Australian Couple Book 51 Back-to-Back Cruises as it's Cheaper Than Living in Retirement Home

A couple more than 450 days into their ongoing cruise holiday say they’re still having a ‘lot of fun’.


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Marty and Jess Ansen believe that living on a cruise ship is cheaper than checking into a retirement home. Last June, they decided to put their theory to the test and headed off on the first of their 51 back-to-back holidays.

Speaking to A Current Affair, Marty said: "We're on board longer than anybody else. The wheels change over but we stay on board.”

Agreeing with her partner, Jess then said that as a couple, they regularly ‘welcome new captains on board the ship’ as well as their most recent hotel manager, Ren van Rooyen.

Speaking to the outlet, Van Rooyen said: “We always make a joke that I go away and I come back and it's like coming to see my family - my mum and dad again - they're like my second mum and dad on board.”

As well as the hotel manager, other members of the ship crew have reportedly begun to treat the Ansens as family - with Jess being surprised on board for her birthday.

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Couple Book 51 Back-to-Back Cruises as it's Cheaper Than Living in Retirement Home