[JACK AYLMER]
YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD IT BEFORE.
SOMEONE THREATENING TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY OVER THE RESULT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
NOW A CRUISE COMPANY IS OFFERING VOTERS OPPOSED TO A SECOND TRUMP TERM A REAL OPTION TO GET AWAY.
SAYING, “WE FEEL WE HAVE THE PERFECT PRODUCT FOR THOSE WHO SAID THEY’D LEAVE IF X-Y-Z WINS THE ELECTION.”
VILLA VIE RESIDENCES, THE COMPANY BEHIND THE VOYAGE, ANNOUNCED DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION, A “GLOBAL ADVENTURE OF UP TO FOUR YEARS.”
OFFERING TRAVEL TO ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS, AND A TOTAL OF 425 PORTS ACROSS 140 COUNTRIES.
TO SET SAIL ON THE FOUR-YEAR TRIP, PASSENGERS NEED TO SIGNUP FOR A YEARSOLONG PROGRAM NAMED “ESCAPE FROM REALITY” AND THE “THREE YEAR OPTION KNOWN AS “EVERYWHERE BUT HOME.”
THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPTION WILL RUN YOU MORE THAN 250-THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THE LOWEST JUST UNDER 160-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
DESPITE THE OFFER TO DISILLUSIONED VOTERS, THE COMPANY MAINTAINS THE CRUISE IS OPEN TO ALL POLITICAL BELIEFS, AND PARTICULARLY WANTS AMERICANS LOOKING FOR AN AFFORDABLE RETIREMENT OPTION TO JOIN.
OTHER COMPANIES HAVE MADE SIMILAR OFFERS, BUT NOT DELIVERED.
LAST YEAR, ONE PROMISED THREE-YEAR CRUISE NEVER LAUNCHED AFTER THE COMPANY BEHIND THE TRIP, LIFE AT SEA CRUISES, FAILED TO SECURE A SHIP, FINALLY TELLING CUSTOMERS TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE DEPARTURE DATE THE CRUISE WAS OFF.
MANY PEOPLE HAD SOLD THEIR HOMES IN PREPARATIONS FOR THE TRIP AND WERE AWAITING THE LAUNCH FROM ISTANBUL AT THE TIME OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT, LEAVING THEM STRANDED.
PASSENGERS WERE REPORTEDLY TOLD THEY’D HAVE TO WAIT MONTHS FOR A REFUND.
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