Gulliver Expeditions

Placement organization

Name of organization: Gulliver Expeditions
Town/city: Quito
Country: Ecuador
Website: http://gulliver.com.ec

Student

Name of student: Wesley de Louw

Specialist area: ITTI
Placement period: 2016-2017

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Tour Operator/Travel Agency
Organization’s activities: Creating new travel itineraries
Collaborate with other companies
Target group of the organization: European clients and Americans
Company culture: The company culture is fairly informal.
Number of employees: 12
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? More or less

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Marketing Department
Brief description of your daily activities: Social Media Marketing
Update of the website
Creating flyers, newsletters
Brief description of your company assignment: Foreign market analysis: analysis of the Dutch tourism market travelling to Ecuador as a potential target market for the company
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Fairly loose supervision, space to do your own thing and to bring up new ideas

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Sociable
Additional company requirements for this placement? Photoshop
English: Advanced
Spanish: Advanced
French: Basic
German: Basic
Italian: Basic
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? bus

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? V 12
Do you need a work permit? No
How did you arrange the necessary documents: On beforehand of going to Ecuador
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? 2 months
Did you need certain vaccinations? Yes
How long in advance? 2 months

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? Yes, Spanish is a necessity

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 900
Accommodation (monthly): € –
Local transport (monthly): € 15
General costs of living (monthly): € 300
Costs of visa: € 400
Costs of work permit: € –
What did the company pay for/to you? Accommodation

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I didn’t, you’ll get acquainted with the culture quite quickly
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: wesley_wpj@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Make sure that the company offfers you accommodation close to work
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Too many to mention

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link