The competition for cabin crew is massive, very hard to get a place.
Not since Covid. Most airlines are desperate.
Let's not forget, as bar staff on a cruise ship, assuming it's outside UK waters, you'd be able to qualify for Seafarers Earnings Deduction. That means tax free earnings of you stick with it for more than a year, and spend more time out of the UK than in (ie, while home on leave), while employed on the ship. Also, if it isn't UK flagged, no National Insurance (voluntary contributions if you want to at very reduced rates).
She should do her research and crack on! Worse case scenario is that she doesn't like it and comes home early. I strongly suspect this is the sort of thing she'll regret later in life if she doesn't give it a go.
What's the alternative? Staying at home on zero hours contract? Its a no brainer.
My Mrs worked on cruise ships many years ago as part of the entertainment team, she had it cushy with one show a night and then the rest of her time was hers. Not so for the rest of the crew who worked long hours non stop.
Personally I'd find it he'll.
What about applying for a work Visa to another country and doing some bar work in another city? USA, Canada, Australia, South Asia, find a job, rent a place, soak up the vibe and move on if you want to. It'd offer much more freedom.
Where's the cocktail mixing centre of the world 🍸?
Friend from school did it after she screwed up her A-levels (boy troubles), planned to do a few years and get some cash behind her.
Finished up doing it for 20+ years. Ended up as some sort of staff captain on a mediumish sized boat cruising the Nordics and across to Shetlands, Faroes, Iceland and all up the Baltics as well.
Met (and divorced) her husband on the boats, has since had a kid, and is now managing a big hotel somewhere near York.
I ve had a couple of similar jobs which paid well, hard work, accom provided so effectively saved all the money. Hotel bar, I too stopped drinking after that having listened to 24/7 bull poo for 6 months. Brilliant staff culture though, put a load of young people together away from home, so much fun.
Secondly, a season travelling round agricultural shows, pretty much back to back, so after a month didn't know where I was in the country till I heard a customers accent. No idea now, but assume same companies have a presence at shows. Saved all the cash as employer paid food, accom, mileage. Latter paid for a post grad year in London....couldnt believe it.
