Travelling might be one of the things on your list when you graduate, or even throughout your life. The problem is that when we have work every day of the week from 9 to 5, travelling does tend to get left on the side lines. This means that only when we retire do we start planning our travels. Now, this might suit some people, but for those that want to see the world before they have to see it through bifocals, you should think about embarking on a working vacation. Travelling while you earn a living is definitely a grand way to live, but not many people do it. They might decide that working on a cruise ship or for a beach resort is not a real job. A lot of people think that you need to study and settle down somewhere to be a success. But why not work in all different locations for numerou...

During 2009, the cruise company Costa Crociere from Italy, introduced the largest of their fleet, Costa Pacifica to the cruise industry. This luxury cruise liner is one of the largest in the world, with a capacity of up to 3800 passengers. It docked for the first time in Tunisia last Thursday (11th June 2009), which is where it will make its weekly stops. With curious onlookers who have never seen such a huge cruise liner stop here before, Costa Pacifica will set sail to various destinations from the la Goulette harbor including Malta, Rome, Palermo, Barcelona, Savona and others. It is hoped that the exotic destinations coupled with the luxury 5 star hotel accommodation and facilities will put Tunisia on the map as a sought after tourist destination. Costa Crociere is expecting more than ...

Cruise ships all over the world offer various exciting shore excursions at all the ports that they visit, and this means that if you want to get paid to lead tour groups into interesting and exotic locations, you can simply apply to one of the many cruise lines. There are various shore excursion jobs that you can get including shore excursions manager, or leading various specific tours such as scuba diving groups, game fishing groups, hiking groups, cycling groups, and others. Whatever hobby you enjoy, or whatever activity you are trained to do, you can easily find a shore excursions job with a cruise liner. Shore excursion managers do not only take certain groups ashore, but they are also in charge of planning the excursions and manage the different excursions and excursion leaders. With ...

In November 2009, South Africa’s only cruise liner company, Starlight Cruises, will launch the newest member of its fleet, the luxury MSC Sinfonia. This will be the largest luxury cruise liner to operate out of South Africa and will set sail on its maiden voyage from Durban to the islands and coasts around the Indian Ocean including Madagascar and Mozambique. The Sinfonia boasts 778 cabins, of which 138 have private balconies, and there are also many luxury facilities for passengers to enjoy. This also provides plenty of new cruise jobs in the three restaurants, seven bars, spa, business center, fitness center, 2 pools, internet café, cigar room, disco, golf simulator, teen club, library, mini club, and medical center. These facilities mean that there will be hundreds of new hospitality...

Various cruise line companies have opened their 2010 – 2011 schedules for bookings with many showing a renewed interest in American ports. Royal Caribbean International is offered plenty of Caribbean round trips and lots of stops in at Florida’s ports. Cunard has shown an interest in Southern Californian Ports with the Queen Victoria sailing to various Los Angeles ports of call in early 2011. It is thought that many of the localized changes in itineraries is to boost pricing and give people an opportunity to travel on a luxury cruise ship without going too far from home with the poor state of the economy at the moment. You can find many cruise ship jobs on these and other cruise liners and travel all over America and the rest of the world while earning money. You can search for your id...

On the 8th March 2009, the Pacific Asia Travel Association named the top travel destinations in the Asia Pacific area, with Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan right at the top for the year. In a recent survey done, most travelers would prefer to travel to Asia Pacific over the next 2 years. The survey consisted of 5554 leisure travelers from 11 different locations around the world, and 60 percent of them named Asia Pacific as the top place they would like to travel to. This was the first time since the survey began that Australia and New Zealand were added to the list, with Australia making an impressive entry at being listed the number one destination by 43 percent of the voters. Whether or not these figures pan out accordingly will have to be seen, as the PATA Board Director Meranda Chan st...

A recent year-long study off the coast of Alaska in the Outer Continental Shelf by the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Institute of Social and Economic Research and Northern Economics Inc, has revealed that a new development could create 35 000 jobs throughout the state every year. This Outer Continental Shelf Development will offer much needed job security and new jobs for the major cities in Alaska as well as the more rural areas creating a 5 percent statewide increase in the population. This is great news for Alaska’s economy, because aside from the actual development that will create oil jobs and gas jobs in Alaska, it will also provide additional opportunities for travel jobs, tour guide jobs, Alaskan fishing jobs, and much more. Shell Exploration and Production was responsible f...

Many cruise lines promote their service and features, but one of the top offering passengers state of the art facilities and luxurious accommodation is none other than Celebrity Cruises. If you are looking to travel in style and explore some fascinating sights the world over, Celebrity is the cruise ship fleet of choice. If you want to gain some excellent sea experience and learn a huge amount about the hospitality industry and travel industry, Celebrity Cruises is also a great place to work. Here are the top 10 reasons that Celebrity Cruises gives for choosing their fleet above all others: They are the preferred cruise line, winning the best cruise ship category for many years in the Conde Nast Travelers survey. They offer the highest guest to space ration in the cruise industry with hug...

The Mediterranean is one of the most interesting and safest yachting destinations in the world and the perfect place to start your yacht crewing career. You have a choice of 22 countries surrounding the Mediterranean that you can explore, making this the best base possible for travel enthusiasts. Aside from the countries that you can visit, within each of them there are 6 large islands, namely Corsica, Majorca, Crete, Sicily, Cyprus, and Sardinia, with around 3300 small islands around Greece, Croatia, Italy, and Spain. The yachting life on the Mediterranean gives you the unique opportunity to visit hundreds of different locations and earn good money in the process. You can in fact spend the rest of your life sailing the Mediterranean and never get bored. It is the perfect place to get a cr...

When looking at the perfect place to start your cruise ship jobs or to find travel jobs, give Miami ports a try. At the recent Miami Cruise Shipping Conference it has been mentioned that various ports in the area have seen an increase in the number of passengers compared to last year at the same time. This is partly due to the fact that more people are taking advantage of the discounted prices that cruise liners are offering. Port Everglades is one of the ports that has seen a massive increase in passengers with a 17.6 percent increase. This is great news for local businesses, so if you want to earn some good money working in the travel and hospitality industry, you can easily find jobs in restaurants, resorts, hotels, gift shops, and at various activity centers. This is aside from all the...