Mountain of activities, no meals to plan, shows every week, no housework: a retired couple from Australia have reportedly swapped their retirement home to live for two years on a cruise ship – a less expensive option according to them.
“Eventually, I told our agent [de voyage]: “Listen, whatever you find, reserve it.” […] It’s a wonderful life,” said Australian Marty Ansen, in an interview with A Current Affair, according to what was reported by New York Post last week.
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Alongside his wife, Jess, the retiree was already at his 51e consecutive cruise aboard the Coral Princess, a 2,000-passenger Princess Cruises ship, on which the couple plans to stay for at least two years.
Because according to the couple, it is much cheaper to stay full time on a cruise ship – where household chores and dinner planning are a distant memory – than to find a retirement home, according to the couple. American media.
“It’s our lifestyle. […] Where else can you go to dinner, go to a show, go dancing? Throughout the day we [accès à] all these activities,” rejoiced Jess Ansen for her part.
“We don’t know how to make a bed anymore because we haven’t done it in a long time, so now we have to stay on board just to stay alive,” her husband added next to her, laughing.
The great-grandparent couple says they see family when the boat stops at ports near their home, according to the New York Post.
Well known to all passengers on board, the couple who would have boarded on June 16, 2022 would have spent more time on the ship than the rotating captains.
He plans to go down in eight months, before embarking for another full year aboard an even larger ship from the same company, the Crown Princess.
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2023-10-09 16:50:46
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