Best Life Experience

Placement organization

Name of organization: Best Life Experience
Town/city: Granada
Country: Spanje
Website: https://bestlifeexperience.es/en/

Student

Name of student: Lizzy Elberts

Specialist area: Tourism Management (NL)
Placement period: 2018-2019

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: travel agency
Organization’s activities:  Organizing trips and events for erasmus students
Target group of the organization: erasmus students
Company culture: The culture is very informal, you have a boss but everything can be discussed.
Number of employees: 10
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

There is no specific department

Brief description of your daily activities:
– update social media
– helping in organizing trips by making lists for the busses, passports
Brief description of your company assignment: I had to come up with ideas myself, my company assignment was about improving the services
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: it was fine, not to strict but you’re not on your own either.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? flexible, team-proof
Additional company requirements for this placement? they will learn you but everything that you can do is more usefull.
English: Advanced
Spanish: Intermediate

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? by myself via roomgranada
How did you go to work every day? i went on food, bus transport is not very trustworthy

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? no
Do you need a work permit? no
How did you arrange the necessary documents: i didn’t need anything
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? no time
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance? no

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 the more Spanish you know the more you can do

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 200
Accommodation (monthly): € 250
Local transport (monthly): € no
General costs of living (monthly): € 350
Costs of visa: € no
Costs of work permit: € no
What did the company pay for/to you? nothing except some trips if you want to make them with them.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture? I didn’t
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

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do:
– learn spanish
– go out a lot
– enjoy
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: The company organizes a lot of parties and fun activities, they would like you to take part in as much as you can. In your free time you can do sports, I did yoga there.

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link