Landal Resort Eifeler Tor

Placement organization

Name of organization: Landal Resort Eifeler Tor
Town/city: Heimbach
Country: Duitsland
Website: https://www.landal.de/parks/eifeler-tor

Student

Name of student: Zefine van Roekel

Specialist area: ITMC
Placement period: 2018-2019

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Bungalow Park
Organization’s activities: The bungalow park is renting out appartements and bungalows. The guests can enjoy the swimming pool, the 2 restaurants, the snackbar, a bike rental, a supermarket, a souvenir shop, conference rooms and the bollo club (animaiton programme for children).
Target group of the organization: Young families, and retired fit couples and groups
Company culture: There is a strong hierachical level between manager and employees. The company culture is rather imformal, as one can give suggestions to their manager, they will however not always be accepted. There is no assistant manager available at the moment.
The resort manager is the general manager. there are a few other managers for each department. In every departement the one who is the oldest will be second in line to the departement manager.
Number of employees: approx. 50
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? No

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

Back-office of the reception
But i also got to work in the technical service, animation, restaurant, reception, administration for a few days.

Brief description of your daily activities:
– Do the post
– Write activitiesprogrammes
– Help plan events
– Work on placement assignment
– Internal E-Mails and Telephone calls
– Translate
– Create the new newspaper / menu of the restaurant
– Reception work – check-in and out
Brief description of your company assignment: Write a marketing plan for the two restaurants on the premises of the park targeting the local population.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: The placement company did not have much time to host an intern. Especially in the summer season everyone is very busy. Many tasks I took on myself without anyone telling me what to do.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? independent, responsible, socialable, stress-proof,
Additional company requirements for this placement? Photoshop or InDesign, MS Office, Translating and Writing skills
English: Basic
Spanish:
French:
German: Intermediate
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Car

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Was given by the company
How did you go to work every day? By 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? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? You should be able to speak somewhat German

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € By car around 60€; by train around 100€
Accommodation (monthly): € 0€, maybe it will be increased to 150€
Local transport (monthly): € 0€
General costs of living (monthly): € 150€
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? The company paid me 400€ per month.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I used to live in Germany so it was alright, the Dutch culture shocked me more. In the company are some Dutch people who are very direct and tell what is on their mind. Germans are still direct however very polite at the same time.
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: zefine@gmx.de

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: In case you are put in a room at the bottom of the hill, ask them to let you transfer. You are very far away and can’t do much with the management. This is of course when you are interning with management and not technical service / facility management.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: A bit of hiking, you might live with other people. Heimbach is very small, it rather seems to be a very small village. Everywhere you go you will have to walk at least half an hour (to the train station, to the village, to the next supermarkets…)

Media

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