Footfalls Walking Holidays

Placement organization

Name of organization: Footfalls Walking Holidays
Town/city: Trooperstown
Country: Ierland
Website: http://www.walkinghikingireland.com

Student

Name of student: Marly van Eyndhoven

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2012-2013

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Tour operator
Organization’s activities: Arranging and offering (tailor-made) walking tours in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They also do a lot of guiding on the walks.
Target group of the organization: People from the USA, Australia and Europe who love spending time in the great outdoors.
Company culture: They were very nice to me and treated me as one of their own.
Number of employees: 3
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? There are no departments because it’s such a small company. I did a bit of everything.
Brief description of your daily activities: Checking the e-mails, answering the phone, making bookings for the accommodations, translating the route notes, preparing the tour pack
Brief description of your company assignment: Writing a marketing plan.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: They are always willing to answer your questions.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? You have to be independent, flexible, and show plenty of initiative.
Additional company requirements for this placement? Mainly Excel and Word
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages: Dutch, as they get a lot of Dutch clients

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane, then bus

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? The company arranged the accommodation for me. They have a mobile home next to their house for the trainees.
How did you go to work every day? By foot. The office is next door.

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? No
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? About a month
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? –

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 150,00
Accommodation (monthly): € 0,00
Local transport (monthly): € 20,00
General costs of living (monthly): € 250.00
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Accommodation, including gas and water.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I did not
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: 101928@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: You’ll be living in a very quiet place, keep this in mind. Affinity with walking/hiking is definitely a plus.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: You can take the bus to Dublin or do some hiking in the area.

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link