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Destinations Experience Manager
Role summary
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The Destinations Experience Manager oversees shore excursions and destination-related guest services onboard. Requirements typically include experience in cruise operations, tourism, hospitality, excursions, or guest relations; strong communication and organisational skills; commercial awareness; and confidence working with international suppliers and multicultural guests. Candidates are expected to coordinate excursion planning, monitor service quality, resolve guest concerns, manage revenue and costs, and support onboard teams. Flexibility, attention to detail, presentation skills, and the ability to work under pressure for extended periods at sea are essential. Previous cruise, travel trade, or destination-management experience is highly desirable.
Can I work on cruise ships?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: No host-country permit: a seafarer medical, safety training, a seaman's book, a US crew visa and a Schengen visa.
Watch for: Recruitment fees are banned on ships.
Official source: US Department of State: crewmember visa. Checked October 2026.
What the job usually comes with on cruise ships
Usual for cruise ships, varies by employer. Checked October 2026.
| Housing | Free cabin, usually shared |
|---|---|
| Meals | Free (by law) |
| Flights | Joining and home flights usually paid; free repatriation (by law) |
| Service charge | Passenger service charges pooled on many lines |
| Contract | 6 to 9 months on board, about 2 months unpaid between contracts |
| Leave | 2.5 days a month, often paid as cash |
| Income tax | Usually not withheld; depends on your home country |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Explora Journeys
Explora Journeys is a luxury ocean travel brand created by the MSC Group, one of the world's largest privately owned shipping and cruise companies. The brand focuses on refined, spacious ships, personalised service, destination-led itineraries, and a more relaxed style of luxury travel. Its guest experience combines premium accommodation, dining, wellness, entertainment, and carefully designed shore experiences. Employees work in an international environment and are expected to deliver polished service while maintaining high operational standards. Cruise contracts commonly include accommodation, meals, onboard travel, training, and medical support, although exact benefits vary by position and nationality. Explora Journeys operates across prominent Mediterranean, Northern European, Caribbean, North American, and other global destinations, offering career opportunities in hospitality, marine operations, guest services, culinary services, retail, wellness, entertainment, and shore-experience management.