My work at Living4malaga
¡Hola!
Once again a late post, but for you that want to know more about my work placement, will be an enlighting one.
To begin with, I am an intern at an office in the main street of Málaga. There, me and another intern from the same institution, do all kinds of tasks. We usually start our day printing out all contracts and ''arrival timetable'' for the next day. Then the rest of the day is either at the office putting all infos from the check-ins that our colleagues gathered to the system or we visit different apartments around the city and welcome guests.
Before we could do the check-ins without supervision, we just accompanied our colleagues to the apartments to learn as much as possible.
Well, last week I did my first check-in, which means, I went through the contract with clients and showed them the apartment they will be staying for a few days. Luckily, my first clients were Finns, so it was a bit easier to do it. The rest of the check-ins I've done so far were in English. Most of our guests are very friendly which makes the experience at lot more pleasant, but sometimes clients can be very tired and hungry, so they try to rush us.
As an intern, I don't have too much responsibility and many different things to do, like the others, so sometimes it gets bored at work to be honest. But the general view of the work placement is very positive. The staff is very friendly and pacient, so I definitely recommend this place for other students to apply for a work placement.
Things that I wish I knew before coming here are:
1. Knowing basics of Spanish is a must, specially in Málaga. From what I've heard, people here aren't used to tourism yet compared to cities in Spain like Barcelona or Madrid. Therefore, most of habitants do not speak any English. Even at the office, there are a few people that don't speak English at all.
2. Good English skills are also important, because you'll probably do check-ins mostly for native English speaking tourists.
3. There isn't much free time to enjoy Spain. The only free days are the weekends and from Mon to Fri you'll be working at least from 10 am-18 pm, so after that there isn't much time to do much besides cook the dinner, prepare the lunch for the next day and maybe do laundry.
4. Make new friends outside outside work is rather difficult. Don't wait for others to go with you to places you wanna go or cities you wanna visit. If you want to do something. Just go. Don't wait for company. Be bold. Many times, you might end up making new friends along the way, meeting locals at restaurant, parks, or my in case, a beauty salon and souvenir shop haha
Once again a late post, but for you that want to know more about my work placement, will be an enlighting one.
To begin with, I am an intern at an office in the main street of Málaga. There, me and another intern from the same institution, do all kinds of tasks. We usually start our day printing out all contracts and ''arrival timetable'' for the next day. Then the rest of the day is either at the office putting all infos from the check-ins that our colleagues gathered to the system or we visit different apartments around the city and welcome guests.
Before we could do the check-ins without supervision, we just accompanied our colleagues to the apartments to learn as much as possible.
Well, last week I did my first check-in, which means, I went through the contract with clients and showed them the apartment they will be staying for a few days. Luckily, my first clients were Finns, so it was a bit easier to do it. The rest of the check-ins I've done so far were in English. Most of our guests are very friendly which makes the experience at lot more pleasant, but sometimes clients can be very tired and hungry, so they try to rush us.
As an intern, I don't have too much responsibility and many different things to do, like the others, so sometimes it gets bored at work to be honest. But the general view of the work placement is very positive. The staff is very friendly and pacient, so I definitely recommend this place for other students to apply for a work placement.
Things that I wish I knew before coming here are:
1. Knowing basics of Spanish is a must, specially in Málaga. From what I've heard, people here aren't used to tourism yet compared to cities in Spain like Barcelona or Madrid. Therefore, most of habitants do not speak any English. Even at the office, there are a few people that don't speak English at all.
2. Good English skills are also important, because you'll probably do check-ins mostly for native English speaking tourists.
3. There isn't much free time to enjoy Spain. The only free days are the weekends and from Mon to Fri you'll be working at least from 10 am-18 pm, so after that there isn't much time to do much besides cook the dinner, prepare the lunch for the next day and maybe do laundry.
4. Make new friends outside outside work is rather difficult. Don't wait for others to go with you to places you wanna go or cities you wanna visit. If you want to do something. Just go. Don't wait for company. Be bold. Many times, you might end up making new friends along the way, meeting locals at restaurant, parks, or my in case, a beauty salon and souvenir shop haha
That was it for the week. Have a good one!
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