Barrio Life

Placement organization

Name of organization: Barrio Life
Town/city: Barcelona
Country: Spanje
Website: https://www.barrio-life.nl/

Student

Name of student: Dione Sterkenburg
Specialist area: Tourism Management (NL)
Placement period: 2021-2022

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Touroperator
Organization’s activities: Reizen verkopen naar Marokko, Portugal en Andalusië.
Target group of the organization: 20
Company culture: Informeel
Number of employees: 192827
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

Marketing

Brief description of your daily activities: – Reisaanvragen verwerken
– Follow up mails sturen
– Nieuwsbrief maken
– Bijhouden social media
– Blogs schrijven
– presentaties maken
Brief description of your company assignment: Website maken voor een nieuw product: remote week.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Ik word goed begeleid. Wanneer ik een vraag heb krijg ik direct antwoord. De band is gezellig en professioneel.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Flexibel, stress-proof, sociaal
Additional company requirements for this placement? SEO, writing skills
English: Basic
Spanish: Basic
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

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? Public transport

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? Yes
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? Yes

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 200
Accommodation (monthly): € 800
Local transport (monthly): € 40
General costs of living (monthly): € 400
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Financial compensation

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
Goed inlezen en rond vragen aan vrienden.
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: No
My e-mail address: 192827@buas.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Een erg leuk stagebedrijf! Ik raad het zeker aan.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: ?

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