Benefits of an Alaska cruise job:

For many people working on a cruise ship would be the ideal job. Who wouldn’t want to get PAID to be on a luxury vacation cruise that other people shell out large amounts of money to be on. Perhaps the best of these jobs would be on an Alaskan cruise, where you witness the beautiful scenery and get paid higher because of the high demand for Alaska cruise employees.

How much do Alaska cruise jobs pay?

I’ve heard of jobs paying anything from minimum wage to over fifty dollars an hour. It completely depends on whether you have a valuable skill set to offer. An additional benefit is that room and board are almost always included in any Alaska cruise job.

While there are many great benefits to an Alaska cruise job, there are several things you should take into account:

• The Alaska cruise job season lasts only from May through September so you’ll need to plan what you’ll do for the remainder of the year.
• Do you get seasick easily? If so you should make sure to work on one of the larger ships, where the motion of the sea is less noticeable.
• Most importantly, do you have a skill to offer.

What Alaska cruise jobs are there?

Unless you want to do menial clean up labor, most of the Alaska cruise jobs these days are for people who have a specific skill to offer that can entertain passengers on the ships. For example

• Musician
• dance instructor
• professional cook to offer cooking lessons.
• Massage therapist
• Comedian or other entertainment artist

Where do I apply for an Alaska cruise job?

Currently there are sixteen major lines offering Alaska cruise jobs. These lines are:

Carnival Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises,  Crystal Cruises, Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, Royal Caribbean, American West Steamboat Co.,  Cruise West, Glacier Bay Cruiseline, Clipper Cruise Line, Society Expeditions, Lindblad Expeditions, American Safari Cruises.

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