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Interesting way to use your vast retirement wealth. I wonder if these kind of luxury retirement expenditures will exist in the coming generations who haven't accumulated huge sums of money.

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You can cruise year round on like $3k a month, it's not that luxurious when you consider that it includes room, board, food, maid service, activities, etc. Especially compared to how expensive old age homes are.

The article mentions upwards of $300/day or more, which is 110k/yr. That's a lot of money, not to mention the cost of your fixed home and other living expenses (medical?). Plus, I would not want to do a "budget" cruise every single day and be at the mercy of their menu.

It just sounds unappealing and expensive to me, but that's me.

$300/day seems high. Are they staying in staterooms with balconies?

To me, a better title would have been "How to get to Hell before you die".

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Cheapest 15 day Cruise on Norwegian is $649. Just line those up back to back. They even have an offer for 70% off for your second guest, which makes it ~$900 for 2 people.

https://www.ncl.com/vacations?duration=15+&sort=price_low_hi...

That doesn't include all the fees, primarily "gratuities". Also, I think prices are pretty good right now. It also varies with the time of the year. I would expect prices to go up as the industry recovers from the pandemic. Of course, frequent cruisers get added upgrades and special offers from the cruise lines, too.

Interesting way to reveal your true motivation.

I "accumulated" huge sums of money by working my butt off, not demanding I live in San Francisco six months out of college, investing wisely, and upsizing when the market was favorable. Today's younger generations have the world at their fingertips, and use all those resources to stare at TikTok.

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