I love capitalism. Why? No sooner had the ink dried on the fraudulent-but-ultimately pointless counterfeit ballots in Pennsylvania. Michigan etc. when (courtesy of Reader Mike L.) I learned that the Smart Marketing Guys got going:
US cruise company offering four-year escape during Trump presidency
A Florida-based cruise company is offering disgruntled US voters the chance to escape by traveling the world during Donald Trump’s upcoming four years in office.
Villa Vie Residences has capitalized on the election results by offering Americans a four-year escape – the length of a presidential term – starting at around $160,000 per person, taking guests to more than 425 ports in 140 countries. [more details at the link]
My only requirement is that the trip is non-refundable after the ship has left port — in other words, if the travelers are suddenly overcome with buyer’s regret or whatever, they don’t get any money back, and they have to make their own way home from whatever country they happen to be in.
And if the poor regretful souls, having spent all their savings on this 4-year escape, are unable to afford the cost of a flight back to the U.S., I’m sure some private transport company will be only too willing to step up to the plate and help them get out of wherever they are for the return trip…
…if you see what I mean.
How do we set up a couple of “go fund me” accounts for coworkers, neighbors and even family members who should embark on this voyage?
Have you seen Bill Burr’s piece on cruise ships? that idea needs to be combined with the one above
They should go full Philip Nolan and ban any mention of the US. No news, no phone calls, no Facetime where news of the US could be slipped in. Monitored/scrubbed emails only method of communication.
I’m afraid I don’t get your reference.
“My only requirement is that the trip is non-refundable after the ship has left port”
I see you have never dealt with a cruise line or have forgotten what hard nosed bastards they are.
The fare will be non-refundable well before the ship leaves port, and is usually non-refundable immediately on payment.
I hope the passengers read the fine print, because “all inclusive” doe not mean the same thing to a cruise lines as it does to the rest of us. Actually, I hope they didn’t and enjoy paying $5.00++ for every glass of water they drink, and so on.
These kinds of announcements are just so the rest of us can get our hopes up that we’ll never have to rub elbows with these purple haired shits ever again.
They never happen, ain’t no Genie giving us wishes.
That said, an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease once on the high seas, would be a nice touch.