Anyone have experience working in Hotels? (Management)

Xarpolis_sl said:

My wife and I were on a trip to Hawaii last week, and after coming home, she said that maybe we should think about moving there. Our house is almost ready to put on the market anyway, so we would just uproot our lives and relocate. The problem is I currently work for my family business, and have for 20 years (I'm only 34). She, on the other hand, is a Nurse, so she can pick up anywhere.

Oh well. While staying at the Hotel, I was chatting with the Shift Manager at the front desk about life out there, pay and things like that, and it seems doable. Even if I don't have any real world hotel experience, what all is required for being a shift manager at a hotel/resort?

What education would help with this?

Thanks.

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Borzak_sl said:

You'll be competitng for a job with people who just move there "for the fun" and the area rather than trying to make a living.

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a_skeleton_03_sl said:

That being said if you have an actual job lined up then take risks if you want.

I took a job in Germany even though it would rip up my whole family because we thought it was worth the risk. I wasn't going to move there and then look for a job though which is what you are looking at doing.

Always find a job that will support you in the place you want to go first and then move there.

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ValkyrieIATD_sl said:

There's also a pretty significant amount of dislike for non-natives moving to Hawaii. My buddy moved there after growing up in New York and he said that, while, yes, it's an amazing place, he does feel the hate sometimes when native Hawaiians find out he just moved there.

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