Reading (& understanding) a contact before you sign should apply to all contacts, not just cruise ship contracts.

So sorry about the loss of your grandfather. Glad you got to see him again. My condolences to you and your family.

Lucy, again all my sincere condolences on the passing of your grandad (we can see the sadness in your heart during the first 45 seconds of this video). Enjoy your time with family / loved ones. And thanks for another great video. You explained things perfectly. Wishing you all the best and Fair Winds! John

Great advice, Lucy. 'Read your contract' is so important not just for employment contracts but other things as well. Looking forward to hearing more from you in the future.

The “it isn’t for everyone” isn’t always true.. some people are just unlucky and will have a bad manager or get into a toxic relationship, like most things in life it’s about luck. If you get fired the company have to pay for your flight home but if you quit you have to pay

I'm so sorry for your loss Lucy. Condolences.

I left my cruise ship one month early due to my mom's passing. At the time the shop was in Alaska and I love in Cape town. I was notified around 0800 dressed as a brown bear having photos taken - 1st contract stuff. Anyway by 12 I was off the ship and booked into a hotel and flights booked home. That was amazing. But my manager for the second half of my contract was a real arsehole determined to prove that he's management material. As such we would be on duty in port with no passengers stopping by the gallery. We bumped heads often as I felt we needed all the breaks we could get. In my exit interview I remarked on how he treated us and then soon heard he was taken down a level to assistant manager. I hope he learned from this. At times I do miss the ship and the destinations.

Hello Lucy, I'll say again I'm sorry for your loss, my grandfather passed away 27 years ago and I think about him and miss him every day but now it's happy thoughts about him and not sad. Even though a lot is happening in your life you seem to be a very strong person and I believe you will pull through it.

I worked for celebrity cruises and their policy is if you have to leave early before your contract is up you have to pay for your own flights I had to pay for my own flight when I left it wasn’t bad cause it was just Miami to Chicago but I know over seas flights can be pricy especially last minute ones.

It's good to know that you still think highly of both Virgin and Harding. Thank you for that.

Your channel is taking such an interesting turn now - I’m going to be so intrigued at what way you’re going to go with this. This one was excellent - such a unique viewpoint!

Lucy, it is clear that you, like almost all of us, grieve when we lose someone we love. You are lucky to be at home. Strange that you left your job and made it home to be there. I see that you have made another significant change. The color of your hair. Another sign of leaving your old job and making other changes. I know that changing the hair color, cut, or style is a significant change for women. Good for you.

Enjoy your teaching style, all things to the point. Great content.

Great words of wisdom. So many people today just up and quit. You are an amazing young lady

Looking forward to hearing about your next position, whether it be on land, sea or in the air. You would make a great Flight Attendant!!!

May be its time to show arround your home town !

Very sorry for your loss ❤️

All the best from Alaska!

Prayers for your family at this time, I pray you hold on to the good times with your grandpa!

Hey Lucy, how much longer? The suspense is killing me!! 😂

Sorry to hear about your grandfather. Prayers go out to you and your family

So sorry for your loss Lucy. ❤🙏🏻

Wish you luck at your next journey I quit from celebrity back in February due to me clashing with the cruise director on a bunch of issues and I was having bad anxiety also I was gonna call it quits for ships but I decided to give it another chance when carnival reached out to me for an interview. I’m going on carnival in September. I work with the kids onboard running the kids programs

What a pity you quit, after saw some of your videos I decided to do my first cruiser and I'll need week, my biggest expectation was the chance of find you in the store, but now 50% of the expectation is gone, but I wish you the best.

My condolences goes out to you and your family, everything is going to be okay

Video request: Life as a cruise ship doctor

Hope things work out for you , condolonces on grandpa's passing . Love your crew POV posts .

I still think you should look into what Virgin wanted to offer you about doing your KZfaq channel. I think you have a good opportunity there. And a good KZfaq Presence. Good to see you're doing okay. Again sorry for you loss.

You could go back if need to Lucy? Enjoy the new job

Sending you and your family prayers and lots of Love ❤

Virgin is just like any other company out there,just looking out for the bottom line and the profits. People treat Branson like god over there but he has a lot of companies under him that went bankrupt/did tax evasion. When I quit VV, I gave them my 2 weeks notice and it was all fine and dandy until the day came to pack up and then they told me that I did not give them enough time before resigning and thusly I will be marked as a "no re-hire". It doesn't matter to me as I'm not planning to go back but it proves my point that they will use you until the last day and then ditch you. If i knew that id be marked as a no-rehire then id quit the same day,what even is the point of the two weeks notice. Anyway,thank you for coming to my TED talk.

topic for a future video : understanding ship uniforms and what they signify. What is up with all the "white" dress uniforms ? some times it appears crew were them versus their normal server uniforms. Which white dress uniforms are really important people ?

Just a quick reminder Your community loves you My condolences ❤

After your experience as a crew member I'm really curious to know how you feel about cruising for fun as a passenger sometime in the future and if there are any cruise lines that you would and wouldn't consider based on how well you have seen/heard the crew treated? Best of luck in all you do, hope all works out great!

My condolences dear

Hi this is Goldy from Cruising with Goldy

If you dont fancy facing the music to your manager and colleagues re. leaving the ship, you can always fail the medical. The ENG1 crew medical is quite strict, and you will fail it for overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc. I'm not saying make yourself ill deliberately, but if you fail your medical the company cannot hire you, but they can leave the door open for a later date when your medication has been shown to be working, or you lost weight etc. Just a thought. If you're A1 count your lucky stars 😁.

What do they do if someone is seasick and can’t work? I would imagine the occasional person might have to leave due to excessive seasickness that won’t go away?

Very interesting,

Lucy, did Harding offer you another ship? No need to name the cruise line. I know you said Starboard offered you Resilient Lady.

Before the season started captain said “your contract is seasonal so December 1 it will be finished” but after 3 months there is no contract and he says if you wanna quit the job you’re gonna pay for your flight

Sorry to hear about your Grandad.

I love your videos lucy.....and alot of condolences from our side.......so now you home where are we going gor holiday😜

Finding a replacement at sea ... how does that work? Have to have new person waiting to board at next port?

Always read your contract!

Maybe you should change the name of your blog to... "Cruising as Passenger".

Hey Lucy, would like to know more aboht pay, hows it credited to which account, account opening or have to use home country account, etc

What about p&o Australia

So Lucy, I understand about your grandfather passing, but didn't you say that was only one of the reasons you quit? I would be interested in hearing the whole story.

Lucy always looking like a snack!!!!

Hi, how doing.. ! Have a good time

When I listened to your narrative, I felt like people took advantage of other people. Why in the world is it hard to find a sincere employer? There's always something hidden underneath the contract note.

Hi çan get a job on cruise ships when I don't have experience ? How can I get a job there.

Thanks so much ur sharing ur life time experience and ur telling it's very useful younger and whant going on cure ship ur stylish style ur voice magical ur dress nice. Can tell me may nafwe 22 she whant jobs in abrod how she got job. Thanks u so nice volg

I heard you have to walk the plank.

What do they expect from you during the "pratical part" of the interview for a beauty therapist?

Its funny life has a way of working things and you where you had to be.

What about p&o Australia