C: Is for Cruisn in your own Condo!

This just in.......... Free BBQ Chicken at Water Taxi Beach today! So take advantage by staying cool and chowing down for free. Entry to the beach is free on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday in July and August so stay cool and pig out.

Have you ever dreamed of getting away from it all. What about seeing the world? Now you can do both and live the ultimate never ending holiday by living on a cruise ship. Several possibilities exist the 1st is The ResidenSea, which I have told you about before.. Launched in 2002 as a condominium residential community complete with restaurants, a spa and fitness center. Don't want to commit to being on the ship full time? Short-term rentals of a week or more may be arranged without committing to ownership. With everything there are problems, such as owners want to stay in exciting ports for several days, tourists want to move from port to port every day. Sales have stalled due to fears of terrorism, uncertainty in financial markets and uncertainty about the future of the ship. Annual maintenance costs run at $100,000 per suite while an actual suite now costs 1.9 to 4 million dollars. An ad recently appeared on the Internet: "Rent an outside luxury cabin from $600 a day"From somebody who owns 2 cabins on the ResidenSea. That runs to $18,000 per month.


You can always join an organization that will buy a used Cruise Ship and convert it to Condos. However there are major drawbacks, which is why it has not succeeded.

The only practical way in which you can live permanently on the sea without being a sailor is to buy regular cruises on an on-going basis. Basic Cruise Costs; $100 per day = $3000 a month, however this includes gratuities, all you can eat and port costs. Independent costs of living for Seniors seems to be about $2000 per month, so for an extra grand you could be living your dreams. The advantages of this type of living is you can vary cruise lines, a Caribbean one month, an Alaska Line the next and a European Line just for the hell of it. Shows every night, new friends every week and an entire staff at your beck and call.

They say a year at sea adds ten more to your life. I can not say if that is true, but it is and interesting F.A.C.T.