I did my internship for 16 weeks at tour operator Intersoc in Schaarbeek. For most people, when they hear Intersoc, they think of the trips and hotels they offer in Switzerland and Austria, but this is not all. In addition to the hotels they offer, the company also organizes a hundred group trips for a diverse audience. These are culture, cycling, hiking and camping trips all over the world.
En tant que stagiaire, vous aurez l’opportunité d’effectuer diverses tâches. Cela a commencé par des tâches administratives simples pour découvrir l’entreprise et son offre, puis pour suivre les voyages et réserver les différents hébergements et activités, jusqu’à la mission finale : concevoir entièrement votre propre voyage.
For this final assignment you can use your own imagination and choose how you want to plan your trip. Destination, type of trip, duration, you can choose it yourself. I had chosen a walking tour along the West Highland Way in Scotland. For this I have to make a script and a price calculation, with the intention that they can use this as a trip in the following years and present it to their audience.
Ces 16 semaines ont été très enrichissantes. Vous y apprendrez toutes les astuces pour devenir un véritable spécialiste du tourisme. De plus, vous intégrerez un groupe très soudé et convivial, où vous pourrez poser toutes vos questions et qui sera ravi de vous apprendre tout ce qu’il faut pour devenir un véritable tour-opérateur.
An extra that the company also offers, but this is only in case you go to the interview with them on time (which was not the case with me). You can then get the chance to work in one of their 5 hotels as a worker behind the reception or in the restaurant for a few weeks during your internship period outside of office work. This way you not only have the experience at Intersoc to transform yourself into a tour operator, but you can also have the chance to actively work on the work floor in one of their hotels. This way you learn so much at Intersoc in 16 weeks in different areas, which is why I can only recommend this internship!