EF Educational tours

Placement organization

Name of organization: EF Educational tours
Town/city: Rome
Country: Italië
Website: http://www.EF.com

Student

Name of student: Jasmijn Reijnhout

Specialist area: ITTI
Placement period: 2016-2017

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Tour operator
Organization’s activities: The company EF educational tours mission is to give people the opportunity to gain cultural knowledge and learn languages through travel. EF tours provides educational tours for students from Canada and America. The Regional office in Rome takes care of all the tours that begin or end in Italy. Their job is to allocate tours and to support the tour director.
Target group of the organization: North American and Canadian Students
Company culture: Informal
Number of employees: 6
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 working in the Regional office in Rome. For the department of Eduaction tours (ET)
Brief description of your daily activities: During my internship i was in charge of:

Sending TDI packages
Managing metro tickets
Pre tour contracts
TD supplies
Support for TD links
Brief description of your company assignment: Research on gab in competencies in trainings for tour director.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Working in this RO office means that you have to be able to work independently on your assigned tasks. If there is anything you need or when you have questions you will get the help and assistance you need from your colleagues.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? independence, sociable, enthausiastic and able to take initiative
Additional company requirements for this placement? excel
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian: Basic
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? I arranged it myself through a Facebook site called Rent in Rome
How did you go to work every day? Public transport ( bus or metro)

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? –
Do you need a work permit? –
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? Italian would be usefull

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 200-250
Accommodation (monthly): € 600
Local transport (monthly): € 35
General costs of living (monthly): € 300 depending on how much you want to visit or do
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Pass for Public transport, flight tickets

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I have been to Italy before including Rome.
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? yes

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: 140422@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: When you look for accommodation make sure that your able to reach public trasnport easily. This will help you get around much faster also to work. using a bike is possible but dangerous.
It is nice to have a roommate in that way you get to know more people.
On arrival make sure to buy a public transportation card, otherwise it will cost you more money paying per metro ticket. and keept the receipt!!!

Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: On the last and first sundays of the month museums or colosseum will be free.

Trastevere is a nice area where you can find bars and nice restaurants.

Apart from Rome it is easy to visit other cities nearby using the train.

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link