Pure! Travel Group

Placement organization

Name of organization: Pure! Travel Group
Town/city: Santiago
Country: Chili
Website: https://pure-travelgroup.com

Student

Name of student: Niek Sellink

Specialist area: Associate degree
Placement period: 2019-2020

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Touroperator
Organization’s activities: Providing travels/trips to other (mainly) local touroperators. (B2B
Target group of the organization: Touroperators/travel agencies
Company culture: An informal company structure.
Number of employees: 9
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?
Sales department

Brief description of your daily activities: We are working with a program called ‘Toogo’. In this reservation program we are building trips to sell the our consumer, the local touroperator of travel agencies.

Daily activities are:
– adding products to the system
– building trips
– making reservations
– work on a project

Brief description of your company assignment: My company assignment was a sustainability project. How we could be more sustainable as a company and doing research to our business partners to figure out how sustainable they are and how we could eventually improve it.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: In this company they give you space to develop and figure things out by yourself.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, flexible, motivation, sociable
Additional company requirements for this placement? Excel, Word, general computer knowledge
English: Advanced
Spanish: Basic

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Internet
How did you go to work every day? Public transport

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? Yes, I am not sure which kind because I chose to have no visa since its 400 euros.
Do you need a work permit? Yes, a work visa
How did you arrange the necessary documents: Embassy
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? Yes, Spanish

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € +- 700,-
Accommodation (monthly): € +- 250,-
Local transport (monthly): € +- 40,-
General costs of living (monthly): € +- 800,-
Costs of visa: € 400
Costs of work permit: € /
What did the company pay for/to you? Financial compensation of $400,- a month

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
Internet, sites with information about the country
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: nieksellink1@gmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Things work clearly different in South America. Try to relax and stake it out.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Yes, there are a lot of activities you could do in Santiago and surroundings.
– Wine yards
– Beach
– Hiking

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