This appeals to me. Three and a half years on a cruise ship for just $230 a day.
Be a shame if they died earlier than average.
“Cruise ship offers retirees a lifetime ticket for flat fee to travel the world - while helping them beat ‘inflation”
Click-bait. Once in a lifetime ticket for1301 days.
Who the hell can afford that? I only pay $545 a month for rent, and I’ve been here 24 years. Keep your friggin’ cruise ship.
“One aspect most people nearing retirement age are concerned about is ongoing living expenses and the possibility of outliving their savings,’ Kathy Villalba, the Chief Operating Officer of Villa Vie Residences, said.
‘This program eliminates that concern altogether “
You want be concerned about outliving your savings. You just blew it on this cruise.
Good until the company goes bankrupt
https://6abc.com/three-year-cruise-canceled-life-at-sea-refund/14102701/
I recall a “round the world” cruise ship scam which fell apart recently.
$384.32 per night (with “up front” pymt. for 1301 nights) doesn’t seem like much of a “deal”!
Their “Lifetime” ticket doesn’t even exceed the lifetime of a toad or pigeon:
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-life-expectancy-of-humans-and-49-other-animals/
A lifetime ticket lasts for 1301 days? That must mean they make you walk the plank when the time’s up.
I’m very happy to sleep in my own bed after ~22 days in Spain and ~14 days in New England.
10 days on a cruise and I was pretty much bored.
There is no guarantee the cruise outfit will stay solvent for 3 years.
There is no guarantee for quality of food & entertainment offered.
Similar deals before have history of cruise outfit going bankrupt.
150 one week cruises for 2 people on reputable cruise companies are available for $1500x 150
Only 300k! whadda deal!
Spend those golden years riding out the apocalypse on an old plague ridden ship! All you can eat (til it runs out)
I seriously would not do this even if it was free....
I’ll just stay here on the farm...
Lifetime ticket?
It says 1301 days, about 3 1/2 years.
So. A lifetime is now 1,301 days?
Nothing can beat the most luxurious cruise ship ever, “The Magic Christian” (1969) - Ringo Starr, Peter Sellers. Full movie;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE2zTnOJ94I
We are both retired and have taken many cruises the last one was just over six months ago. What we discovered on the last one that as we get older the cruise experience became less enjoyable.
People who have never taken a cruise have never experienced the joy of a ship in rough seas were your every step is a potential fall, and even laying in bed is not a relief as the ship moves and jerks about.
Then there are the crowds. Our first cruise was on a small ship with only 2,000 passengers our last cruise was with over 6,000 passengers! The only quite time is in the middle of the night and even then there are people moving about.
We have just grown too old to enjoy want cruising has to offer and the idea of retiring on one gives me nightmares.
(The other reason not to take them up on this offer is what is to say that the shipping company goes bankrupt and you are out all that money and may even be in a foreign port and have to find your own way home.)
I suppose burial at sea is included in the fee. Just roll the old codger in a sheet and toss them over the side. I also see nothing about medical care on board. Lots of luck if you get sick and the nearest port is a third world country where medical care is sketchy at best.