Work is going well and I have been making the acquaintence of a good many of the staff here. A really nice group of people and as I mentioned earlier and a wealth of European knowledge and contacts, Today is a public holiday in Britain but not here in Germany.
As such, I sit here waiting for the phone to ring but it has stayed dead most of the day. I have tired of the internet for the moment so I have leapt into this for something different to kill the last 2 hours of the shift. It really is an amazingly laid back job and so long as you really do your job well when you are on line to the customer no one cares how you fill in the void between. Today I have been here six hours and had 3 phone calls making enquiries into accomodation in the south of France. It will be the same again tomorrow no doubt as the hols continue for the U.K..
The really good part about this job is doing the research required for different bookings to make sure that people can get what they need as they want it when they arrive. It is giving me such a good all round over view of Europe and the places to go and not to go.
A good example is Naples in Italy. Absolutely no one wants to book there during the high season holidays. They would rather stay home if they can’t get into Sorrento or Capri. It must be hellish crowded and choked with tourists and backpackers. One for the late Autumn months no doubt when things quieten down a bit. I get similar feed back on a lot of other destinations and it will enable me to plan my upcoming holidays to the right places at the right time of year.
