{"id":236644,"date":"2023-09-23T09:33:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T09:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=236644"},"modified":"2023-09-23T09:33:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T09:33:12","slug":"want-to-save-money-work-on-a-cruise-ship-like-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/want-to-save-money-work-on-a-cruise-ship-like-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to save money? Work on a cruise ship like me!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Want to save money? Work on a cruise ship: I live 24\/7 aboard a massive boat and spend barely anything<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Alley Kerr, 26, works as dance captain and company manager on a cruise ship<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>She has revealed how much she spends a day and what life is like onboard<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A woman who works on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship has revealed how much she spends each day on board, and it&#8217;s a lot cheaper than you would think.<\/p>\n<p>Alley Kerr, who goes by &#8216;Wanderlust Alley&#8217; on TikTok\u00a0and YouTube, works as a dance captain and general manager on the Liberty of the Seas ship, often making videos about her day to day life.<\/p>\n<p>Her roles mean she performs in shows and liaises between management and the production cast members &#8211; she makes sure every show runs smoothly and also keeps on top of admin duties like\u00a0cabin inspections and drills.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to MailOnline, Alley said &#8216;It\u2019s pretty incredible. As a performer I know that I&#8217;m gonna be able to have a salary, and when the paycheck comes in I know I&#8217;m going to be making money.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Whereas when you do this on land, you have no idea of like what opportunities are or are not around the corner, and I find this to be a lot more sustainable because I&#8217;m not paying for rent and I&#8217;m not paying for food.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/17\/75736999-12534659-image-a-30_1695399503684.jpg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Alley Kerr, who goes by &#8216;Wanderlust Alley&#8217; on TikTok and YouTube , works as a dance captain and general manager on the Liberty of the Seas ship, often making videos about her day to day life<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/16\/75588101-12534659-A_woman_who_works_on_a_cruise_ship_has_revealed_how_much_she_spe-m-58_1695396625560.jpg\" height=\"1135\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A woman who works on a cruise ship has revealed how much she spends each day on board, and it&#8217;s a lot cheaper than you would think<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In theory I could end up just pocketing all of the money that I&#8217;m getting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Anyone who has like been in the entertainment industry can can tell you that it&#8217;s really not easy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Usually people who are\u00a0 professional dancers are also a barista. They&#8217;re working at an athletic wear shop. They&#8217;re working at a different restaurant in the evenings, and then they also have the side job where they&#8217;re babysit<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Everyone has like 10 jobs at a time, because it&#8217;s so not sustainable to be a performer.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She added &#8216;I think like that is a really great way for me to save and like invest in my future because it&#8217;s really hard to be able to save money when you&#8217;re like barely making it in or London, or where wherever you&#8217;re pursuing entertainment.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The dance captain previously worked at Disneyland, both in California and Japan, where she moved aged 19.<\/p>\n<p>Working on a cruise ship was on her &#8216;bucket list&#8217; for a long time: &#8216;It was one of the very first things I auditioned for a couple of years ago, maybe four, five years ago. But it just wasn&#8217;t the right timing, and it was a lot more competitive.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She bagged her first cruising contract in 2020 and has since progressed to the role of dance captain and company manager on\u00a0Royal Caribbean&#8217;s Liberty of the Seas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/17\/75737005-12534659-image-a-31_1695399516346.jpg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She bagged her first cruising contract in 2020 and has since progressed to the role of dance captain and company manager on Royal Caribbean&#8217;s Liberty of the Seas<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/15\/75588283-12534659-The_TikToker_s_cabin_with_an_en_suite_bathroom_is_completely_fre-a-54_1695394576413.jpg\" height=\"1139\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The TikToker&#8217;s cabin with an en-suite bathroom is completely free<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/17\/75737003-12534659-image-a-32_1695399609667.jpg\" height=\"792\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She explained that the only time she does have to fork out is if she wants to go to a specialty restaurant, and even then she gets employee discount.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent video, the American broke down her finances, explaining\u00a0 &#8216;A question I get asked all the time is what do I spend on accommodation and food.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Well today is a sea day so let&#8217;s find out. When it comes to my cabin, you may be surprised to find out that it&#8217;s 100% free.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She pans the camera across her room, which has a single bed, wardrobe, mirror, desk and storage space.