Reizen Lauwers

Placement organization

Name of organization: Reizen Lauwers
Town/city: Boechout
Country: België
Website: https://www.lauwers.be/

Student

Name of student: Laura

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2018-2019

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Tour operator
Organization’s activities: Organizing mainly bus tours around the world, but also cruises and other type of travels.
Target group of the organization: 50+
Company culture: It is a family business and the company culture is informal. The direction stands close to the staff and they are very kind and helpful.
Number of employees: 80-90
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

Product & Marketing, SkiFriends

Brief description of your daily activities: My main tasks is doing the social media. I help with the social media of Lauwers and I am the responsible person for all the Skifriends social media. Besides that I do all sorts of things such as searching hotels and get in contact with these hotels and also with clients. I also request visa’s for passengers, finish dossiers for ski trips, writing the news letters and helping where needed.
Brief description of your company assignment: I make a content planning for the social media of Lauwers. Here i do research to the different channels and the target group.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: I get most of my tasks from the person responsible for Skifriends. She communicates with my supervisor about my tasks and how well I do them. Other than that I help where needed.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? motivated
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS office
English: Advanced
Spanish: Basic
French: Intermediate
German: Intermediate
Italian: Basic
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Train

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? i found something on a website for rooms in Antwerp
How did you go to work every day? Train

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? no

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € –
Accommodation (monthly): € 525
Local transport (monthly): € 38
General costs of living (monthly): € 125
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? €20 transport costs per work day

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I was already quite familiar with the culture so did nothing
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: No
My e-mail address:

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: If you get a room in Belgium, i recommend finding a place in Antwerp which is only 14min away by train. Make sure to get your rent for no longer than your internship period. Join Facebook groups, there is a lot of offer and the rents are shorter than 12 months.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: There is plenty to do in Antwerp

Media

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