Housekeepers

Performing a variety of cleaning activities including vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, dusting and polishing. Maintaining, and caring for valuable interior items and surfaces, such as artwork, silks, china, crystal, linens, fine woodwork, and marble. Preparing rooms for guests.

Depending on the size of yacht, and previous experience, as an entry level stewardess, housekeeping is generally the area you will start off, especially for someone who hasn’t any hospitality experience. This is because housekeeping is an area that can be taught to a green stewardess, which doesn’t necessarily put them under pressure with guests straight away. They can practice making beds time and time again before guests arrive.

Housekeepers need a strong eye for detail, keeping a look out for finger prints, watermarks, smears, dust etc. You need to be meticulous and take pride in your work to ensure every bed and cabin looks like is has come straight out of a catalogue. As well as looking after guest rooms, housekeeping also includes looking after different ‘public’ areas of a yacht. These include guest corridors, guest’s day beds and crew areas etc.