Travix

Placement organization

Name of organization: Travix
Town/city: Amsterdam
Country: NL – Noord-Holland
Website: https://www.travix.com/

Student

Name of student: Ilona Zaporozhska

Specialist area: Tourism Management (EN)
Placement period: 2019-2020

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Online Tour Agency
Organization’s activities: Selling flights
Target group of the organization: Everyone who flight
Company culture: Informal
Number of employees: 500
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

Air Team

Brief description of your daily activities: Fare checks, refunds, ticketing authorities checks
Brief description of your company assignment: Unnecessary searches on Amadeus
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Great, very helpful

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? stress-proof, sociable, attentive
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS Office
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: train

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Myselfs
How did you go to work every day? Train

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

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

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): € 50 euros
Accommodation (monthly): € No
Local transport (monthly): € 700 euros
General costs of living (monthly): € –
Costs of visa: € –
Costs of work permit: € –
What did the company pay for/to you? For Transport

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
read online a lot
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? –

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: No
My e-mail address:

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Be on time, be polite, show your enthusiasm
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: –

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