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Have you ever dreamed of living on a cruise ship forever?
Traveling the world, exploring all sorts of exotic places, forever sailing regardless of the world.
It is now a reality and there are several options.
1. The World of Residence launched in 2002 as a condominium-style residential community 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 ship.
As with land-based condo resorts, short-term rentals of a week or more can be arranged without commitment to ownership, and a wide variety of ports are included in the ongoing circumnavigation of the globe. Residence is in trouble.
-disputes between owners of Condos on the boat and tourists.
Owners want to stay in exciting ports for several days, tourists who need the ship to be fully occupied to cover the cost of unsold suites, want to move from port to port every day.
Sales of actual apartments on the ship have stalled amid fears of terrorism, uncertainty in financial markets and uncertainty about the ship's future.
Annual maintenance costs are as high as $100,000 per set, while an actual set now costs $1.9 to $4 million. This ad recently appeared on the Internet:
“Rent an outdoor luxury cabin
from $600 per day”
From someone who owns 2 cabins on Residence.
That comes to $18,000 a month.
2. Join an organization that buys a used cruise ship and converts it to Condos.
This concept has been tried and failed.
The practical problems were too great.
-Trying to get enough people interested
-Trying to get commitments from people
-I'm trying to find a ship that doesn't fall apart right after leaving port
-Trying to get money from people before the ship was purchased.
And those were just the problems BEFORE buying the boat.
Think about the problems that would arise after buying a boat.
3. Buy regular sailings on an ongoing basis.
It seems to be the only practical way you can permanently live on a cruise ship.
Here are estimated costs based on double occupancy starting cheap:
Basic cost of the cruise; $100 per day x 2 people = $6,000 per month
This includes tip, all you can eat and port costs.
Independent living expenses for seniors appear to be about $2000 per month per person = $4000
This includes food.
So for an extra $2,000 a month, a couple can live on a cruise ship (or ships) forever.
The benefits of this type of housing if you have an extra $24,000 a year to spend are:
-The quality of meals on a cruise ship is probably much better than what you would get in an independent living situation.
-You can change cruise lines, use the Caribbean cruise line this month, the Alaska line next month and the 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 group of potential friends will arrive to interact with.
- The 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 you need for 2 people.
Now you dream of a cruise ship forever
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