besides that my colleagues make me feel home, it is easy to talk to them and they give me advice and help when I need it.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Flexible, Sociable, a bit independent, teamplayer, representable
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS Office
English: Advanced
Spanish: Basic
French:
German: Basic
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Internet
How did you go to work every day? By Car

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? No
Do you need a work permit? Yes
How did you arrange the necessary documents: On my own, and bring it to the embassy on destination
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? 2 weeks
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): € €800,-
Accommodation (monthly): € €290,-
Local transport (monthly): € €400,-
General costs of living (monthly): € € 300,-
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: € €50,-
What did the company pay for/to you? They pay me €125,- monthly

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I didn’t prepare, because my destination is a bit the same as Holland. Only read some books about the destination and searched it on the internet
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: mirandaquint@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: My advice is to go a few days earlier to the destination. You can figure out where all the important shops, places and parties are. And thereby you have a few extra days of holiday. Thereby safe some money to rent a car, because without a car you’re just stuck at home.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: There is a lot of stuff to do on the island besides work and party. My advice take a car or go with someone to as many possible places you can. Go out, see the whole island during your stay. You won’t regred. Thereby the island is an party island by night, so try to contact with people so you have a great stay with friends.

Media

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