"Seize the Day" She Did

[Taffy, Wales]

Great-grandmother booked luxury cruise with stranger | Daily Mail Online

Cheered me up no end reading this.

Not much to look forwards to in our old age but this couple of oldies are making the best of it.....Taffy

[carol, welwyn garden city]

What a wonderful story, I'm amazed she didn't take his offer up of a Caribbean cruise, I'd of gone .................................Carol

[Val, Wolverhampton]

love it, it's put a big smle on my face this frosty morning!

[Topdeck, London]

great story

love the slight mix up in the editorial.

it went from,

Adventurous great-grandmother, 90, who booked luxury cruise with total stranger 45 minutes after meeting him in a pub says: 'Life is for living'

to

Two weeks after meeting the unlikely couple saw each other again - this time onboard the ferry in Southampton where they were shown to their shared cabin.

[PeterM, Southwell]

Good for them. Pity they aren't going to do it again. My wife's uncle had a lady holiday companion when he was widowed in his 80s. They had some great holidays together. Much better than paying the extortionate single supplement to go on your own.

[Guy, Ormskirk]

I think that is brilliant, it could have all gone horribly wrong but it seemed they had a good time.

Pity they are not doing it again but at least a friendship has been formed...Carol

[Taffy, Wales]

Would be nice if we are all fit and well enough to cruise at 90.
Or just be happy to be breathing at that age....Taffy

[Guy, Ormskirk]

My friends mother is 92 and still cruising as a single on Fred. She makes friends who she keeps in touch with and has a fine old time.

I hope I am as fit as her at 92...Carol

Would be nice if we are all fit and well enough to cruise at 90.
Or just be happy to be breathing at that age....Taffy

[B&D, Shepton Mallet]

Thanks Taffy. Nice to have a happy story for a change. Surely the photo wasn't of the 90 year old Vera- if so I must get some tips from her!!

P&O must be delighted to hear they have been described as Luxury. Perhaps not so pleased that Azura was called a ferry and a boat!!

Beryl

[antalismy, UK]

What could go wrong when both are already 90?

[Guy, Ormskirk]

What could go wrong when both are already 90?

All sorts, one could have snored and driven the other one mad, one a night owl and the other an early bird. Eating at different times, sharing a cabin with a stranger, I could go on but you get the general idea.....Carol

[Bigsis, Waterlooville]

I've just read this lovely story on BBC south news page. I think they're up for more adventures by the sound of it. Good luck to them both.

[Taffy, Wales]

The couple involved were interviewed on the Vine show this lunch time, both seemed really nice people who got on together, but she did not like cruising enough to try another.
He is nearly blind and cannot travel on his own, hope they enjoy what time they have together...Taffy

[Guy, Ormskirk]

Such a sweet story and I am sorry she didn't enjoy the cruise. Maybe he will have a few offers from other cruisers after the interview and he will sail again..Carol

[Jocap, Cumbria]

Yes, I was thinking that there would be applicants to be his next companion... in fact, if he's paying....there's a whole forum here to ask...
I've met several carers who've been invited to cruise for free, so that they can help their companion. I'm still in touch with one, and she used to ask for a cabin with a Pulman bunk, so that she had a tiny bit of privacy without her gent tripping over her in the night.