Rebecca Adventure Travel

Placement organization

Name of organization: Rebecca Adventure Travel
Town/city: Quito
Country: Ecuador
Website: http://www.rebeccaadventuretravel.com

Student

Name of student: Indy

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

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Tour operator
Organization’s activities: Sell (customized) tours in Ecuador, Peru and Colombia
Target group of the organization: America/Europa
Company culture: CEO and managers
HRM department
Marketing department
Sales and operations department
Interns
Number of employees: 12
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

Marketing

Brief description of your daily activities:
Maintaining the website, social media etc.
Updating information on the website
Creating videos
Writing blogs
Brief description of your company assignment: Social media statistics/plan
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: My supervisor was the head of the marketing and HRM department. It was okay, it was too busy at the time as we also had 3 other interns.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Flexible, team player, independent
Additional company requirements for this placement? Writing skills, Excel, iMovie
English: Advanced
Spanish: Intermediate
Other languages: Dutch, Advanced

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Airbnb
How did you go to work every day? Public transport/carpool

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: Embassy in the Hague, the Netherlands
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? Few months
Did you need certain vaccinations? Yes
How long in advance? 1 month

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, if you have time

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 1000
Accommodation (monthly): € 250
Local transport (monthly): € 50
General costs of living (monthly): € 200
Costs of visa: € 300
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? 150 US$ a month, not a lot in my opinion compared to how expensive groceries are.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I already lived and traveled in South America before, so I did not really prepare but I should have prepared more. The culture is very different from what I had seen so far.
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? Yes

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: 161639@buas.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Be aware of the ‘yellow’ code for this country, considered not safe to walk on the streets at night etc.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Places I traveled to during my internship: Quito, Cotopaxi, Banos, Mindo, Amazon, Galapagos Islands
Places I traveled to after my internship: Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentine

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link