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    Sail Away: Everything You Need to Know About Working on Cruise Ships
    Sail Away: Everything You Need to Know About Working on Cruise Ships
    Sail Away: Everything You Need to Know About Working on Cruise Ships
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    Sail Away: Everything You Need to Know About Working on Cruise Ships

    By Cody Beeler

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    Have you ever wanted to get paid to travel? Sail Away is a complete guide to doing just that by working on cruise ships. This book will tell you everything about what it is like working on a cruise ship. It will cover how to apply, how much you get paid, what life working on a ship is like, and just about anything else you can think of will be covered in this book. Sail Away is written by a former crewmember who gives you all the inside information about working on a ship. Also, you will find tips for applying and advice on where the best places to look for jobs are. If you want to travel and get paid, Sail Away can show you how to get started working on cruise ships and traveling the world. If you have ever been on a cruise and wondered what life is like for the crew then this book is for you. Sail Away will give you a behind the scenes look at what it is like to be a crew member. This book will cover all the wonderful things crew members get to do as well as all the dreadful things. Stop dreaming of the beach, warm weather, and traveling the world and let Sail Away be your guide to a new job on the high seas.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCody Beeler
    Release dateJan 11, 2017
    ISBN9781370838325
    Sail Away: Everything You Need to Know About Working on Cruise Ships
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    Cody Beeler

    My name is Cody Beeler. At a young age I wanted to travel. I would look through my parent's books and magazines for pictures of places around the world. Then I would dream of going there and having an adventure. I did not really get to travel until I got a job working on cruise ships. This job opened up a world to me that I had always wanted to see. For the next three years I traveled around the world working on various cruise ships. While working on ships I met a beautiful lady from Colombia. We got married and I packed my bags to move to Colombia. I traveled and lived in Colombia for almost two years. Now my wife and I are in the process of looking to see where our next adventure will take us.

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      Book preview

      Sail Away - Cody Beeler

      Sail Away

      Everything You Need to Know About Working on Cruise

      Ships

      Cody Beeler

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2017 Cody Beeler

      All Rights Reserved

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Disclaimer

      Introduction

      Cruise Companies

      Applying

      What Happens Next?

      Where Could I Go?

      Leaving Home

      First Day

      Living Quarters

      Laundry and Linen

      Shore Leave

      Blowing Off Steam

      Keeping In Touch

      Payday

      Food

      Uniforms

      Safety

      Health and Wellbeing

      Home Sick

      Getting Fired

      Supervisors, Promotions, and Raises

      Not a Vacation

      Do I Have to Speak Another Language?

      Friends and Relationships

      Buying and Getting Things on Board

      Passengers

      About the Author

      Connect With Us

      Crew Terms and Expressions

      Job Descriptions

      Disclaimer

      Reading this book will give you insider information that can help you in getting a job on a cruise ship. This book will also give you an idea of what it is really like working on a vessel at sea. The author and the information within this book cannot guarantee that you will be hired to work on a cruise ship. However, with this book, you will greatly increase your chances of landing a job onboard.

      With all of the behind the scenes information you get from this book, you will hopefully have a good understanding of the hiring process and what to expect if you are hired. The thrilling life of working at sea and traveling the world is not for everyone. Working on cruise ships is a magical job but like any job there are downsides. Let this book be your guide to see if a life at sea is for you and be your map to get there if it is.

      Introduction

      If you are looking to travel for free and make money while you do it, then working on cruise ships is for you. It may sound too good to be true but right now crew members from around the globe are getting to visit exotic destinations all over the world for free. Meanwhile, cruise ship passengers are shelling out hundreds of dollars to go to these same places. Now it is not all unicorns and rainbows but it is for sure an experience of a lifetime. The hardest part of this journey will be landing the job but this book will be your guide to help you make onboard.

      Life on a cruise ship is vastly different from your life on land. Every time you go to sleep at night you will wake up the next morning in a different location.

      You will have the opportunity to explore new locations every week all for free. Passengers will have to use their hard-earned money to go to the same places only once. While you will be able to travel to these destinations several times. Before long you will start to know your way around and feel like a real local in some of the frequented cruise ports.

