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How Much Did We Spent on Land & Cruise on Full-Time Land & Cruise Travel in 2025?

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Creator's Key Takeaways

We feel completely safe here. It's a big city. The odds teeny tiny.

It was a beautiful ship and it was it was perfect for the transatlantic.

It was phenomenal. We loved Tangier so much.

It cost us $1650 for 28 days. $57 a night. 57 for both of us included.

Creator's Tips & Advice

Use hotel points and free night certificates to get free hotel stays between cruises.
Book cruises through casino programs to get comped sailings and onboard credit.
Stay at Hyatt properties with club access for free breakfast and happy hour.

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safety in travel destinationsFeel completely safe in big cities; odds of issues are teeny tiny.

Questions This Creator Answers

QHow much did we spend on land and cruise travel in 2025?
QHow did we get our cruises so cheap?
QHow did we book so many free hotel nights?

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Port Highlights

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Batumi4½ Happy Bacon
Bucharest2 Happy Bacon
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Full-Time Travel 2025: What We Spent on Land & Cruise Travel We’ve been crunching the numbers on our full-time travel lifestyle in 2025 — and in this video we break down the big travel costs behind the scenes. We’ll also show you how we got our cruises so cheap, and how we booked so many free hotel nights along the way. Some of our locations might surprise you! We combined slow-travel long stays with shorter stays, plus a significant amount of cruising — including the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, South America, the Panama Canal, and repositioning routes. If you’re curious about how we plan our travel, how we decide where to spend more vs. save money, and how full-time travel can actually be possible long-term, we hope this breakdown helps you. In this video, we share: • What we paid for accommodations on land • What we paid for cruises • How we combined slow travel + cruising in one year • How we got our cruises so cheap • How we earned so many free hotel nights • Why certain stops were “worth it” (and others were more budget-driven) • How we think about value vs. cost as full-time travelers Watch Next (Taste Life With Us) 🌴 ▶️ The Dream You Can Live https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaKrCcu1wb9MTv7SNbHkyxxyQJI-vXOPQ&si=rlyzpZypejhlut6f Watch Next (Cruise Through Retirement) 🚢 ▶️ Start Here: Our Cruise Life https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2wV-KXCTQQBLp9JiBJnjNAwcV2h3WY71&si=eu0ywNQVnDlmH6wU We split our content between Cruise Through Retirement (ships, itineraries, and cruise experience) and Taste Life With Us (ports, food, and daily life), so watching both gives you the full picture of what our full-time life looks like on land and at sea. ✅ Subscribe to Cruise Through Retirement 🚢 https://www.youtube.com/@CruiseThroughRetirement ✅ Subscribe to Taste Life With Us 🌴 https://www.youtube.com/@TasteLifeWithUs ⸻ Social Links (Both Channels) 📸 Cruise Through Retirement Instagram https://www.instagram.com/Cruise_Through_Retirement 📸 Taste Life With Us Instagram https://www.instagram.com/Taste_Life_With_Us 👍 Cruise Through Retirement Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CruiseThroughRetirement 👍 Taste Life With Us Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TasteLifeWU #TasteLifeWithUs #TheDreamYouCanLive #FullTimeTravel #NomadLife #SlowTravel #TravelCosts #TravelBudget #TravelPlanning #FreeHotelNights #PointsAndMiles #TravelHacks #CruiseLife #CruiseThroughRetirement #Cruising #RetirementTravel