A Southern California woman spent more than $200,000 on a long-term cruise ship for her retirement, and now the ship has closed and she’s stranded overseas.

sell your stuff and move oncruise ship Originally hoping to travel around the world after retirement, he is now faced with the dilemma of suspending sailing and finding another place to live. Cruise operator Villa V recently announced that due to rising fuel costs, it willcambodia Suspension of operations. NBC television reported that about 200 passengers were affected. who lived on a boatSouthern California The retired woman said some travelers have sold all their belongings and are living on social security benefits, making it difficult for them to afford the sudden additional expenses.

Sharon Lane, a 78-year-old retiree from Orange County, was interviewed by NBC last year. She still hoped to be on the “Odyssey” for another 15 years. For this purpose, he sold most of his belongings and paid more than 200,000 yuan to purchase a long-stay cabin, which would be used for 15 years or until the end of the ship’s life.

However, life at sea gradually began to change. Lane said he has seen less food, fewer port calls and sometimes ships remaining at sea for long periods of time without going anywhere else. In recent months, operators have several times asked passengers to pay extra for fuel, which she considers unacceptable.

Lane left the ship in August this year due to health problems, about 15 months after joining the ship. Now that she’s back in Orange County, the furnishings of her residence are still quite simple as she had no plans of moving back to land. Although he has left the ship, he still has friends on the ship and faces the uncertainties of being suspended.

She said that some of her friends were not high-income workers in the past. After selling their belongings, they used cruise ships as long-term residences and lived on Social Security benefits. For these people, a sudden increase in expenses and housing requirements can cause stress. Lane said she is saddened and angry about the incident and is contacting her insurance company.

Villa V said in a statement that the abnormal increase in fuel costs has placed considerable financial pressure on the existing operating model and made it unsustainable. Calculating on a per-cabin basis, the average monthly fuel expense per room used to be about 1,800 yuan. Recently, it has increased to around 6,000 to 8,000 yuan in some parts of Asia. The company cannot pass on the burden of the entire increase to the guests.

Industry operators said they had saved fuel over the past few months by slowing voyages and increasing port docking times, but this was still not enough to offset the increase in costs and could no longer bear the losses, so they decided to suspend operations.

The company said it is coordinating disembarkation of guests and finding temporary housing, and will seek restructuring and financing within the next 60 days. However, no financing or transactions have yet been finalized, and the outcome of the restructuring cannot be guaranteed.

Lane said that based on her contacts with friends on the ship, some passengers did not receive the assistance claimed by the operator, nor did they receive accommodation coupons. For travelers who have set sail after their retirement, where to settle down next has become the biggest question.