Have you ever dreamt about living on a Cruise
Ship forever?
Traveling the world, seeing all kinds of exotic
places, cruising forever with not a care in the world.
It is now a reality, and several possibilities
exist.
1. The World of ResidenSea was launched
in 2002 as a condominium-style residential community contained on a 644-foot
cruise ship, complete with restaurants, a spa and fitness center and other
amenities similar to what you'd find on a typical mid-size cruise liner.
As with land-based condo resorts, short-term
rentals of a week or more may be arranged without committing to ownership, and a
wide range of ports is included on The World's ongoing circumnavigation of the
globe. ResidenSea has problems.
- Disputes between owners of Condos on the
ship and tourists.
Owners want to stay in exciting ports for several days, tourists that the ship
needs to get full occupancy to cover the cost of unsold suites want to move
from port to port every day.
- Sales of actual condos on the ship have
stalled due to fears of terrorism, uncertainty in financial markets and
uncertainty about the future of the ship.
- Annual maintenance costs run at $100,000 per
suite while an actual suite now costs 1.9 to 4 million dollars. This ad
recently appeared on the Internet:
"Rent an outside luxury cabin from $600 a day"
From somebody who owns 2 cabins on the ResidenSea.
That runs to $18,000 per month.
2. Join an organization that will buy a used
Cruise Ship and convert it to Condos.
This concept has been tried and failed.
The practical problems were just too great.
- Trying to get enough people interested
- Trying to get commitments from people
- Trying to find a ship that was not going to
fall apart immediately upon leaving the harbor
- Trying to get cash from people before a ship
was bought.
And these were just problems BEFORE a ship was even bought.
Think about the problems there would be after
the ship was bought.
3. Buy regular cruises on an on-going basis.
This seems the only practical way in which you
can live permanently on a Cruise Ship.
Here are the estimated costs based on double
occupancy starting on the cheap:
Basic Cruise Costs; $100 per day x 2 people =
$6000 per month
This includes gratuities, all you can eat and port costs.
Independent costs of living for Seniors seems
to be about $2000 per month per person = $4000
This includes food.
So for $2000 per month extra a couple can live
on a Cruise Ship (or ships) forever.
The advantages of this type of living if you
have that extra $24,000 per year to spend are these:
- Quality of the meals on a Cruise Ship is
probably a lot better than what you would get in an independent living type of
situation.
- You can vary cruise lines, use a Caribbean
Cruise Line this month, an Alaska Line next month and a European Line for the
next 6 months.
- Shows every night.
- Built-in new friends every week or so. Most
cruises end within 7 days and a new crop of potential friends arrives for you
to interact with.
- An entire Cruise Staff to help you with
ANYTHING if you have a problem.
So, if you want to live on a Cruise Ship:
$24,000 a year is all it takes for 2 people.