The biggest myth about residential cruising is that it’s only for the ultra-wealthy. Spend any time inside the live-at-sea community and a different picture emerges: a growing number of residents are buying entry-level units, renting from owners, working remotely from the ship, and structuring their lives so the ocean costs less than the suburb they […]
Ask almost anyone considering residential cruise living what matters most, and food quickly comes up in the conversation. Meals become part of daily life when people are living onboard for months at a time. Unlike traditional cruises where dining is part of a short vacation experience, residential cruising turns restaurants into neighborhood gathering spots. Over […]
What does it take to walk away from land life completely? For John and Melody Hennessee, the answer was simple: sell the house, ditch the storage unit, leave the routines behind, and move onto a residential cruise ship full time. Because apparently some people don’t just take vacations. They turn the entire planet into their […]
For many people, the idea of living at sea still feels like a fantasy. Waking up to a new horizon, spending weeks or months aboard a ship, and calling the ocean home sounds almost too good to be real. But for some people, it is already happening. That is why I created the Live at […]
By Liveatsea.com Staff May 2026 Storylines’ latest resident update was meant to reassure buyers. Instead, it confirmed the central issue surrounding MV Narrative: the company is still trying to complete the financial structure needed to move its long-promised residential ship forward. In a May 2026 video update, Storylines co-founder and CEO Alister Punton said the […]
How Long Would People Rent a Residential Cruise Condo? I recently asked a simple question in our Live at Sea community: If you were to rent a residential cruise condo, how many months would you rent it for? The results were fascinating. The largest group, 32%, said they would rent for 1 to 3 months. […]
The latest Avora Lumina webinar pulled back the curtain a bit more on where things actually stand. There’s progress. There’s momentum. And there are still a few gaps that have not magically solved themselves. But after watching the update and following up directly with company president Chris Cox, I came away with one major takeaway: […]
People talk a lot about the concept of living at sea, but one question comes up more than almost any other: Would people actually live onboard year-round? The answer, according to a recent Live at Sea community poll, is yes , and by a larger margin than many people expected. When community members were asked […]