How to live on cruise ships for just $66 a day

As housing costs keep biting, one couple has taken an extreme step to avoid the usual burdens of home ownership – by giving up the house altogether and living full-time on cruise ships.Libby Rome, 52, says she and her husband now spend less living at sea than they did on land, ditching mortgage or rent payments, car costs, household bills and even everyday chores in favour of a life built around back-to-back cruises.Speaking to PEOPLE, Ms Rome said the pair had already spent years living a nomadic lifestyle in hotels around the world before deciding the numbers stacked up better on the water.MORE NEWSCruise ship retirement dream hits Centrelink pension reality‘Too good to be true’: 64yo nets $33k mortgage refund‘Pigs’: Landlord reveals shock rental damage“We’ve been nomads for 16 years, but we were growing weary of that — flights and all the yucky stuff that comes with travel, and the cost difference between flights and hotels versus a cruise was about the same, including getting a balcony,” she said.At a time when many households are struggling with rising repayments, rent hikes, insurance, groceries and utility bills, Ms Rome’s story taps into a growing fascination with people ab...