Explorica

Placement organization

Name of organization: Explorica
Town/city: London
Country: Groot-Brittannië
Website: https://www.explorica.com/

Student

Name of student: Levi van der Noordt

Specialist area: Tourism Management (EN)
Placement period: 2019-2020

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Touroperator
Organization’s activities: My daily tasks will consist of assisting in annual recruitment and training program, frequent pre tour communication of the Tour Directors & supporting them pre tour. Occasionally I will also be responsible for the provision of short services (document delivery, airport transfers, possibility group meet and greet). Other tasks I will be responsible for include admin and general department finance functions. Additionally I will help with on tour issue resolution when necessary.
Target group of the organization: students and teachers
Company culture: I worked in a tour director division with 2 other people. Hereby was one my supervisor who I could ask everything. the other one I did was just doing her own job. there was a boss but you do not really talk to him as you get your orders from your supervisor
Number of employees: 35
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

Tour Director

Brief description of your daily activities: My daily tasks will consist of assisting in annual recruitment and training program, frequent pre tour communication of the Tour Directors & supporting them pre tour. Occasionally I will also be responsible for the provision of short services (document delivery, airport transfers, possibility group meet and greet). Other tasks I will be responsible for include admin and general department finance functions. Additionally I will help with on tour issue resolution when necessary.

Brief description of your company assignment: Did not finish mine because of corona, wanted to do a marketing strategy to attract more dutch tour directors

Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: the supervision was good, I was helped the first 2 weeks and than got to do more bymyself, eventually she was just there to help me if I did not understand something. She always answered my questioneed if needed to

Requirements for students on placement

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

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Plain

Accommodation

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

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? No
Do you need a work permit? Yes
How did you arrange the necessary documents: Company
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? did not recieved them yet
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): € 30
Accommodation (monthly): € 1000
Local transport (monthly): € 200
General costs of living (monthly): € 600
Costs of visa: € 0
Costs of work permit: € 0
What did the company pay for/to you? 350

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
did not really prepare. Have been in London before.
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: do as much as possble during the weeknd, learn the culture! amazing city.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: The city center, Oxford, King’s cross, Changing the Guard

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