A Most Intiguing Idea

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 Today is the shortest day of the year in terms of silight.  Of all the various news feeds this morning was a news story about a 28 year old who works remotely for Meta found that it is was cheaper for him to rent an apartment on a cruise ship for $2100 a month than it was to pay rent for an apartment on the beach in San Diego.  For an additional $2100 a month, he could have access to all the ship's amenities including gyms, spas, all meals, and all his beverages, including shows, entertainment and a lifestyle that would have been better than his lifestyle on the beach could offer.  In addition he gets to travel to Rome, Dubrovnik, and other exotic ports all over the world for his $4200.  He signed a 12 year lease that allows him him the luxuries and maid service a cruise ship has to offer.

Is there a downside to his lifestyle on a cruise ship?  My thinking is that he has only one place to call home for 12 years.  Then a 59 year old couple decided that paying rent on a cruise ship was cheaper than paying their home mortgage without all the expenses of home ownership.  There are people who have have chucked a conventional lifestyle for life on a cruise ship.  

Patty and I have been on a few cruises and I can tell you that meals on a cruise ship are above average plus there are no tables to be cleaned or dishes washed.  There is maid service for making up beds and straightening rooms.  And there are retired couples who have made cruise ships their home.  I am at least intrigued by the idea that a cruise ship is a city at sea.  It has medical facilities in addition to meeting new people all the time.  It is at least an intriguing idea.  

Is it ideal to pay rent or sign a lease for the same place on a cruise ship for 12 years?  That is a question most anyone has to ask.  I would imagine such travelers get a chance to get close to some crew members and might become good friends with the captains of the ship.  It is at least something to think about if you love to travel and mingle with interesting people from all over the world.  But there is something to be said about home ownership and living in a community of houses.

It would take a special person to sign a 12 year lease for an apartment on a cruise ship.  I have come across such stories before.  The wife of an investment banker paid $128,000 a year for life on a cruise ship in her later years.  The last I read of her she was 89, and was still on a ship.  

Such stories aren't uncommon any more, and it seems more and more people who can work remotely or are retired are signing years' long leases in order to live on cruise ships.  Just an idea.  Today I am smoking my newest Nording pipe with some Autumn Evening, but I was thinking about getting out some Sir Walter Raleigh Original I have had in a storage humidor for almost two years now.  I have a little bit left.  Patty doesn't like the Burley smell of Sir Walter Raleigh and I find it rather bland.  But I'll be finishing up some old tobacco until I order new stuff after the first of the year.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

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