Dades Reizen

Placement organization

Name of organization: Dades Reizen
Town/city: Den Bosch
Country: NL – Noord-Brabant
Website: http://www.dades-reizen.nl

Student

Name of student: Amber Mireille Kuster
Specialist area: Tourism Management (EN)
Placement period: 2020-2021

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Travel agency
Organization’s activities: They are specialist in organising trips in Morocco and do Moroccan activities in the Netherlands.
Target group of the organization: They have different target groups: families, 50+, youth, adults
Company culture: The company culture is very 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?

I work a little bit allround

Brief description of your daily activities: I do a lot of different things. I help with the website; making a webpage: writing a text for this webpage, choosing pictures and lay out; writing a blog.
when I am at the office I also help with sending packages and discussing my work or assignments.
Brief description of your company assignment: I had to market and commercialise their nomaden tent for weddings and events
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Working with Astrid is really nice and treats me very well. It is informal and she helps where needed.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? flexible, sociable, independent
Additional company requirements for this placement? Writing skills, MS office, wordpress
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: car

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? x
How did you go to work every day? x

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? x
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance? x

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): € 0
Accommodation (monthly): € 0
Local transport (monthly): € 0
General costs of living (monthly): € 0
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? If I would have gone to Morocco they would have paid the plane ticket for me and the accommodation but I did not go so I don’t know how much costs etc

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
x
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? i learned a lot about the culture from astrid

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: mireillekuster@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: if you can go to Morocco, read about dress codes and culture. (Astrid will also help with this)
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: I mostly worked from home

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