Retiring At Sea Can Be Cheaper Than Just Staying Home | CNBC

Lavell Mayo has been on over 64 cruises since retiring. Here’s why Mayo and other retirees are opting to spend their days at sea, rather than in assisted living.

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Retiring At Sea Can Be Cheaper Than Just Staying Home | CNBC

[jayrush]

"if your on the cusp of permanently clocking out, it maybe its time to start checking out you options at sea"... wow. they said that... smooooth CNBC

[Troph]

A good family friend of mine did this when she found out she had cancer. She couldn't have gone out a better way, surrounded by loved ones on an Alaskan cruise.

[davidpack]

This is the future that Wall E told us about 😂

[danwells]

l like it. but for the other 265 days i sleep on a park bench in montana

[rollothecat]

Last year my mom was in senior living facility for two months while she was wheel chair bound. She had a very small room with a tiny bathroom. It costs $9000 a month. The costs per day for living on a cruise ship is aproximately the same and yet the people on the cruise ship get way more for their money. I have met one couple who are doing this on a Mediterranean cruise. I did not think it was strange. It makes sense for some people.

At the senior living facility she was stuck dining at a small table with two angry women who each had advanced alzheimers. She had no choice about what she was served to eat. My mother did not enjoy her $9000 a month stay in senior living. I never thought of booking her on a cruise instead. I am certain she would have had a much better time.

[Roflcofle]

If you have to reside in a nursing home odds are you require a level of care, which you wouldn't receive on a cruise ship

[sheilahartney]

Assisted living is NOT even remotely like cruising, which is closer to living in an independent living facility. What these stores NEVER cover is that if someone has serious ongoing health issues, they cannot be treated on board.

[ehealthy]

"229/day for a private room in a nursing home"This video compares the cost of a cruise ship to the cost of a nursing home?  That's not apples to apples.   Nursing Homes provide HEALTH CARE, around the clock access to a DOCTOR and around the clock assistance to WALK and GET AROUND.  Most people who require nursing home care wouldn't be able to function like a normal person in a cruise ship.Comparing it to assisted living would be apples to apples.There's a big difference between assisted living and nursing home.

[SHAMBALLIN]

This sounds like a really good idea. Maybe they should turn the older cruise ships into permanent residences. They definitely should be redesigning the old carriers into floating condos for vets instead of scraping a ship that can house 5, 000+ men during active duty. Redesigning a carrier that size could house 2, 500 very comfortably. It would help get the vets in need off of the streets and it would be for ANY military veteran not only the homeless.

[gyrotech]

This is pretty much the movie Wall-E...

[Randy-jply]

on the cusp of permanently clocking What the heck.

[TampaTec]

Talk about sailing away into the sunset, I'm on board 👍

[TheVineOfChristLives]

Staffed of course by a huge majority of friendly loving and caring Filipinos. If it really weren’t for them, none of this would be possible.

[jameslong]

"On the cusp of checking out" this was one poorly written report. Sounds like they took the story for a free cruise.

[desirreehall]

that's what I plan to do, once I decide to retire. I go on yearly cruises. beautiful just beautiful

[BigRed]

yah over $20k for 2 1/2 months is affordable for most retirees, way to stay out of touch

[damanibaraka]

I've been on 12 cruises and I've had fun each time but after 7 days, I can't wait to get off the ship. I couldn't imagine being on a ship for 365 days a year.

[ralphturner]

$240 a day on a ship. If it costs you more than that to live at home [it's $87, 600], I think you're doing something wrong.

[marks]

so the cruise staff are going to provide you with assisted living? And what happens when you need the emergency room and hospital, which as seniors, they often do. There is no hospital to treat you at sea. I have had to call the ambulance for my mother twice in the last several years. Once was for a blood clot in the lung, and the other time she fell and broke her foot and was in the hospital for 3 weeks.

I can't tell you how much it would cost to get so much as a cast at sea - if that is even possible.

[upholdsanity]

Sign me up. Booze cruise, then heaven. Perfect.