EF Educational tours

Placement organization

Name of organization: EF Educational tours
Town/city: Madrid
Country: Spanje
Website: https://www.eftours.com/

Student

Name of student: Noraly Sturing

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2018-2019

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Tours and Languages
Organization’s activities: This organization provides tours and languages courses to students and elderly people
Target group of the organization: Students and elderly from all over the world
Company culture: The culture within the company is very good!
You work with 3 bosses. They doing everything to make your 5 months unforgettable.
You will have a lot of fun and you will learn a lot
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?

I working in the department tours

Brief description of your daily activities: During a day I have a lot of contact with tour directors. I send them emails and having phone calls with them. You will do a lot of paper work and be sure every tourdirector will have all the information they need before the tours starts.
Brief description of your company assignment: I have to do research how clients will be more in contact with the staff of the company. Right now clients only now tour directors.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: The supervision in this organization is really good. They really care about you and they always wanted to help you with anything. But it is also very important that you can work on your own because sometimes your bosses are on tour.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? independent, sociable, flexible and representable
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS office and wrinting and speaking skills in English
English: Advanced
Spanish: Basic
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? myself
How did you go to work every day? metro

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? no
Do you need a work permit? no
How did you arrange the necessary documents: agency
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? 2 weeks
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? no not neccesary but you can follow a classes at EF

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € they will return your tickets
Accommodation (monthly): € 450
Local transport (monthly): € they pay it for you
General costs of living (monthly): € 250
Costs of visa: € 0
Costs of work permit: € 0
What did the company pay for/to you? your tickets
monthly metro card
lunch €5,- per day

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I did not prepare. I have been a lot of times to Spain and my parents live in Spain (3 hours from Madrid). Spanish people are very nice. What I recocnized during my stay is that if you try to speak Spanish they really want to help you.

I live in the city centre and it can be really crowded sometimes. I like to leave the city sometimes during the weekend.
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: 160495@buas.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Just live your life as you always do and enjoy every minute because time flies.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Madrid is a big city. Everywhere their are bars and restaurants. During working days you will have lunch in one of the restaurants in the neighbourhood of the office. What I did in the beginning just walking trough the city and try to explore as much as you can.

Media

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