Our Full Time Cruise Planning Booking STRATEGY (Copy It!)

How do full-time cruisers travel for months at a time without booking a world cruise? In this video, I walk you through exactly how Kirk and I planned an 80-night ship hopping back to back cruise adventure across five cruise ships and five cruise lines. Instead of focusing on just the itinerary, I'm showing you the actual process we use to connect cruises, minimize hotel stays, reduce transportation costs, and build months of continuous cruise travel. You'll learn: ✔ What ship hopping is ✔ Why we prefer ship hopping over traditional travel ✔ How we use, and which tools we use to research cruise connections ✔ How we choose our "anchor cruise" ✔ How we work backward to build an entire itinerary ✔ How we minimize hotel, flight, Uber, and food expenses between cruises ✔ How to evaluate repositioning cruises and transatlantic crossings ✔ The real challenges of connecting multiple cruise lines Our upcoming adventure includes: 🚢 MSC Seaside 🚢 Island Princess 🚢 Celestyal Journey 🚢 MSC Orchestra 🚢 Azamara Quest Together these sailings take us from Florida to Europe and back again, including visits to Bermuda, the Azores, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Tunisia, Morocco, and more. Whether you're interested in full-time cruising, back-to-back cruises, repositioning cruises, transatlantic cruises, retirement travel, slow travel, or simply stretching your travel budget further, this video will show you exactly how we think through the planning process. Ready to try ship hopping yourself? You can explore cruise options and pricing through my travel agency website: Go To vcarter.travelonly.com Subscribe for more cruise tips, cruise ship tours, ship hopping adventures, cruise news, and full-time cruise living. #ShipHopping #FullTimeCruising #CruiseLife #CruiseTips #CruiseTravel #TransatlanticCruise #RepositioningCruise #CruisePlanning #CruiseVacation #KirkToriStory CHAPTERS 00:00 How Do People Live on Cruise Ships for Months? 01:15 What Ship Hopping Actually Means 01:57 Why We Ship Hop Instead of Staying on One Ship 02:24 The Cruise Planning Tools We Use 04:19 Step 1: Pick Your Anchor Cruise 05:17 Our Anchor Cruise: Athens to Miami 05:42 Step 2: Question... How Do we Get To Where We need to be? 06:03 Step 3: Become a detective! 07:01 The Queen Mary 2 Option (Great Transatlantic Repositioning Cruise) 08:20 Evaluating The Island Princess Option 08:58 Essential Questions We Ask Ourselves To Evaluate Cruise Connections 09:19 What Happens When Everything Doesn't Line Up? 10:18 Finding the Perfect Greece Cruise (Back To Back Cruise) 10:55 Filling the Small Gaps Between The Cruises 11:35 The Final Itinerary. 5 Ships, 5 Cruise Lines, 80 Nights 12:30 Cruises You Can Join Us On 13:10 Summary Of All Ship Hopping Tips 13:53 Would You Ever Try This? HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT OUR JOURNEY! 🚢Watch Until The End. LIKE. COMMENT. ASK QUESTIONS. 🚢Share Our Content With Your Friends And Family, or ANYONE Who Likes Cruising 🚢Use The YouTube THANKS Button (Thank You!) LINKS: 🔗3 Common Questions That Cruisers Ask Us    • Video   🔗Playlist of Things To Do On A Cruise    • MEET THE PASSENGERS ON CRUISE SHIPS - Insp...   🔗How To Get FREE Stuff On A Cruise    • Get Free Stuff On Your Cruise!  Drinks & M...   🔗How To Get FREE Spending Money On A Cruise    • Want Free Cruise Cash? Here's How to Get It   🔗How To Pay Less For A Cruise    • Save Money On Your Next Cruise Vacation Wi...   🔗Get Elite Status In 19 Days    • Obtain ELITE Status on Princess Cruises In...   🔗Last Minute Cruise Deal Website Search    • Last-Minute Cruise Deals! How to Save Big ...   ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT BOOKING YOUR FIRST CRUISE WITH PRINCESS? HERE IS A $25 BONUS FOR YOU! https://refer.princess.com/Victoria21... ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT BOOKING YOUR FIRST CRUISE WITH HOLLAND AMERICA? HERE IS A $50 BONUS FOR YOU! https://refer.hollandamerica.com/xfnbt ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT BOOKING YOUR FIRST CRUISE WITH CUNARD? HERE IS $100 https://refer.cunard.com/Kirk ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT BOOKING YOUR FIRST CRUISE WITH VIRGIN VOYAGES? Use my link and we both get $150 in free drinks! https://share.virginvoyages.com/vcart... KIRK TORI STORY SOCIAL MEDIA 🔗Blog: https://www.KirkToriStory.com 🔗Facebook:   / kirktoristory   ABOUT KIRKTORISTORY: Kirk Tori Story is a channel about Kirk and Tori (their story) about how they sold their house in Canada to live a life of living on cruise ships. KirkTori Story offers great advice about cruising, including sharing experiences with Tips and Tricks, Budgeting for a cruise ideas, cabin tours, ship reviews, cruise port information and more. 🚢 Living the Dream 🚢 We sold our home and now live on a cruise ship! Join us on our journey around the world as we explore new destinations, share travel tips, and embrace life at sea. 🔔 Subscribe to KirkToriStory for more! Don't forget to subscribe!    / @kirktoristory   This Video was made for you by KirkToriStory