Nomad Adventure Tours

Placement organization

Name of organization: Nomad Adventure Tours
Town/city: Cape Town
Country: Zuid-Afrika
Website: http://www.nomadtours.co.za

Student

Name of student: Rachel van der Linden

Specialist area: ITMC
Placement period: 2012-2013

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Tour operator
Organization’s activities: Tour operator operating in Southern and East Africa, offering camping & accommodated tours
Target group of the organization: Mainly Europeans (Dutch & German)
Company culture: Mainly informal but formal to director & managers
Number of employees: 3 at product, over 30 in the office + tour guides
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? no, because assignments kept changing over time

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Reservations & product department
Brief description of your daily activities: Reservations (first month):
Check availability
Make (provisional) bookings
Answering emails

Product:
Assisting product manager
Contacting providers for rates & information
Searching for alternative products (accommodation/activities)
Organizing files in general
Sort-out all activity providers; relevancy/alternatives/organizing

Brief description of your company assignment: Writing a promotion plan
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Have to keep yourself busy and ask for feedback yourself

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, flexible
Additional company requirements for this placement? Word & Excel, knowledge how to search the internet for information
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Via an internship agency
How did you go to work every day? Car

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? Yes, special internship-visa
Do you need a work permit? No
How did you arrange the necessary documents: Via the embassy.
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? Best to apply for a visa at least 2,5 – 3 months before you go
Did you need certain vaccinations? Yes

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? n/a

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 750,00 – 1000,00
Accommodation (monthly): € 250,00
Local transport (monthly): € 0,00
General costs of living (monthly): € 500,00 (incl dining out & activities & car rental)
How long in advance did you apply for visa Don’t know, I already had the required vaccinations
Costs of visa: € 50,00
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? EUR 85,00, participation on one of their tours (as compensation/part of the internship)

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I did not
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? –

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: 112734@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Never walk alone when it’s dark. Lock the car doors when driving. Pay attention to your valuable belongings. Do not get sloppy with these things, especially when living in SA starts to feel more comfortable after a while!

Further; have fun & explore the area, there are so many things to do!

Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Too many possibilities to mention. Definitely visit www.kaapstadmagazine.nl / http://www.capetownmagazine.com

Media

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