I live on a cruise ship for free — but there’s one ‘weird’ passenger perk I don’t receive

NY Post VIA News.com.au ^ | 04/21/2025 | News.com.au

[Responsibility2nd]

Travel insurance costs more than $50 a day.

[Red Badger]

I don’t gamble anyways................

[DarrellZero]

So she can’t gamble not because she lives on the ship, but because she’s married to one of the crew.

Ridiculous click bait,

[Red Badger]

What’s wrong with gambling on a ship as opposed to a casino? The house wins anyways.............

[Fai Mao]

“Travel insurance costs more than $50 a day.”

Ours cost about $700 a year from Allianz. That’s about two dollars a day.

[packrat35]

It helps that you don’t stay in it all the day either...

Just like the cruise ship, she probably is only in it to sleep and change clothes...

[MinorityRepublican]

Cruise ships are vacation spots. They are NOT assisted living facilities.

Not a bad business idea. The Cruise ship would be based in Cancun. But the ship can travel across the Caribbean for a month. Return to Cancun. Stay in port for a week. They should offer some sort of "Senior Living" package like this.

[packrat35]

Ship’s casinos are notoriously “tighter” on the slots. They pay out much less...

[Flatus I. Maximus]

After he was killed at Trafalgar, Lord Nelson’s body was packed in a barrel of brandy to preserve it for the voyage home. It’s a shame they no longer do that. I think my (sort of) friend would have much preferred that over being stuck in the freezer. It would have been fitting for him.

[grame]

And you don’t have access to children, grandchildren, great grandchildren.

[MikelTackNailer]

We saw a guy drop dead in the dance floor once. Crew rushed in, scooped him up, took him away, as of it were choreographed. The music never stopped...

A dance floor is an odd place to be presented the bill.

[MayflowerMadam]

I’m always surprised to see how few people are in the casinos on cruise ships. Of course, we do go to bed around 10, so there’s that.

[GingisK]

The house doesn’t usually sink. Perhaps we are gambling on different things. ;-D

[GingisK]

Perhaps better stated: The house can’t sink. The ship can.

[Red Badger]

Except in Mississippi................

[Nervous Tick]

>> I have heard their medical rates are outrageous.

Funerals are reasonable, though. 😉

[I-ambush]

“Don’t ever gamble on the ship. Ask to see its maintenance records before boarding”
Also, don’t gamble on the ship.

[tired&retired]

I traveled quite a bit so I purchased an annual travel insurance policy with Alliance. Was less than $2 per day for the entire year. (Around $470 per year)

For medical insurance, I have the same coverage as the US embassy employees around the world for the rest of my life. That includes air evac anywhere in the world.

I dislike cruise ships. Turned down many free cruises as my brother in law was in management for a Greek Cruise Ship Company. It’s not the ship. It’s the people. I was content reading on the top deck or balcony.

[Midwesterner53]

No thanks.

[Responsibility2nd]

Thanks you two.

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