Benefits for employees and their families
Have you ever found yourself in desperate search of activities for your children during the long summer vacation? With camps and extracurricular activities piling up on the expense list, finding a cost-effective and enriching option can be a real challenge. But what if I told you there was a way to make summers memorable, educational and also impact employees’ family well-being? With dothegap employees cultural exchange becomes the perfect experience.
dothegap, the platform that breaks down barriers
dothegap is the platform designed to open access to cultural exchange experiences between families around the world. Its objective is to facilitate contact between people with the same interest so you have the freedom to select with whom, where and when to make the exchange. Unlike a traditional agency where you are assigned to an exchange family without any previous contact with them dothegap favors that the families contact and get to know each other before the exchange takes place. And for multinationals, what we call dothegap employees we develop a private area on the platform exclusively for their employees, so all the families belong to the same company. Can you think of a better social benefit than opening access to cultural exchange to employees and families?
Total Flexibility
One of the great advantages of dothegap is flexibility. Each family has the freedom to set their own rules and agreements, which allows them to customize the exchange experience according to the needs of each household. For example, if your child is going to spend two weeks with a host family in Germany, there are multiple options to adapt it to your preferences. If doing the reverse experience during the same summer doesn’t fit, you can arrange for the host family’s child to visit your home in the winter to enjoy a vacation in the snow, or even during the Easter vacations. The possibilities are endless because they are decided by each family!
Expenses
Regarding expenses, the most common practice is for the host family to cover all of the visiting child’s expenses while he or she is in their home. Later, when it is their own child’s turn to visit the other family, they will take care of the expenses during their stay. Thus, the only cost that both families have to bear are the flights for each child.
Another alternative is to divide all expenses equally between both families if extras such as language classes or other activities are to be provided. In short, it is a private agreement that is adapted to the circumstances and preferences of each family. At the company level, you are giving employees and families the opportunity to live cultural exchange experiences at no cost, taking advantage of your multicultural and diverse environment.
Zero surprises
The best thing about dothegap is that we are not an agency, which means that there are no surprises because we do not intermediate. Before your son or daughter leaves, you have to know the host family perfectly well because you have been talking, coordinating the exchange and have established a relationship of mutual trust and tranquility. This innovative approach to cultural exchange, in addition to resulting in significant savings of up to 3,500 euros compared to exchange agencies, summer camps and other traditional activities, guarantees an enriching and safe immersion for your children. Ultimately, what you really need is a reliable contact abroad and dothegap offers you precisely this, and if your company is a multinational you are interacting with employees from other countries, guarantee of safety.
Benefits of a Cultural Exchange
- Economic savings: as mentioned above, extracurricular activities, especially in summer, have high costs, especially if we are looking for an experience abroad to enjoy other cultures and practice languages. A cultural exchange through dothegap has the potential to reduce these expenses to a minimum by being organized on a private, family-to-family basis.
- Cultural enrichment: there is nothing like an international experience to open the mind and become a person of the world. Enjoying a cultural exchange offers young people the opportunity to explore new traditions, learn another language and experience different ways of life. These experiences enrich not only the young people, but also the host family, which opens the opportunity for those parents who have not had the chance to be in contact with other cultures to experience it in their own home.
- Personal development: the experience of living and adapting to a new environment fosters valuable skills in young people such as independence, adaptability and the ability to face and resolve conflicts or unexpected situations. These competencies are essential in adult life and will contribute to developing more confident and resilient young people.
- International friendship network: Cultural exchanges allow young people to establish connections that transcend borders. Making friends from different countries not only enriches their social life, but also fosters a network of contacts that will be valuable for their future personal and professional development.
Strengthen the human side of the company
Our innovative social benefit dothegap employees strengthens cohesion by creating an international community and generates key benefits for the company and its team, such as promoting integration and reinforcing pride of belonging, developing essential intercultural competencies, improving communication and collaboration, enhancing organizational culture and corporate values, increasing employee loyalty , stimulating innovation through diversity and strengthening the internal social fabric, positively impacting productivity by making the most of your team’s diversity.
This approach not only transforms the lives of employees, but also drives the company towards a stronger, more inclusive and innovative culture. Want to know more? contact us: hello@dothegap.com
