Rare mac_tlc Posted July 4, 2018 #126 Share Posted July 4, 2018 mac_tlc; you have a nice post retirement set up. The one thing you missed was, throwing the alarm clock out; no more use for it So true! Now if I could only teach the cats to tell time and not keep waking me up at 5:20am!!!! mac_tlc Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronpes Posted July 4, 2018 #127 Share Posted July 4, 2018 I totally agree with your husbands thinking. My “retirement”cruise was meant to be in Australia next year but,... If I decide to continue working on a wee bit longer in a part time capacity, well,.... I guess I will have to fit in another cruise to celebrate when I finally call it a day ! The next best thing to being on a cruise is planning for one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeezerCouple Posted July 4, 2018 #128 Share Posted July 4, 2018 I totally agree with your husbands thinking. My “retirement”cruise was meant to be in Australia next year but,... If I decide to continue working on a wee bit longer in a part time capacity, well,.... I guess I will have to fit in another cruise to celebrate when I finally call it a day ! The next best thing to being on a cruise is planning for one! "The next best thing to being on a cruise is planning for one!" We sort of figure there are 3 cruises each time. (Well, I do; I'm the "personal travel consultant for DH ;) ) There's the planning, which often takes a lot of time and research, especially excursions... so that's fun! Then, well... there's the actual TRIP, of course :D And then there are the memories............. :) GC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Clay Clayton Posted July 4, 2018 #129 Share Posted July 4, 2018 "The next best thing to being on a cruise is planning for one!" We sort of figure there are 3 cruises each time. (Well, I do; I'm the "personal travel consultant for DH ;) ) There's the planning, which often takes a lot of time and research, especially excursions... so that's fun! Then, well... there's the actual TRIP, of course :D And then there are the memories............. :) GC [emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misty57 Posted July 5, 2018 #130 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Our retirement cruise ( well mine anyway) is going to be an Alaskan cruise tour August of 2022 Lord willing of course. Life can throw some curves so it might be earlier or later too. I’d love to do a British Isles cruise and visit some places I haven’t seen in 42 years! That’s the only way I’ll get DH to come along. I think I need to work some more shifts:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Dave Posted July 5, 2018 #131 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Why are you waiting so long??? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Oh, I am not waiting to cruise. We are going out on a 7-day NCL cruise to the western Caribbean in 66 days. I am waiting to retire until my 70th birthday. I like my job, the benefits are amazing, and it keeps me challenged mentally. My Mom worked until her 70th and she is a very feisty 85 year old now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Clay Clayton Posted July 5, 2018 #132 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Oh, I am not waiting to cruise. We are going out on a 7-day NCL cruise to the western Caribbean in 66 days. I am waiting to retire until my 70th birthday. I like my job, the benefits are amazing, and it keeps me challenged mentally. My Mom worked until her 70th and she is a very feisty 85 year old now. Well I stopped work a few months ahead of my 60th and don’t regret it at all. But to each his own! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF-1 Posted July 5, 2018 #133 Share Posted July 5, 2018 I just hope cruising still exists when I retire in 4,034 days! (July 20, 2029). After 47 years in aerospace, I think I will deserve a cruise or two. :') by chance do you work for Gulfstream in Savannah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettty45 Posted July 5, 2018 #134 Share Posted July 5, 2018 "The next best thing to being on a cruise is planning for one!" We sort of figure there are 3 cruises each time. (Well, I do; I'm the "personal travel consultant for DH ;) ) There's the planning, which often takes a lot of time and research, especially excursions... so that's fun! Then, well... there's the actual TRIP, of course :D And then there are the memories............. :) GC I do agree!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Dave Posted July 6, 2018 #135 Share Posted July 6, 2018 by chance do you work for Gulfstream in Savannah? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wifenocruise Posted July 7, 2018 #136 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I retire on the 17th August using holiday time saved, and will be cruising on Marella Discovery2 from the 24th August till the 7th September around the Greek Islands and the Adriatic. My 65th birthday is on the 30th August. Also this is the first cruise with my wife. It has taken 10 cruises travelling solo before I have managed it. Hopefully it will be the 1st of many. Happy cruising Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF-1 Posted July 8, 2018 #137 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Yes After you mentioned you have been in aviation for years and your address is Savannah I know Gulfstream is the only aviation in Savannah that counts. Thanks for your reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahari Posted July 