Luxury cruise ships are among the most popular vacation and travel options for moving from shore to shore. Recently, a man decided to spend a full year on some of the most popular cruise ships. Kevin Martin, an ex-military man and former lawyer from the USA, travelled on MSC, NCL, Princess and Royal Caribbean cruises. Earlier this month he shared a video in which he answered questions about cruise travel and shared his experience. He also spoke to The Metro about his one year in the sea.
In March, he sailed to places like St Kitts, St Lucia, Barbados, Grenada, Grand Cayman and Aruba. During one month on the ship, Kevin Martin spent a total of 1,615 pounds, which is approximately Rs 1.6 lakh. His expenses included roughly Rs 1 lakh (1,080 pounds) on accommodation and meals, approx Rs 2,000 (22 pounds) for extra food, around Rs 4,000 (42 pounds) for insurance, roughly Rs 8,500 (85 pounds) for phone charges and almost Rs 2,000 (19 pounds) for healthcare costs.
In his YouTube video, Kevin Martin answered a question about tackling sea sickness and said that one should take a cabin in the middle of the ship to minimise chances of sea sickness as the cruise experiences the least movement in the middle. He also added that things like laundry services are expensive on cruise ships and over time laundry costs add up. Therefore, one should pick cruise packages that either have laundry service included or have free communal laundry facilities.
Answering the question about the weirdest thing he saw on the cruise, Kevin Martin said, once he saw a guy fill his cargo pant pockets with peeled shrimps at the buffet. He recalled, “His pockets were bulging with these shrimp, then he left the buffet. I thought that was hilarious."
He revealed that his favourite cruise so far was the “Fire and Ice cruise" which went from Fort Lauderdale in Florida to Halifax in Canada.
According to the avid traveller, cruise ships are perhaps the safest way to travel for old and single travellers. A YouTube user agreed with this assessment and wrote, “I agree that cruises are the best and safest way for single older women to travel! As part of my 6 month trip around the world in 2022, I went alone on a Princess Mediterranean cruise and felt very safe. It’s a bit lonely until you make friends, but if you’re open to it, it’s much easier to meet people on a cruise than other ways of travel."
Another person commented on the struggle of washing clothes on a cruise and wrote, “I just finished transatlantic 15 days on Princess and half the washers and dryers were broken so it was a struggle to find one. I ended up washing things by hand and drip drying them. So glad I brought quick dry clothes."
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