A Trip Round the World
In my ongoing attempt to go on glamorous yet inexpensive vacations, I subscribe to a newsletter that advertises discount cruises. Today's offering advertised a 102 day cruise around the world, departing from Fort Lauderdale in January 2007 and arriving in Southampton, England in April. In between, the cruise, offered by Princess Cruise Line, stops in all sorts of magnificent and exotic destinations in South America, the South Pacific, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. It even travels through both the Panama and Suez Canals! There are excursions to Macchu Picchu! The Pyramids at Luxor! Easter Island! How on earth would you go to Easter Island otherwise?
I asked my parents for $19,995.00 for an interior stateroom. Not surprisingly, my request was met with unbridled and hysterical laughter. Especially when I said I would probably have to quit my job to get the time off to go on the cruise. That didn't go over too well.
My other option is to save up airline miles to get a round-the-world plane ticket. I did some calculations this afternoon and figured out that I would have to fly on Delta exclusively, take at least six trips to New York per year for the next two years, and on top of that spend on average $2,000 per month on my Delta SkyMiles American Express card to get to 140,000 miles. If you figure that a round the world plane ticket is about $12,000, frankly, the cruise is a bargain because it includes food and lodgings. It comes out to $196.03 per day. Realistically, that doesn't include shore excursions and incidentals. So we're really looking at at least $25,000 total, probably closer to $30,000.
So at this point I'm soliciting ideas for legal ways to earn $30,000 in the next two years so I can go on a cruise. Please keep in mind that I'm averse to surgery, so selling a kidney is not an option. I don't think my cat would fetch more than a small price, though she is quite a beautiful and sweet creature. Maybe I'll sell my CDs and invest in Chipotle ... it's got to be better than what I'm doing now!
posted by Danya @ 7/25/2006 10:45:00 PM
1 Comments:
You'd be surprised what a market there is for Ivy-League educated eggs from tall, attractive women.
SELL YOUR OVUM!
And while they're in there, vacuuming out your ovaries, have them take out enough eggs to finance MY trip around the world as well! That sounds so utterly fabulous. All vacations are RUINED for me now.
That's my two cents.
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