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5 hours ago, njhorseman said:

Yes, I do long stints on cruise ships. 

Wonderful! Where are you now and how long is your current trip? Do you find many others doing what you do, any ever from UK? I read about it in the newspapers here but have yet to chat to someone who lives this kind of life...

On 11/9/2022 at 2:25 AM, njhorseman said:

Note to self...apparently  I haven't stopped to think , nor do I have any sort of a worthwhile life at home. 🙄

@navybankerteacher, thanks for pointing that out! Apparently even though you've never met me you know more about me than I know about myself. 🤣

Haha. Do you do very long stints on cruise ships?

On 11/4/2022 at 9:26 PM, jocap said:

We've met people living on board on two ships, both with P&O, which is quite important because the ships do different itineraries out of Southampton of different lengths- so you might have 11 days to the Canaries followed by a fortnight in the Med, a week in Norway, and a weekend in Amsterdam, returning to Southampton after each cruise.

The first was a person on his own, who was trying this life for a year, with a home in the UK.

The second was a couple who had bought a flat in Southampton so that they could use the turnaround day to see to their affairs. Sometimes they left the ship if it was doing a 2 night cruise, or even a 4 night one, to visit doctors, dentists, banks etc. 

The problem comes when the ships begin their long cruises in winter- 2 ships go to the Caribbean for months; another has a world cruise.

The single person moved ships to the one which stays in Southampton for the winter, but that ship, Ventura, does 2  longer cruises to the Caribbean and back to Soton, then to the USA and more northerly Carib islands- both cruises are around 28 to 30 days.

Some other ships port in Soton for the summer and also have varied itineraries, but return to the USA for winter.

It might be that you could change ships within the line during the winter.

Enjoy finding out!  🙂

Thanks for your msg. That's cool re the single guy and couple you're talking about - was that a long time ago or recently? It would be great to find them and ask them about their experiences and if they still live / hop on and off ships.

On 11/3/2022 at 1:28 PM, Hlitner said:

I think an interesting challenge would be negotiating terms/price with a cruise line.  As to The World, we once saw that ship (docked in Key West) and spoke to a few of it's residents.  My impression was that the folks on that vessel were extremely wealthy and routinely would leave the ship to do other kinds of travel or visit family.  The one couple, with whom we had a long chat, told us they probably did not spend more than 8 months a year on The World as they would often spend significant time traveling (on land) and living in favorite places. 

That makes sense, as in they aren't on for the whole year. It's great that you got to speak to a couple that lives on The World. Did they say if the residents were international or mainly from the US?

Hi there, I'm really interested in the idea of being a guest and living on a cruise ship full time (or at least 6 - 12 months per year) either hopping on and off OR living on a residency ship. Are there many people doing it and are any of them from the UK?

Thanks!