Malaga South Experiences

Placement organization

Name of organization: Malaga South Experiences
Town/city: Malaga
Country: Spanje
Website:

Student

Name of student: Chelsea

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

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: Hierarchy
Number of employees: 5
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? No

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

Back office

Brief description of your daily activities:
Administration
Research
Marketing
Brief description of your company assignment: Expanding company by introducing a second target group
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: The first 6 weeks of my internship when I was physically at the office I received great supervision. This was a valuable period for me. However, due to the circumstances of COVID-19 I had to return to The Netherlands and continue my internship online. I needed to work together with another supervisor, who unfortunately barely gave any supervision.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Teamplayer
Additional company requirements for this placement?
Speaking Spanish
English: Advanced

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Myself
How did you go to work every day? By foot

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 opinion

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 500
Accommodation (monthly): € 400
Local transport (monthly): € 50
General costs of living (monthly): € 200
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? I could go on the trips for free

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I had already lived in Spain before my internship
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: 174078@buas.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: To gain a valuable and professional work experience I would choose another company to do the internship.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Going to the beach, enjoy the mountains, seeing cultural sights.

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