A couple is facing homelessness after selling everything to fund a three-year vacation that never took place.

A couple is facing homelessness after selling everything to fund a three-year vacation that never took place


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A disheartened couple is facing homelessness after spending their life savings on a 3-year round-the-world cruise that never sailed.


Kara Youssef and her husband Joe, originally from Ohio, sold their two apartments and almost all of their possessions to embark on their journey.


When they heard about Miray Cruise’s “Life at Sea” trip, they jumped at the chance to leave their lives behind and embark on a journey of a lifetime.


They planned to set sail on November 1, 2022, and spend a total of 909 days at sea. The trip was slated to visit 382 ports throughout the world, making it a travel enthusiast's dream come true.


Just days before they set sail, however, they received the devastating news that their trip would be cancelled.


The situation is similar to the 2017 Fyre Festival, which promised an exclusive and opulent experience for those prepared to pay hundreds of dollars for tickets and housing in the Bahamas.


Instead, the festival was a shambles with little music, poor food and a lack of beds. 


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Kara expressed, "They continuously motivated us, giving us hope that we would succeed, until the final moments when we were merely a few days from departing." We sold everything we had to make our dream come true, and we feel so lost."


The cruise began in June 2022 with the idea of the MC Gemini, which is a ship owned by Miray and has 400 cabins for about 1,000 people. The cabin prices range from to 5, depending on the size of the cabin.


As people began to book, there were questions about how much fuel would be needed to get to each of the destinations.


It was around this time that the business started to experience problems with processing credit card transactions.


Mikael then chose to leave the collaboration, which concerned the couple, who had invested thousands of dollars.


Kara and her husband said they felt anxious, but they attended webinars and heard from other passengers and Miray's vice president of business development strategy, Kendra Holmes.


She mentioned that Kendra was incredibly persuasive and committed, and she had a genuine sense of realism. In contrast, Mikael made grand promises that seemed too good to be true.


According to the New York Times, the firm stated at the time that demand was "unprecedented" and that it planned to purchase a larger ship with 627 cabins.


This month, however, Vedat said that the cruise was canceled due to a lack of funding and interest. Vedat expressed that despite our best efforts, we exhausted all possible avenues to secure investors. Unfortunately, we fell short as we didn't have sufficient cabins to offer for sale.



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