Posted on 11/25/2023 12:01:24 PM PST by dynachrome
They had signed up for the experience of a lifetime: three years traveling the world from the comfort of a cruise ship, at prices that rivaled regular living expenses.
But now the dream is over for passengers who’d signed up for Life at Sea Cruises’ inaugural three-year voyage. After weeks of silence, the company has acknowledged to passengers that it has no ship, and has canceled the departure, vowing to refund those who’d signed up for cruises costing up to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The cruise was originally due to depart Istanbul, Turkey, on November 1, but shortly before that date, departure was postponed to November 11 and relocated to Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and then to November 30, again from Amsterdam. But on November 17 – less than two weeks before the third departure date – passengers were informed the cruise was off.
Some of the passengers who booked the 111 cabins sold are still in Istanbul, having made their way there ahead of the original departure date. Others say they have nowhere to return to, having sold or rented out their homes in anticipation of the round-the-world voyage, as well as jettisoning their possessions.
Most have spent tens of thousands of dollars on what was meant to be the experience of a lifetime, and now face a wait of at least several months to get their money back. The company has said it will make repayments in monthly installments, starting from mid-December and completing repayments in late February. It has also offered to pay for accommodation until December 1 and flights home for anyone now stranded in Istanbul. But some say they have no homes to return to.
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I had a co worker who I knew had served 4 years in the Navy.
One day I asked him what he did in the Navy, He said,
“I chipped paint”. I said, That’s all you did for 4 years, chipped paint? He said, “yep, that’s it, I chipped paint.”
14 days is my limit. Gaining 5 lbs is my limit 🤣
In Navy you have to do clean the ship, cook, and other duties. On cruise ship you get maximum pampering!
Please see post #42
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Contact Air BNB
When it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. A fool and his money are soon departed.
Unfortunately, only 20%, at the most, want independence. Only after we are bled dry, will people realize. Then, it will be too late, unfortunately.
Our population growth comes from Easterners moving here and uneducated 3rd worlders that Castreau brings in.
The Easterners come here to make money, then retire back in the East. They don’t ‘shiv a git’ about AB, it’s just a milch cow, to be milked dry. The 3rd worlders are quite similar, many coming here to milk AB dry, and return to their 3rd world schitt hole countries, with a pot full of money, to live like kings. Thr rest of the 3rd worlders, come here to turn my country (Alberta) into a 3rd world schitt hole, like the 3rd world schitt hole they came from! Many of them say, ‘Aloha Snackbar!’
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