It needed often but when it is – can you get a document notarized at sea? My husband and I a few years ago found ourselves in the predicament of needing something notarized while my husband was on a cruise ship contract. This happened when he was onboard mid-pandemic with no shore leave no less….
Deciding which is the best cruise line to work for – even which cruise lines you want to apply to work for – should not be a simple decision to make. Just like there isn’t one cruise line that is right for all passengers, there isn’t one cruise line that is right for all crew….
You’ve booked your cruise…or maybe you’ve got your first cruise contract. You’re excited and ready to go but you have a food allergy and are nervous. What should you look out for? It’s not just on the buffet… In this post we’re going to talk about cruising with food allergies, some of the top things…
Working on a cruise ship is a great, often life-changing experience. When you join a cruise ship as a crew member there are parts of life that are different than most anything you’ve experienced before. There are so many things to know before working on a cruise ship and so many things I wish I…
There are a lot of perks of working on a cruise ship. Here we take a look at the top five. You see pictures of crew members partying, exploring the world, hanging out on a beach, and helicoptering onto glaciers. That can’t possibly be reality. Can it? As a former crew member that has done…
In my nearly ten years of working on cruise ships I got asked a lot of questions – one of the most common though was about our working conditions. Working on a cruise ship is hard work and often with long hours. What does “hard work” mean though? How many hours do cruise ship employees…
Laundry detergent sheets are among my favorite packing hacks for travel and Earth Breeze makes it easy. Check out my review of Earth Breeze laundry detergent sheets. I don’t enjoy packing and my packing often involves going to a cruise ship for months at a time. I live part of the year on a cruise…
Are you wondering whether or not cruise ship crew can get mail onboard? Need your monthly Amazon fix? Have a bit of an online spending habit? Lucky for you, if you’re working on a cruise ship this doesn’t have to stop. Cruise ship crew can get mail and packages while they are onboard a ship….
Sometimes in life it can be a little too easy to think the grass is greener on another side. That job is better, my job is worse, etc. I recently ran into someone with a bit of this attitude in a Facebook group. He had some opinions about cruise ship Captains and Officers “only” working…
One big reason why people go to work on a cruise ship is explore and see the world. While the views of the ocean from the ship are beautiful, the real adventure comes while exploring the ports while on shore leave. While shore leave is great there are some reasons why it might not be…
