Destination Services: Look and See Trip

We advise companies to arrange this trip about one month in advance of the actual start of the assignment. This one week trip allows the expatriate to gain an insight into their future place of residence. During this trip, the Global LT team will familiarize the expatriate and the family with their destination area by touring houses, visiting schools, and looking at the various areas and points of interests.

Here is an example of how Global LT will go the extra mile during the look and see trip to ensure each client’s needs are met.

One of our clients had heard from a colleague that his daughters should attend the International Academy. This prompted the client to want to preview homes in a certain area. When we saw that his daughters were middle school age, we tried to convince him that they would not be able to attend the school as it was a high school. He was not convinced, so we took him to the school and had the principal explain that it was, in fact, only a high school.  Then, the client heard that the International School was a wonderful option so he wanted to see houses in the area around the International School.  We looked at houses for two days.  Unfortunately, once the client visited the International School, he changed his mind.  He was unsure whether he wanted to send his daughters there.  Next, he wanted to see houses close to work and send them to a public school. We showed him more houses and a public middle school. Finally, our specialist suggested that he consider what the daughter’s situation would be in two years; taking this into consideration, the client chose to live in the school district of the International Academy, and send his daughters to the International School.

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