“Tui Team North on Catamaran”
Hola, Buenas! I’m Zeynep, student in the third year of Tourism and Leisure Management and I did a 4 month internship with Tui as a hotel rep in Mallorca. In this blog post, I’ll give an insight into how I experienced my internship with Tui Abroad and what I learned from it.
Tui is one of the biggest and leading travel organisation operator of Europe and it stands for Travel, Unique and Inspiring.
The best part of this job is when you look at my instagram you would think I am on vacation all season. To be honest little yes and little no. I often hear from friends “what a great job, you are always on vacation”. They don’t realize how patient you have to be when engaging with tourists. Supporting something you actually have no control over and many stressful situations. A small example is that we have 1.5 days off, which is not always “off” because you still have to do something for work. Of course you have many choices when planning your day off such as going on unlimited excursions, exploring the island, meeting new people, cleaning up your apartment or maybe resting? For me, the choice is simple and the result is eternal fatigue?.
Başından beri bağımsız çalışabildiğim ve çok güvenildiğim için çok şey öğrendim. Sanırım staj yapmak için kendime daha uygun bir organizasyon seçemezdim: bazen alışılmadık çalışma şekli, bağımsızlık, anlayış ve positif zihniyet.
Stajım sırasında yeni insanlarla ilişkiler kurdum, tüm yaşam ortamım değişiyor ama aynı zamanda doğum günleri, düğünler aile ve arkadaşlarımın hayatındaki önemli olayları kaçırdım. Ama evet, bu güzel adada staj yapmak, yeni kültürleri keşfetmek ve yeni seyler ögrenmek bu işin getirdiği rahatsızlığı gideriyor. Sonunda buna değer olduğunu kalbimin derinliklerinden söyleyebilirim. bir ömür boyu yanımda taşıyacağım bir deneyim.
My apprenticeship with TUI was a personal investment for my individual development. In summary, I can say that the time in Mallorca was incredibly valuable for me, because in addition to my daily work as a hotel representative, I made inspiring contacts, got to know other cultures, improved my language skills and benefitted from a better quality of life.
Mucho amor,
Zeynep