As this was our first night out of Southampton I found this quite strange, so when one of the waiters came over we all asked him about her. He said he didn’t know too much about her only that she had been on the last six cruises back to back.
Intrigued by now I wondered over to introduce myself. After chatting for a little I said I understood she had been on the ship for the last six cruises, back to back. I asked her what it was that kept her onboard, to which she replied with the best advice I have ever been given.
After researching the matter a little when I got back to work I decided when I retire I won’t be booking into a home, I’ll be booking a cruise.
Not accounting for inflation the average nursing home will cost me just over £200 a day.If I plan far enough ahead I can book a cruise, with early bird discounts for just under £150 a day!
I can have as may meals as I want, every day or if I’m feeling really lazy I can call room service.
There’s plenty of activities to do every day and night, probably with less repetition than I’d find in a retirement home as well.
I will always be treated like a paying customer rather than a patient under foot.
There will always be lots of new people to meet, about every 10-14 days.
Room service every day.
New destinations all the time with a mixture of guest speakers. How many retirement homes have guest speakers?
So come on, hands up who’s planning on retiring with me onboard?
Happy Cruising
Don't know how many times I've read that story ;-(
ReplyDeleteThat said, there is an elderly lady who has her own suite on Royal Princess. (For further information, Google for 'Lorraine Arzt'). She is the ship's godmother, so I don't know what she will do in 2011, when Royal Princess comes to P&O Cruises (as Adonia)
ReplyDeleteI met a lady in Australia ,at least 10 years ago,doing the same thing,she was doing round the world cruises----it seems that the idea is spreading!
ReplyDeleteHope these people have got good health insurance. As you get older, the risk of illness obviously increases, and from personal experience, I know a trip to the ship's doctor can be very expensive! I was on one ship a few years ago, and during a 10 day cruise, there were three helicopter visits to take sick passengers off. Wonder what that costs?
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea as long as you don't have cats & grand children.
ReplyDeleteMaybe cruise lines should offer long stay options at cheap rates like hotels in Malta etc do in winter. Lovely missing all our bad weather.