      Just picture this, on your days off you will be able to spend time soaking up the sun on a Caribbean island or exploring the streets of a city in France. You will have the chance to visit places that most people have only dreamed of seeing. Immersing yourself in the cultures and cuisines of the different countries all while getting paid for it. The life of working on cruise ships is one that will make your friends jealous with envy as you start to fill your social media pages with jaw-dropping photos of your travels. Nothing can be more satisfying than posting pictures of yourself at the beach while your friends and family are bundled up for winter's freezing temperatures.

      If this sounds like something that interests you then the pages that follow will give you the whole picture of a life at sea. It will take you through the history of cruise ships, the hiring process, and what to expect when you start working on board.

      This book will also shed light on the darker sides of working on ships that you might not have thought about. Covering everything that is not really talked about in other books. Providing you all the little-known secrets of life on board from laundry to food. After reading this book you will know if a job at sea is right for you and how to go about getting it if it is.

      Cruise Companies

      Cruise Ships have been around since 1844 and the demand only seems to be getting bigger with companies building more and more ships. There are basically two major players in the cruise ship industry: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and Carnival Corporation & plc. These two companies have the most ships and own several different other brands in the cruise industry.

      Each of these two companies owns several cruise lines that make up much of the cruise ship industry.

      Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. owns Royal Caribbean Cruise lines, Celebrity Cruises, Azamara Cruises, Pullmantur Cruises, and CDF Croisières de France.

      Carnival Corporation & Plc owns AIDA Cruises, Carnival Cruise Lines, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Holland America Line, P&O Cruises, P&O Cruises

      Australia, Princess Cruises, and Seabourn Cruise Line.

      These companies and brands are not all that are out there. There are still all kinds of smaller companies that have their niche in this market.

      The good news is there is no shortage of jobs and places to apply. Cruise ships have a large turnover rate with people leaving and needing to be replaced. So the next step is to find a company you want to work for and apply.

      Applying

      With so many cruise companies and jobs that you could do onboard, figuring out where to begin can be overwhelming. This section will be your guide through the process of figuring it all out and get you on your way to a job at sea.

      Where to begin?

      To start your cruise ship journey you first need to look for a job that you can do on board. Cruise ships are adding more and more amenities to their vessels. This means there are countless jobs to choose from and more being added every day. So you should be able to find something to suit your current skill set. Start by looking through the Job Description section of this book for a job that is right for you. The list is by no means all the jobs that the cruise industry has to offer but it is a list of some of the more common jobs you will find on most ships. If you still cannot find anything that matches your skills exactly there is no need to worry. Cruise ships hire and train people all the time. If you think you can do something even though you do not meet all the requirements then apply anyway.

      Crewmember Hierarchy

      There is a ranking system on most ships that seems similar to the military. Everyone working on the ship will have stripes. No matter if you never see them on your uniform or not. The more stripes you have the more privileges and things you can do on board. For example, the captain typically has the most stripes onboard and can do the most things on board.

      Ships will normally sort workers into different categories like officers, engineers, staff, and crew.

      The hierarchy typically goes something like this with the officers and engineers being on top with the captain and his team that keep the vessel from sinking.

      At the bottom of the hierarchy are people in positions like maintenance, cleaning, laundry, waiters, bartenders, and cooks. Some ships will label these positions as crew positions. People in these positions may not be allowed to enter passenger areas except only to work. They will also typically live on the lower decks of the ship. However, each position has its own hierarchy so the higher up you are the more privileges you get. So if you are the head bartender or a supervisor you will be higher up the chain and therefore get more privileges.

      In between the officers/engineers and crew are the staff positions. These positions typically involve people who interact with the passengers regularly like guest relations, hotel department, entertainment staff, and most tech positions.

      There are also several members of the cruise ship that do not work for the cruise line. They work for an outside company that the cruise line outsources. These jobs are normally the shops you see on board, the spa, hair salon, fitness center, photography, and medical staff. What jobs are outsourced will change with each cruise company. Most of the time these outsourced employees will have some of the same privileges as staff members.

      Whatever job you are looking to apply for make

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