I heard just last week that one retiree sold his home and now lived entirely on cruise ships, booking them out two years in advance. He gets food, a doctor, etc. all for that super cheap daily rate.
Right up until he gets a case of da shitz. Then if he reports it, he'll be either quarantined or put off the ship at the next port.
My wife and I were on a 12 day Baltic cruise last August, she got a parasite in Amsterdam from The Hard Rock, of all places. She spoke to the doctor on the ship and they reported it as lactose intolerance, unless she wanted to be admitted. In which case, she'd be put off at the next port. It wasn't a norovirus or one of the other cruise ship poop bugs. It took her 6 weeks to get clear of it after we got back. She was very ill the entire cruise. Lesson learned. Don't report it unless you're on your deathbed.
The other thing to keep in mind is that he may have a Holiday Inn Mastercard like my wife has. She does not charge that much and is always getting free overnight stays.
If you are staying at their hotel and charging it on their hotel credit card, you may be able to get a free night stay every other week, or an upgrade to a suite, etc.
My brother was on the road for a his first few years out of college. He accumulated enough Marriot dollars to get free stays for the next 20 years.
“I heard just last week that one retiree sold his home and now lived entirely on cruise ships, booking them out two years in advance. “
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Oh, yes! I saw a video clip last year of a woman who’s been living on a ship for a few years because it was actually less costly and it provided her with a change of venue and she loves the chance to meet people!
While I am the type to fear the water (I’m the lady you’re going to see hauling the life preserver with me, everywhere!), my beloved husband would love to take a cruise, though on the smaller ratio’d cruise ships. There’s one in Alaska that has a 1-2 crew/passenger ratio, though I forget the name. He would love to live on that cruise ship.
I keep telling him if he’s ever been given a terminal illness that I expect him to use his money to travel like that as when he passes I do not want him to have regrets.
Now, while I’m not sure if I’d even be comfortable on a shipped permanently docked, I might try it. LOL