| LIFE 28-Year-Old Spends $300,000 For 12-Year Lease On A Cruise Ship

[TerryP]

A man in San Diego has done the unthinkable - he has leased a room on a cruise ship for 12 years so that he can see the world while working. Twenty-eight-year-old, who works for Meta, has paid a whipping $300,000 for one of the 237-square-foot studios on MV Narrative, which is being built, according to a report in New York Post. The cruise ship will launch in 2025 and Austin Wells will live on it for three years to circumnavigate the globe while working, the outlet further said.

He will be working for the Facebook's parent company while adjusting his working hours according to the time zone the ship is passing through.

"It's just like owning a condo. I'm going from this model where you want to go somewhere, you pack a bag, you get on a flight, you rent a room, to now my condo, my gym, my doctors and dentists, all of my grocery stores travel the world with me," Mr Wells told CNBC.

"The goal is to actually have a community of residents on this ship. And so you will establish new friends, you will largely travel the world with them, which is potentially a way to create some of the deepest friendships you've ever had," Mr Wells further said.

The cruise ship will be launched by a company called Storylines. MV Narrative will be a 753-feet environmentally sustainable cruise ship and the company expects to earn $1.5 billion from it, according to a report in Forbes.

The cruise ship will have 547 private residences, the outlet further said.

Apart from this, the Narrative will also feature private kitchens, a co-working space, medical services, a farmer's market, private kitchens and 24-hour room service.

28-Year-Old Spends $300,000 For 12-Year Lease On A Cruise Ship

The cruise ship will have 547 private residences, private kitchens, a co-working space and medical services.

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[It Takes Eleven]

Interesting. A guy going real places while his company is trying to sell us on doing virtual things. Hopefully he's not part of the 11,000 just released by Meta.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I heard on a story on the radio a few months back talking about how some older retired couples are doing something similar. They don't have a mortgage/rent/car payments... they just live on cruise ships. I mean think about it, for an old person that ain't a bad life if they're into that sort of thing. And the food is included I suppose?

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I heard on a story on the radio a few months back talking about how some older retired couples are doing something similar. They don't have a mortgage/rent/car payments... they just live on cruise ships. I mean think about it, for an old person that ain't a bad life if they're into that sort of thing. And the food is included I suppose?

The full-time residential ships, food is not typically included. We met a couple from England on a 12-day Mediterranean cruise several years ago, and they went from cruise to cruise constantly. They had a small place they went back to several times a year, but they would typically do longer sailings back to back to back. They had cruised so much that they would rarely go on shore excursions, and if they left the ship at all it was after lunch. Definitely took a budget approach to it.

Funny story on them. We had decided that we didn't want to deal with a large table of strangers dining each night, so we opted for a table for two. The British couple had opted to do the same - but our tables were side by side, with perhaps three or four inches separating us, so essentially we had a table for four. The first night we were eating, as we typically do, my wife and I sample each other's dishes. I reached across the table and took a bite of her entree, and the British guy audibly gasped. From there on out, my wife and I poured it on each night and it became a running joke. The last night everyone took a bite off everyone's plate, everyone sharing and laughing.

 

[TerryP]

I reached across the table and took a bite of her entree, and the British guy audibly gasped.

So that's "a thing" with them? ..

They had cruised so much that they would rarely go on shore excursions, and if they left the ship at all it was after lunch. Definitely took a budget approach to it.

This is what I started thinking about when I read the story.

I've never been on a cruise. I can't say I want to experience that: too many damn people in a confined space. I'd need to take a "shore leave." I'd assume the normal time on shore is eight or so hours, if not fewer. After visiting a stop a few times, what's left to do? After a while it seems I'd feel as confined to the "stops" as I would on the ship.

a farmer's market,

...supplied from where? Delivered by ... ?

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

The full-time residential ships, food is not typically included. We met a couple from England on a 12-day Mediterranean cruise several years ago, and they went from cruise to cruise constantly. They had a small place they went back to several times a year, but they would typically do longer sailings back to back to back. They had cruised so much that they would rarely go on shore excursions, and if they left the ship at all it was after lunch. Definitely took a budget approach to it.

Funny story on them. We had decided that we didn't want to deal with a large table of strangers dining each night, so we opted for a table for two. The British couple had opted to do the same - but our tables were side by side, with perhaps three or four inches separating us, so essentially we had a table for four. The first night we were eating, as we typically do, my wife and I sample each other's dishes. I reached across the table and took a bite of her entree, and the British guy audibly gasped. From there on out, my wife and I poured it on each night and it became a running joke. The last night everyone took a bite off everyone's plate, everyone sharing and laughing.

Never been on a cruise, we want to go one one soon. An Alaskan cruise is on the bucket list, but I doubt we would start with that one. Would also like to take one of those river cruises in Europe (and visit some WWII sites)... that seems it would be a lot of fun.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

So that's "a thing" with them? ..

It was.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Never been on a cruise, we want to go one one soon. An Alaskan cruise is on the bucket list, but I doubt we would start with that one. Would also like to take one of those river cruises in Europe (and visit some WWII sites)... that seems it would be a lot of fun.

We've been on a handful, that was the longest. It's like circling the old sampling table at Priester's in Fort Deposit, you get a little taste of several things without fully immersing yourself. I don't know that I'll ever repeat the same ports, unless it's taking the grandkids to some in the Caribbean.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I've never been on a cruise. I can't say I want to experience that: too many damn people in a confined space. I'd need to take a "shore leave." I'd assume the normal time on shore is eight or so hours, if not fewer. After visiting a stop a few times, what's left to do? After a while it seems I'd feel as confined to the "stops" as I would on the ship.

You truly can find corners and cubbies that give you some time alone. I found time and places to read and write while at sea. Now, I didn't frequent the casino or other high traffic areas, did take in a couple of shows. One shore excursion was twelve hours, you definitely didn't feel like you were being confined to the ship. We used both ship-sponsored and independent shore excursions, and on the small sites, like Malta, you could just sightsee. In one day, we took a water shuttle from Naples to Capri, enjoyed the sights there, caught another boat to rendezvous with a bus that took us to an old town along the Amalfi Coast, then we toured Pompeii and shuttled back down the coast Naples. That was the 12-hour day, exhausting but we saw everything we wanted at that stop - I wasn't getting that close to Pompeii without visiting - and slept very well that night.