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I wonder what advantages The World has over lines like Seabourn[0] or Silversea?[1] I can't imagine it being cheaper with the upfront costs. Besides the higher

I wonder what advantages The World has over lines like Seabourn[0] or Silversea?[1] I can't imagine it being cheaper with the upfront costs. Besides the higher exclusivity and more consistent guests, I suppose. Then again, it looks like the ship averages ~1/3 occupancy [2] which would be a huge plus. [0] https://www.seabourn.com/ https://www.seabourn.com/ [1] https://www.silversea.com/en.html https://www.silversea.com/en.html [2] http://aboardtheworld.com/sites/default/files/TheWorld-FAQ.pdf http://aboardtheworld.com/sites/default/files/TheWorld-FAQ.p...

crooked-v 9y ago
> I wonder what advantages The World has over lines like Seabourn[0] or Silversea?[1] Well, for a resident, you eliminate the cognitive load of changing residences. Your home on the ship is literally a home (albeit a heavily-regulated one, in the style of extreme HOAs), and you can treat it like one, rather than having to slice everything into several-week increments because you might have to leave or change cabins at short notice. Of course, this comes with tremendous maintenance prices ($1m+ per residence per year), but for some people it's worth that.
- cat199 9y ago
  > ($1m+ per residence per year) probably cheaper than maintaining an equivalently sized yacht, and without needing to hire someone competent to maintain your staff, etc.
sytelus 9y ago
A yacht with movie theater, gym, swimming pool etc costs about $25m. People who can spend that kind of money can also spend $1m or so on staff who will take care of you and the thing. When you have that kind of luxury vessel, it's also not hard to get famous artists and other intellectuals join onboard with you on vacation to exotic places (you are probably already friends with them). So ultimately its of little pragmatic value to have apartment on cruise ship vs having your own private yacht. But here's the thing, when your net worth is even just few billions dollars, you are likely making $100K or so every hour of your life. So why not have both?

crooked-v 9y ago

> I wonder what advantages The World has over lines like Seabourn[0] or Silversea?[1] Well, for a resident, you eliminate the cognitive load of changing residences. Your home on the ship is literally a home (albeit a heavily-regulated one, in the style of extreme HOAs), and you can treat it like one, rather than having to slice everything into several-week increments because you might have to leave or change cabins at short notice. Of course, this comes with tremendous maintenance prices ($1m+ per residence per year), but for some people it's worth that.

cat199 9y ago
> ($1m+ per residence per year) probably cheaper than maintaining an equivalently sized yacht, and without needing to hire someone competent to maintain your staff, etc.

sytelus 9y ago

A yacht with movie theater, gym, swimming pool etc costs about $25m. People who can spend that kind of money can also spend $1m or so on staff who will take care of you and the thing. When you have that kind of luxury vessel, it's also not hard to get famous artists and other intellectuals join onboard with you on vacation to exotic places (you are probably already friends with them). So ultimately its of little pragmatic value to have apartment on cruise ship vs having your own private yacht. But here's the thing, when your net worth is even just few billions dollars, you are likely making $100K or so every hour of your life. So why not have both?