The Crew Often Isn’t Paid Well

Living on a cruise ship and working almost constantly might seem like it would merit decent pay, but that’s actually not the case. More often than not, crew members on ships aren’t paid very well at all. This is because of a couple of reasons, but the main one is that operating in international waters means that cruise ships aren’t required to follow laws as strictly as other employers.

It puts them in a sort of grey area, which means that they can pretty much ignore things like overtime and minimum wage if they so choose. This doesn’t mean that all cruise lines do this, but many have definitely been documented doing so.