EF Educational Tours – Regional Office Madrid

Placement organization

Name of organization: EF Educational Tours – Regional Office Madrid
Town/city: Madrid
Country: Spanje
Website: https://www.eftours.com/

Student

Name of student: Manon van der Vleuten

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

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Regional office
Organization’s activities: The regional office is responsible for supporting the tour directors. The tour directors are running tours of EF.
Target group of the organization: American and Canadian students
Company culture: The company has a very informal atmosphere and everyone is very helpful.
Number of employees: 4
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

The regional office of Madrid, which is part of Educational First.

Brief description of your daily activities: I was responsible for distributing train and metro tickets. Next to that, I was sending out pre-tour information and several administrative tasks.
Brief description of your company assignment: EF launched a new app for the tour directors. I conducted a satisfaction research towards this app.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Everyone is very helpful.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, sociable, flexible
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS office
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? 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? Yes, it could help you but it is not necessary. I did it in Spain.

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 160
Accommodation (monthly): € 500
Local transport (monthly): € 20
General costs of living (monthly): € 200
Costs of visa: € 0
Costs of work permit: € 0
What did the company pay for/to you? You receive a financial compensation for the public transport, airplane ticket and a 5 euro fee for lunch per day.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I read some information online.
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: Yes
My e-mail address: 170969@buas.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: The regional office of Madrid is a very nice company to work for. They really help you with everything.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Madrid is a super cool city. You do most thing by foot. They have several touristic highlights. such as royal palace, plaza de mayor, markets and much more. Next to that, the city never sleeps and there are always activities in the city.

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