<\/p>\n<p>There is also an en-suite bathroom &#8211;\u00a0the dance captain doesn&#8217;t have to pay a cent for her accommodation and there are no fees deducted from her pay check.<\/p>\n<p>The only fee she mentions in the video is $5 for housekeeping service.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She continues &#8216;This goes for most of the food as well. All meals in the mess are free and personally I really enjoy it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The cruise ship has a buffet style mess hall and in the clip the content creator has three plates of food.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that the only time she does have to fork out is if she wants to go to a specialty restaurant, and even then she gets employee discount.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/15\/75637451-12534659-The_ship_that_Alley_is_working_on_is_the_Royal_Caribbean_s_Liber-a-55_1695394576414.jpg\" height=\"415\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The ship that Alley is working on is the Royal Caribbean&#8217;s Liberty of the Seas and before landing this job, she worked on the Rhapsody of the Seas.<\/p>\n<p>So, if she decides to stick to the mess hall, she can go for months not paying a single dollar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alley told MailOnline: &#8216;I have a slightly different accommodation than most, because I am in a managerial position.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So I have a single cabin, and I have a porthole. It&#8217;s a slightly bigger\u00a0 space. In general most cruise ship accommodations are really tight and it&#8217;s not a big space to live in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If I was not company manager and dance, captain, I would have like a normal cabin, just like everyone else.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She showed viewers a Japanese restaurant on board called Izumi, which is one of the specialty options.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adding &#8216;A lot of people are surprised when they find out that I&#8217;ve lived in Japan for three years so I definitely know my way around Japanese food.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Although I wouldn&#8217;t call this authentic, the options are so delicious and flavorful, it definitely reminds me of my home in Japan while I&#8217;m out at sea.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The meal cost $40, which she only paid $32 for due to her employee discount &#8211; with housekeeping included, her total spend for the day less than $40.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old said she gets the &#8216;most fulfillment from traveling,&#8217; saying &#8216;I think it&#8217;s a really neat experience to be able to see so many places in a way that I never would be able to.<\/p>\n<p>For example, we&#8217;ve been to Bermuda almost 20 times this summer. Maybe that sounds like overkill to some, but I think it&#8217;s a really awesome opportunity to feel actually acquainted with a place.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/15\/75637433-12534659-Liberty_of_the_Seas_has_a_large_passenger_capacity_of_3_634_and_-a-56_1695394576432.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Liberty of the Seas has a large passenger capacity of 3,634 and offers weekly cruises from Miami to the Western Caribbean<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/17\/75736993-12534659-image-a-33_1695399649927.jpg\" height=\"792\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pictured: Alley in action on the cruise, where she works as dance captain and general manager<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/17\/75637423-12534659-It_s_home_to_giant_waterslides_12_restaurants_and_even_an_ice_ri-a-29_1695398563275.jpg\" height=\"962\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s home to giant waterslides, 12 restaurants and even an ice rink<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Last year we did a Mediterranean cruise, so I was in a different Mediterranean port every single day, in Italy and France, Greece, Montenegro, Croatia, Israel, Spain &#8211; it was a new place every single day.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>People in the commenters were quick to ask questions about the unique lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>One viewer asked &#8216;What cruise line do you work at? I\u2019ve really been thinking about working on one when I\u2019m older.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Someone else asked if the YouTuber could do a room tour, as they worked on a cruise ship previously and &#8216;all the workers had bunk beds and had to share&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Others were inspired to give the job a go themselves, writing\u00a0 &#8216;This looks like so much fun! I\u2019ve always wanted to do this for a year or two once my kids are grown!&#8217; and &#8216;How do you get to work on a cruise ship?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The ship that Alley is working on is the Royal Caribbean&#8217;s Liberty of the Seas and before landing this job, she worked on the Rhapsody of the Seas.<\/p>\n<p>Liberty of the Seas has a large passenger capacity of 3,634 and offers weekly cruises from Miami to the Western Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s home to giant waterslides, 12 restaurants and even an ice rink.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ship has been voted Best Overall Cruise Line for 20 Years Running By Travel Weekly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/travel\/article-12534659\/Want-save-money-Work-cruise-ship-live-24-7-aboard-massive-boat-spend-barely-anything.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to save money? 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