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Working on a cruise ship & travel...

  • 08-01-2008 6:49pm
    #1
    Dont Ban Me
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    Hey, I dont know if this is in the right forum or not, please feel free to move if not and I apologise.

    But im just wondering if anyone has gone working on a cruise ship and how thet went about getting on there? Me and a few friends are very interested in doing so but any site I've found all look for payment before allowing you to apply for the job.

    Any help greatly appreciated...


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  • #2
    BuffyBot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    Moved to..Work and Jobs, surprisingly enough..


  • #3
    mick.fr
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    Little chance they would take Irish guys though.
    Take Irish Ferries for example, they have only polish, Estern european girls, Chinese cooks etc...

    I am taking boats pretty often all over Europe, other companies are doing the same.

    They pay crap money, you have to stay 6 months on board with short stops, and the jobs are very very difficult usually. Depends. I have seen many Eastern European girls, pretty good looking usually, who are working at the casino.


  • #4
    the_syco
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    Depends. Guy I knew in secondary school, bumped into him once. He was working on a cruise ship.

    Money is pretty good, also you get cheaper food and drink on the boat (staff have their own bar), free accommodation, etc, so your money builds up. What you'd consider as crap pay, may actually work out to be a sweet deal.

    No drugs at all, most ships do random drug tests, they find anything, you're gone. Likewise, you can get drunk on board, but not in public.

    Some ships are better than others. Search the forums, there was a thread about it a while back.

    =-=

    There's an ebook floating around the net, that tells you all about the cruise ships. If I can get the name, I'll post it here. It'll tell you the ins and outs of working on a cruise ship, also the different types. It'll tell you about life on board, and also how you may be lumped with someone who could be a complete a$$hole, but you'd be with them for a couple of months.


  • #5
    galah
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    My brother has done it, and worked on a large cruise ship as a chef for 6 months (he's seen the world...not fair ;-)) and he applied directly to the company (I think it was HapagLloyd Germany in his case, not 100 % sure).

    Might be worth a shot - just find our who runs those ships, and send them your CV...


  • #6
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    galah wrote: »
    Might be worth a shot - just find our who runs those ships, and send them your CV...
    Agreed, otherwise the agency will be getting some of your hard earned cash...:mad:


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