Work experience ideas

[Dreamer1977]

Eldest DD has just started in year 12. The subject she is enjoying most at the moment is travel and tourism.
They have a weeks work experience in February and it’s time to start applying. She would really like something to do with travel and tourism - we have the usual travel agents idea, but any suggestions of other good things to try

TIA 😊

[Guest]

Is it during term time? Is there a travel and tourism course at the local college she could go and shadow the lecturer?

Anywhere local with a tourist information centre that she could go and work in?

[Gryff]

Do you have any National Trust properties nearby she could apply too

[Blue nose]

How about a local hotel?

[Labboy]

Hospitality or a travel agents maybe , something that may keep them motivated and interest them to find out the nitty gritty things. Oops just reread and seen travel agents, what about things like RSPB wildlife sanctuary’s , local tourism offices, where she has face to face interaction with tourists and visitors. Any companies close that do bus trips to see sights of interest too. Any historic places nearby that would like someone to help out.

[smithlane]

Are you close to an airport? Obviously security is super tight so not sure they'd even consider a work experience student but would be pretty cool

[Labboy]

Great idea Smithlane, wish I had thought of that.

[smithlane]

Originally Posted by Labboy

Great idea Smithlane, wish I had thought of that.

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I live right next door to Heathrow and have always wanted to work there behind the scenes. Airports fascinate me 😬

[Labboy]

Smithlane I think your sister is my darling wife, she loves airports and flying, from her earliest days down in Eaton wick when her uncle said come and look at this and it was Concorde taking off at Heathrow , thank goodness I got her a flight for her 4O th on it before it was vandalised by BA.

[Stardust5]

Hi, I completed a BTEC National Diploma in Travel and Tourism and in my second year I went to an airlines head office to complete my work experience, would this be available to her? Although it was airline work because I wasn’t in the airport but a building on the perimeter i didn’t need to complete the security checks that would be needed if you worked at the airport therefore they were happier to take students on work experience. After completing my diploma I went on to work as ground staff then jumped to cabin crew (I loved every minute of it). Good luck to you DD I hope she finds a good placement.