If you’re hunting for real Junior superyacht stewardess tips 👀, you’re in the right place.

I’m a Chief Stewardess on a 100m+ superyacht, with years of experience, and I’ve trained plenty of new crew, so consider this the advice I wish someone had given me when I started.

Whether you’re about to step on your first superyacht or still waiting for that first job, this one’s for you.

Here’s the truth: guests don’t care if you can fold a napkin into a swan 🦢, but they will care if they step out of the shower and there’s no towel 🚿.

The little details matter.

They’ll make your life easier, make you look switched on, and save you from those “oh sh*t” moments we’ve all had 🙃.

This isn’t about being perfect or pretending you know it all – it’s about paying attention, caring about the details, and learning fast.

And before you even step onboard, how you present yourself on paper matters just as much. If you want help turning your experience into something clear, practical, and easy for captains and chief stews to scan, I’ve put together a Superyacht CV Guide + editable Canva CV templates that walk you through exactly how to do that.

So here are my 10 no-BS tips to help you hit the ground running as a Junior Stewardess or Steward 🌸✨💅

1. Empty the dishwasher 🍽️

If it’s clean, just empty it. Even if it’s “not your duty” that day. It takes two minutes, it helps everyone, and trust me – it gets noticed. It also gets noticed who DOESN’T do it 👀.

2. Crew areas count too 🛋️

Crew mess and lounge spaces are everyone’s areas – they aren’t your personal dumping grounds. If you sit down, fluff the pillows when you get up. If you eat, clear your stuff and wipe the table if you make a mess 🧽.

Don’t leave your personal stuff lying around either. It’s small, but it shows respect for your team and keeps morale up 💖.

3. Clean the things people actually touch ✨

When you’re cleaning, think about the things that you would touch in a room – light switches, door handles, the sides of chairs, under tables. These are the spots that really show whether a space is clean and often get missed 👆.

Also, look at things from different angles: stand in the shower, sit on the toilet seat, look at the glass from different angles, look at the reflection in the mirrors – you’ll be amazed at what you notice. 👀

4. Step back and check 🪞

Before you leave an area, stop and actually LOOK at your work. Allow me to give you an example…

When I was a junior stew, my Chief Housekeeper showed me exactly how to hang a dressing gown in a guest cabin, and then got me to do it right after.

I followed the instructions step by step, stood back proudly, and waited for her approval.

She took one look and said, “Georgia, that looks crap. Look at it properly and tell me does that look good to you?”

I actually stopped, looked at it, and realised – no. It looked shit 🙃.

Ten seconds later, I’d fixed it, and it looked perfect.

The point wasn’t the robe.

The point was: don’t just “do” a job and tick it off. Stop, look at what you’ve done, and ask yourself if it actually looks good.

You know what looks amaaazing and what looks bang average 💅.

It’s amazing what you spot when you give yourself that extra ten seconds ⏱️.

5. Towels are sacred 🛁

Never leave a guest without towels. If you’re cleaning a cabin, make sure you’ve hung fresh towels up before you take the used ones away. At the very least, leave them neatly folded on the side.

Guests have a habit of walking in at the exact wrong moment, and you’ll need to excuse yourself, quickly grab your cleaning stuff and leave, but then if they jump straight in the shower and get out dripping wet with only a face cloth to hand? 😬 That’s your nightmare.

The towel sprint afterwards is pure stew panic energy 🏃🏻‍♀️💦 – funny later, mortifying at the time.

6. Don’t overpack 👟👗

Girl – you really don’t need 10 pairs of shoes 👠. You’ll live in comfies when you’re off-duty, especially if you’re doing a trip like crossing the Atlantic 🛳️.

Pack hoodies, sweatpants, comfy clothes and just a few nice outfits for crew nights out. Your tiny cabin space is precious – don’t fill it with heels you’ll never wear (trust me!).

(Click here for my cabin essentials – these are the items I swear by! 💖)

7. Walk with confidence 💃

When you’re in service, walk with confidence – walk tall, at a good pace, and like you belong there (cos you do!). Don’t creep around the table like a weirdo 👻.

Nobody wants a lurker at the table. If you look relaxed and confident, you’ll feel sooo much more confident, and the whole atmosphere improves ✨.

8. Protect your boundaries 🚨

Not all guests are going to be angels 😇. Some will push it.

Here’s the deal: you don’t have to stick yourself in an awkward situation just because you think you’re meant to be polite 💕.

Example (straight from an Advanced Leadership course I did recently): a guest asks you to “show them how to use the elevator,” then tries to get you in there with them.

No thanks.

Press the button, explain it, smile, step out.

Easy.

You’re there to do your job, not ride around in a metal box making awkward small talk with a guest who doesn’t understand boundaries 🙃.

9. Do a final walk-through 🚪

Before you leave a cabin, check everything: towels in place? Wardrobe tidied? Amenities topped up? Toiletries looking brand new? And most importantly – any rogue cleaning tools left behind?

(It’s always either a spray bottle or a squeegee in the shower 🧴🪣 – and yes, we’ve all done it).

That extra 20-second check saves you the pain of sneaking back in later to grab it.

10. Use your initiative 🧠

If you’ve finished your jobs list, don’t just stand there like waiting to be told what to do. Ask yourself: what can I do next? 🤔

Can you do a round of the boat and check everything top to bottom – tidy cushions, wipe fingerprints, refill water stations? 🛋️✨

Is there laundry that needs to go back? 🧺

Can you prep something for the next meal? 🍴

Are the guests ashore? Can you make the welcome drinks? 🍹.

Are there enough cold towels left? Do you need to make more? 🧊

Is the crew dinner cleared away, or does it still need to be done? 🍽️

If you see something that needs doing, do it. Don’t wait to be told. That’s how you go from “junior stew who ticks boxes” to “junior stew who actually gets noticed.”

Big Sis Pep Talk 💕

Being a junior stew isn’t about perfection. You’ll mess up – everyone does. The difference is owning it, fixing it, and not doing it again 💖.

Pay attention, care about the details, and learn fast. That’s what separates the stews who need babysitting from the ones everyone actually wants on their team ✨🌸.

Good luck! You’ve got this x

P.S. Don’t forget to pack all your essentials in your hand luggage! Click here to see what I always pack.

And check out my post How to Write a Yacht CV Profile That Makes Captains Say “Hell Yeah”