A musician at heart gave up his full-time job to travel the world on a cruise ship – and said he loved the experience.
Jack Nolan is a 33-year-old musician from Exeter, England, who started working as a musician on cruise ships in 2016.
Now, eight years later, Nolan said he wouldn't act his career change for the world, because he has been able to experience so much of what life has to offer.
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“There aren't many courses where you can see so many countries and experience so much culture,” he said, as SWNS reported.
After going to school and working in plumbing shops for a few years, Nolan said he felt burned out and wanted to make a change in his career.
Jack Nolan, 33, works as a musician on a Virgin Voyage cruise ship. (SWNS)
'I lived for the weekend [and] Still often worked on Saturdays too,” he told SWNS.
Nolan said he received a call from a friend in 2016 asking if he knew anyone who could play guitar to join a band he was putting together.
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“I told him I'd love to do it and from there we shot a promo video [and] sent it to agents and landed our first gig on a ferry in 2016,” he said.
Nolan was originally a plumber before deciding to join a band as a guitarist. (SWNS)
After the first performance, Nolan said the band received their first cruise contract – and their new travel adventures began.
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“I was so excited. The ships went to places like the Caribbean – and I had never been there,” he told SWNS.
Nowadays Nolan works as a musician on board the Cruise line Virgin Voyages and told Fox News Digital that it is the best of both worlds for him because of his newfound ability to see the world and his very low overhead costs.
Nolan said scouting locations in Greece and many other locations has been his favorite part of his new career path. (SWNS)
Even though his current monthly salary 'doesn't sound like a huge amount, when you consider the rent, bills, [and] “If food is tax free, it will definitely become a great way to save money,” he said.
He earns approximately $4,000 per month in US dollars.
The employee lives on the cruise ship and performs at night, so he can explore new travel destinations every time the boat docks during the day.
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Nolan said his favorite places he has visited so far are the Acropolis in Greece, the Colosseum in Rome, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the Hobbiton in New Zealand and the Blue Lagoon in Iceland.
“There aren't many jobs that allow you to travel the world and get paid. Cruise ships can take you to about three to four different countries in a week,” he told Fox News Digital.
Nolan told Fox News Digital that his monthly salary isn't much, but he can save it because his expenses are so low right now. (SWNS)
He said the beauty lies in knowing that one day you will be in one place – and the next day you will be in a completely different place.
“Today we are in Palma, Mallorca, [but] tomorrow we could be in France. Every day we wake up in a different country,” he recently told SWNS.
“Every day we wake up in a different country.”
Nolan said that even though cruise ship employees sleep close to each other, being able to get off the boat and explore the area is a great release.
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'Even though we are older than that [college] students, that's it [same] atmosphere because we have these small rooms and we are next to each other.”
Although Nolan said he loves his job, he hopes to move back to the country one day because he misses his family and friends, he said.
A former plumber is now a guitarist on a cruise ship and travels the world for a living. (SWNS)
“I have met the most incredible people in my time working on cruise ships from all over the world,” he told Fox News Digital.
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“I can honestly say that I have learned so much from them and I probably have a place to stay on every continent in the world.”