12, 2018 #138 Share Posted July 12, 2018 I am hoping to be able to retire or semi-retire in 5.5 years. My plans are to book a world cruise. Already saving or it. If you have done a world cruise before, I would love to hear your experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronpes Posted July 12, 2018 #139 Share Posted July 12, 2018 I am hoping to be able to retire or semi-retire in 5.5 years. My plans are to book a world cruise. Already saving or it. If you have done a world cruise before, I would love to hear your experience. This is also my dream and good for you to plan ahead and go for it ! I am tentatively thinking2020 / 2021 but we will see. I did see a cracking offer the other day for a 52 day trip(half world) from UK to Australia in 2020 at a very good price which included flights so guess there are deals out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs f. Posted July 15, 2018 #140 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Oceania 30 day from cape town to Singapore....hubby's retirement present Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahari Posted July 15, 2018 #141 Share Posted July 15, 2018 That sounds like fun. Please post a review when you return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kastke Posted July 18, 2018 #142 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Last month we took a 2 week trip to Alaska. When it was originally booked, the plan was to be my retirement trip, but for a number of reasons I decided to work one more year. So Alaska was a pre-retirement trip! My retirement is now set for April 2019. Two weeks later, we will take our first Transantlantic cruise, followed by additional time in Europe. We’ll be gone just shy of a month. No one is convincing me otherwise for retirement this time! Husband has been semi-retired for 4+ years. He works a very flexible schedule about 10 hrs a week. Something more to keep him busy. We have a number of land trips and cruises in planning stages for the next couple of years; he will give up his part-time gig when it starts to interfere with vacations and other plans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Got2Cruise Posted July 18, 2018 #143 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Our retirement cruise ( well mine anyway) is going to be an Alaskan cruise tour August of 2022 Lord willing of course. Life can throw some curves so it might be earlier or later too. I’d love to do a British Isles cruise and visit some places I haven’t seen in 42 years! That’s the only way I’ll get DH to come along. I think I need to work some more shifts:) Yours is a win win! You still took the Alaska trip, and you have another fantastic trip planned. I actually came out of retirement to work per diem so I’d have extra cash for nice trips. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalgaryMac Posted August 6, 2018 #144 Share Posted August 6, 2018 My partner is retiring at age 60 in February 2019. I am treating him to a Panama Canal cruise as a present. It's his 60th birthday the same day as our anniversary. I have been retired 4 years and it will be nice to not be home alone in future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahari Posted August 6, 2018 #145 Share Posted August 6, 2018 I have yet to book a cruise to the Panama Canal but it is on my bucket list. That is going to be a nice 60th birthday and retirement present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronpes Posted August 7, 2018 #146 Share Posted August 7, 2018 We did a re-positioning cruise on Serenade in 2005 from San Diego to Miami via the Panama Canal and it was wonderful. I would definitely do it again. It was a fascinating experience and probably more so now due to the work they have been doing to the Canal. It was amazing to see these huge ships loaded with containers slowly making their way through the Canal and I also recall there was literarily only about a 1ft of clearance with our ship and the sides of the Canal. Well done on a great choice of cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnslave Posted September 4, 2018 #147 Share Posted September 4, 2018 When I retired along with some friends that also just retired,decided to go to Australia...best cruise ever! 15 days cruising and a few days before and after to see stuff and rest up from the incredibly long flight. Sent from my SM-G950U using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronpes Posted January 7, 2019 #148 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Yesterday I finally went ahead and booked a Transpacific in April 2020 from Sydney to LA ie 29 nights as I plan to retire in March 2020. It will soon come round. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare countess5 Posted January 10, 2019 #149 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I retired January 31st of this past year ( after working for 42 years) and will be leaving on our retirement cruises a week from today. Cruising for 12 nights around New Zealand out of Sydney on Ovation, returning to Sydney for a 15 day land trip and then boarding The Explorer out of Sydney again for a 14 night cruise through the South Pacific! Will celebrate the one year anniversary of retiring while we are gone! Cheers! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronpes Posted January 11, 2019 #150 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Wow,..what a cracker. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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