They made a cruise ship their home, then got kicked off in Cambodia. Now their dream life is on hold.
Source: Business Insider ·
Some Villa Vie Odyssey passengers are now back home. Others are continuing their travels or hoping to sail aboard it again.
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The passengers aboard Villa Vie Odyssey now have to decide their next moves.Suy Se / AFP via Getty ImagesJoel Greiff, 57, was new to the Villa Vie Odyssey. He had boarded the residential cruise ship on October 1 and kept his belongings to a minimum.Traveling light came in handy when all passengers were abruptly told to leave the ship on Tuesday in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, amid what management has described as an oil-price crisis."I unpacked in an hour and I packed back up in an hour," Greiff told Business Insider.Villa Vie Residences, which operates the cruise, said it had to shut the ship down because of the spiking price of fuel amid the Iran War. On Wednesday, founder Mikael Petterson told Business Insider the prices were part of a "cascading effect" that brought the ship to a standstill."I'm the villain in the story, but I'm doing everything I can to support the residents on a solution," he said.Greiff is among the many Odyssey passengers who have to figure out what to do next,…
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