BELAFRIQUE

Placement organization

Name of organization: BELAFRIQUE
Town/city: Paarl
Country: Zuid-Afrika
Website: https://belafrique.com/

Student

Name of student: Laura Vroege

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2018-2019

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Tour Operator
Organization’s activities: Making quotes, travel documents and itineraries. Talk with guests to make their best holiday of their lives.
Target group of the organization: Belgium tourists
Company culture: Very informal. Isabelle is the manager, but she is very nice and gives you a lot of opportunities if you also do your work of course.
Number of employees: 4
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

Travel planner

Brief description of your daily activities: Making quotes,
Brief description of your company assignment: Draw up a social media action plan.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Very nice! Helps me out with all little and big things and we call as well, which is very nice because then you can just tell your story.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Teamplayer, sociable, representive (sometimes)
Additional company requirements for this placement? –
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Car (is a 45 minute drive from Cape Town)

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? myself (or 4Exchange but I dont really like that company)
How did you go to work every day? car

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? yes, student visa
Do you need a work permit? no
How did you arrange the necessary documents: School
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? 1 month
Did you need certain vaccinations? Yes
How long in advance? I already had them

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): € 300 (I share my car)
Accommodation (monthly): € 400
Local transport (monthly): € –
General costs of living (monthly): € Reallllly cheap to have diner here
Costs of visa: € 35?
Costs of work permit: € –
What did the company pay for/to you? R2500 (approximately 140 euros per month)

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
None, the South African culture is very relaxed and almost the same as in The Netherlands
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: 163819@buas.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Keep in mind that the drive from Cape Town to Paarl is 45 minutes, so you need a car and that is pretty expenses. You can also choose to live in Paarl, but that is not that much fun as Cape Town.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: A LOT!

So many students and you dont have enough days to do all kinds of activities. I also go to the gym, what a lot of students do.

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link