Submitted by thenerdknuckle t3_youd5a in todayilearned
Having to live around cruise ship people would suck.
Yeah it's expensive but often all-inclusive and retirement is expensive too. Carnival has a 3k ticket right now for a 30-day cruise. That works out to 36k/year. Realistically it's going to be more than that, there are other costs, not every cruise is that long or has that much value for money, and not every single on-board cost is included, but it's not an astronomically high figure.
It sounds like she was living in a little bit more style than just the bare minimum room and board though.
Plus cruise ships are way bigger today and hold way more people so the cost per person is a lot cheaper, the biggest ships today are more than twice as heavy and hold more than twice as many people as the Titanic
Don't tell any icebergs that!
:-)
*laughs in melting ice caps*
You made me sad :(
High five figures is pretty good for a place to live and food.
high five figures is $70k+ per year. You could spend $100 a day on food, and still have almost 3k for rent.
Yeah, but this also gets you entertainment, travel, and all your utilities.
And there's a doctor on board, not sure how those charges run though.
And service and entertainment…. It’s a pretty solid deal if that’s your bag.
Cheaper than a retirement home/senior assisted living.
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My parents know a boomer couple that does professional housesitting / petsitting for 8 months of the year, followed by 4 months of uninterrupted cruises. They've been doing this for about 5 years total now and live the life of Riley despite having no fixed address.
Cheaper than many retirement homes and with better service.
This poor long-lived wealthy woman led a surprising, interesting life, and the only photo of her available is from after she spent 2000 years in a peat bog?
If you want a great multi-day read, you need to visit this thread on Cruise Critic
https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/1171002-never-too-old/
It is the story of a remarkable man named Egon, who did exactly what this person did. He chose to live out the remainder of his days on a cruise ship.
His post begins:
Dear friends,
come the middle of September, you’ll not get any more forwardings from me and I’ll ask you to take me off your mailing list, if I happen to be on it. From that time onwards and for at least one entire year, my internet access will be severely restricted, although I hope to stay in touch with many friends on a personal level.
But let me explain…
Having outlived my wife, many close friends and. with exception of my son, all my family, I’ve reached the age where assisted living with its amenities looms large. I visited several such facilities but despite comfortable lodgings, the often quite pleasant surroundings exude a depressing “Waiting for God” feeling for me when I see some of the residents. I think that I am not ready for this- yet.
TIL there are people named Egon who are not in the field of ghost busting.
Who says he isn't? There must be plenty of ghosts on cruise ships, they have a lot of deaths on board.
$4 million in 1971 is worth about $29 million today.
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It’s cheaper today, I’d consider that for a few years
Her 'Traveling companion'. Her best friend. Her 'Gal Pal'.
/r/SapphoAndHerFriend
Oh. My. God. They were… roommates!!!
Heiress to the dynomite detonator fortune. Last name Macbeth.
That's one creepy picture.
Ahh! I wish they had a better picture of her!
If I won the billion lotto I'd do it too. I like ships
Me too!!
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Captain Pellew
No, no no no. I just dont know how to get offfffffff!
I’ll tip only at the end of my journey
there is a guy named Mario that has lived on Royal Caribbean ships since 2000
Couldn't imagine doing this today, unless maybe on Seaborne or Ponant.
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"traveling companion"? Yeah...that's a reference to https://old.reddit.com/r/SapphoAndHerFriend/
Eh, would have expected her to get more than 4-5% of the will, then.
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RetroMetroShow t1_ivfxlv1 wrote
People live on cruise ships full time and it’s cheaper now, a few single retirees told us they pay in the high five figures per year - said the variety of activities and food keep it from getting monotonous but the crowds are by far the worst part