A unlucky woman was left stunned after she sold her home and saved up for eight months to live on cruise ship — only to have her dreams dashed before she was set to leave.
Keri Witman, from Ohio, US, reportedly sold her house and signed a short-term lease for an apartment so she could reserve a room on Life at Sea Cruises. The company offers cruise travels for up to three years at a time, with a reservation cost of $38,500 (£31,000).
The total price actually starts at $77,026 (£61,000) per year, according to their website. The ship sets sail from Istanbul and docks at 382 ports, and covers 140 countries in all seven continents.
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As you can imagine, Keri was excited about her plans to go on the "cruise of a lifetime" with food, travel, internet access and medical care all included in the package. But tragedy struck when the head of a marketing agency's trip was constantly being ammended before it was just cancelled because they couldn't find a boat.
The MV Gemini ship was supposed to be the boat they would travel onbit it changed to a larger vessel, the former AIDA Cruises ship AIDAaura. But just when she thought it was sorted, Celestyal Cruises announced on November 16 that it had acquired that ship.
On Novemeber 17, Life at Sea Cruises cancelled the whole trip — leaving the woman heartbroken. Speaking to The Enquirer, she said: "I went into this knowing it was a pioneering effort. No one has ever done anything like this.
"I called everybody, I kept expecting someone to tell me that (this was a bad idea) and I called my financial investment folks, and they're like, 'You should do it'. Like, these guys are the most conservative financial people, I cannot believe they're telling me I should do it.
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"I've been working over the last eight months to really get everything in line, my life organised, so that I can make it happen. It was really disappointing to find out it wasn't going to pan out."
Witman said she felt 'stuck in the middle' about whether to continue planning her trip and sais she felt like she was in a "spot where you didn't want to plan anything forward." Life at Sea said all passengers would be given full refunds in instalments between December and February, USA TODAY reported. .
Daily Star has contacted Life at Sea for comment.
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