Is This A Good Time To Cruise?

"Yes," say Rob and Mary Miller, who did the first Ha-Ha in ’94, then cruised most of the way around the world for the next 11 years aboard their 44-ft Maude I. Jones.

"We have been back from cruising for 4.5 years now, and with all the money we’ve lost on our real estate and in the stock market, we should have kept cruising. Fortunately, things don’t look so dismal when you’re in the islands, and the bright spot in our life is that we have a good gig on a big motoryacht that keeps us in the Bahamas for seven months of the year.

"But if anyone has the money and inclination to go cruising, now is the best time. Believe us, if we could even sell this worthless real estate and come out owing nothing, we’d be gone in a minute!"

By the way, we’re still asking cruisers for reports on what it costs them to cruise  each year. On the low end, we’ve received reports from an individual in the Caribbean who does it for less than $1,000 a month, and on the high end, from a couple who do it on about $10,000 a month. Those $350 dinners, hotels and rental cars add up! If you’re cruising, we’d love to hear what you do it on. Email Richard.