Norway Adventures

Placement organization

Name of organization: Norway Adventures
Town/city: Davik
Country: Noorwegen
Website: https://www.norway-adventures.com/

Student

Name of student: Cas Croese

Specialist area: Associate degree
Placement period: 2020-2021

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Incoming tour operator
Organization’s activities: Tailor-made vacations in Norway and B2B teambuilding and school trips.
Target group of the organization: European and domestic market
Company culture: Informal
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?

Because the company is so small the work you do varies a lot. Your daily work will depend on where your strong points are.

Brief description of your daily activities: SEO
SEA
Website maintenance and creating new webpages
More marketing related work

Brief description of your company assignment: Norway Adventures started focussing on a new customer group, B2B groups for teambuilding and school trips for the domestic market. My assignment is mainly focussed on how to reach these groups and to gather information about them. This customer group is completely new for Norway Adventures, therefore research from the ground up had to be done.

Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: The company does not see you as ‘just an intern’, you have something to add to the company. They listen to your thoughts and ideas, that makes Norway Adventures, in my opinion, a very good company to learn from.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, team player, sociable, flexible, a sharp mind
Additional company requirements for this placement? SEO, technically oriented.
English: Advanced

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane, bus, boat and car

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Company
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? If your English is good, no.

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 300
General costs of living (monthly): € 400
What did the company pay for/to you? At the time they paid for my accommodation, airplane and bus ticket.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
The owners are Dutch, therefore much preparation was not necessary. I did watch some video’s on how the Norwegian culture is.
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: cascroese@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: When you will work for Norway Adventures, you will be living in a quiet village with around 150 people. There is almost no social life. If you do not like to hike, ski or snowboard (depending on the season) or any other outdoor activities this might not be the right internship for you.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Davik is located in the middle of the beautiful fjords of Norway. You can hike, climb, kayak and mountainbike.

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