Cruise line offers ‘escape’ from Trump presidency with multi-year packages
Cruise line offers ‘escape’ from Trump presidency with multi-year packages
Villa Vie Residences says program will cost less than $40,000 a year and traverse 425 ports across 140 countries
People who can afford cruises aren't going to be the ones disproportionately affected by Trump's policies.
You’d be surprised how cheap a shitty 4 day Carnival cruise is. I used to get dragged onto those floating norovirus buffets with my college friends, and the base trip was cheaper than some motels I’ve stayed at. There a LOT of broke ass people and families on those things.
That said, you’re only allowed to bring 1 bottle of wine on board, so they’re hoping you spend money at the world’s most expensive bar. They also make a ton on meal upgrades and entertainment packages.
Economic policies, sure. But there are social policies and perhaps more importantly a culture of intolerance that can affect people over a wide range of economic status.
I think I'd just add "straight white people" to the qualifier and then I'd agree though.
I used to say there's no way in hell anyone would ever get me onto a cruise ship, but this is enticing.
$40k a year sounds super reasonable.
That's per person, double occupancy. Going alone is $64k.
But it does include meals, housekeeping biweekly, port fees and taxes, and all the amenities on the ship. Honestly not bad, if you can sell your house and downsize into a suitcase.
Maybe for a cruise of that duration, yeah. I'm just comparing it against what I make in a year and how much it currently costs me to live in a house on land.
I could afford to make it an "or" situation but not an "and".
Pretty sure this is the prequal to snowpiercer
Four years of gastrointestinal distress sounds like a good option
Well, it's either that or the cruise ship ...
Of course, the solution to elect the dumbest person on the planet twice is to pollute the planet as much as possible. These people are the fucking worst.
Fear has been successfully commodified.
Just now?
Always has been, friend
People that can afford 40k a year on this and can work remotely if they even need to work at all don't need this option. They could move to literally any other nice country in the world.
Poor factory worker schmucks like me need a way out and it doesn't seem like there is one :/
NGL, I hate cruises so much I think I'll chance it with the dictator.
Worst vacation ever. Plus we were on the cruise before that carnival ship got stuck in the Gulf. We ended up in progresso instead of Cozumel because the previous outing was behind schedule.
Reality is that bucket was running on one engine for weeks and the other gave out.
I’m gonna be puking and shitting myself anyway.
It's like going on holiday to a warehouse surrounded by water.
it would be pretty funny if they all came back home at the end of 4 years and suffered massive culture shock, because we all know the chaos won't end with his term. at least I'm stuck here so i can ease myself into this new hellish reality gradually.
Isn’t the Venn diagram of people who didn’t vote Republican and people who enjoy cruise ships just two disjoint circles?
That’s the probably the angle.
“His do we get entice people who hate cruise ships to get on a cruise ship?”
“Point out that, unlike democracy, it’s a boat that Trump can’t sink?”
“Hmm… you may be on to something…”
There are plenty of horror stories regarding long term cruise living. No thanks.
Did diarrhea and CO2 write this?
The Titanic 2: Electric Boogaloo
