There Is A New Retirement Trend!

Cruise ships offer many of the essential elements that older people need to thrive: organized activities, a decent level of medical care and, most crucially, a built-in community of like-minded travellers.

Although there are no hard numbers, retiring on a cruise ship is gaining an increasingly higher profile — despite the industry tumult caused by the coronavirus crisis.

This appears to be a great new lifestyle for those who are semi-retired as the connectivity from WiFi available on ships is now strong enough for Zooms.

In many ways, retiring on a cruise ship makes a lot of sense. Stereotypes aside, cruising has always appealed to older travellers. In fact, according to the Cruise Lines International Association, one-third of the 28.5 million people who took a cruise in 2018 were over 60 years old — and more than 50% were over 50 years old.

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Retiring on a cruise ship can also prove economically sound. With cruising, you cover all of your living expenses — food, housing, entertainment — in one place!

The rise of the “retire-at-sea” movement has been aided by a recent shift toward longer, more elaborate “world cruises” or “grand cruises” that can last 50 days or more at a time.

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