Jabu Holiday Homes

Placement organization

Name of organization: Jabu Holiday Homes
Town/city: Cape Town
Country: Zuid-Afrika
Website: http://capetownrocks.nl

Name of student: Ayla van den Heuvel

Specialist area: MTT
Placement period: 2015-2016

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: property rental / tourism
Organization’s activities: Renting property accommodations from house owners to guests.
Target group of the organization: couples/families/older people
Company culture: The boss of Jabu Holiday Homes is Willemijn. She arrange mainly everything from Jabu, the company where I also work for. Jabu worsk togehter with 4exchange. This is a company that arranges internships and accommodations for students. The owner of 4exchange is Katelijne and Claudio and Ellen are the other employees. Within the companys everyone is equal, even me the intern. That gives you the feeling you do matter in the company.
Number of employees: 4
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Promotion is the mainly department where I am working. Also I do some marketing as well as the bookings.
Brief description of your daily activities: – asnwer emails / contact with guests
– social media
– arrange last minutes
– make sure the bookingsites are up to date
– create a new website
– change the brochures
– arrange the check-in/outs
– make student portfolios
-helping with the website of 4exchange
Brief description of your company assignment: Promotion of Jabu Holiday Homes.
Because this is the new name of the company it has to develop.
I will searche for our target group, how we can expend them and make Jabu well-known.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: I have a nice supervision.
My boss Willemijn gives me tasks and always asks me if I am okay with it and what I think about it. Also when I have a problem I can always ask, she also gives me a lot of freedom.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? independent, teamplayer, sociable
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS Office
English: Intermediate
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

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? an exchange visa
Do you need a work permit? no
How did you arrange the necessary documents: embassy, agency etc (many places to go to)
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? weeks
Did you need certain vaccinations? Yes
How long in advance? I already had mine a few years before

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, not necessary

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € €1000
Accommodation (monthly): € €380 p.m.
Local transport (monthly): € €60
General costs of living (monthly): € €300/€400
Costs of visa: € €200/€300
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? the service costs

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
searched on the internet
Talked to people who already had visited Cape Town
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: ayla.vandenheuvel@live.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: If your internship is ‘far’ from your accommodation hire a car.
Make sure you start on time with your visa (Weeks before)
make sure you take a lot of money with you, there are so many things to do.
Be careful on your stuff, there are many hobo’s and picket pockets
Never walk alone over street by night
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: climb the table mountain
paragliding from lionshead
robben island
roadtrip > Gardenroute
Bouldersbay
Cape Point
City hopper, you will get at many places at one day.
go to longstreet by night
have some nice african diners
enjoy the cocktails
Go to the beach
ETC

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link