Cashel Travel

Placement organization

Name of organization: Cashel Travel
Town/city: Edinburgh
Country: Groot-Brittannië
Website: http://www.casheltravel.com

Student

Name of student: Stefanie Tobelaender

Specialist area: ITTI
Placement period: 2012-2013

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Tour operator
Organization’s activities: Organising different kind of tours; conferences
Target group of the organization: Groups, individuals, incentives, conferences
Company culture: Friendly, informal
Number of employees: 15
Dress code: casual, formal only when meeting clients
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? No departments
Brief description of your daily activities: booking hotels and other services, making itineraries and proposal, calling suppliers and checking existing bookings, issuing vouchers and invoice for bookings, meeting clients at the airport and handing out vouchers
Brief description of your company assignment: development of a new product/idea for a tours; for example the past interns have made “gourmet tours” or “historic tours” or day trips for cruise ships in Edinburgh
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Very helpful and kind

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Teamplayer, sociable, flexible
Additional company requirements for this placement? Word, Excel, Internet, Adobe
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages: Preferred to know another language next to English, but don’t have to be.

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Myself with help of the internet
How did you go to work every day? By bus and foot

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?
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance?

Language course

Did you take a language course before you started your placement? Yes
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? –

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 100,00
Accommodation (monthly): € 320,00
Local transport (monthly): € 65,00
General costs of living (monthly): € 120,00
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? GBP 200,= per month

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: 100137@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: –
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: A lot: sport, travel, party, relaxing, shopping.

Media

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