US Cruise Ship Offers 4-Year Trip For Americans Wishing To Skip Trump’s Second Term

A four-year getaway from President-elect Donald Trump’s second term in office is being offered to Americans by a cruise company.

Villa Vie Residences, a cruise company established in Florida, recently announced the opening of its Tour La Vie program, which lets travelers tour more than 140 countries for up to four years without ever entering the US.

A range of prolonged stays aboard the Villa Vie Odyssey are available for the Tour La Vie voyage, including the four-year “Skip Forward” trip, the three-year “Everywhere but Home” option, the two-year “Mid-Term Selection” cruise, and the one-year “Escape from Reality” ship.

“We came up with this marketing campaign before we even knew who would win. Regardless of who would have won, you would have half of the population upset,” CEO Mikael Petterson told Newsweek. “Quite frankly, we don’t have a political view one way or the other. We just wanted to give people who feel threatened to have a way to get out.”

While rates begin at just under $40,000 each year, single-occupancy cabins for the full four years start at $256,000, while double-occupancy cabins cost up to $320,000 for the journey.

The fee includes all meals and drinks, as well as WiFi and doctor visits. Housekeeping and laundry service are offered weekly and biweekly, respectively, at no additional fee, but alcohol is only served at dinner.

Passengers will have the opportunity to spend a month in the Caribbean before embarking on a four-month South American voyage that includes two Panama Canal transits, two World Wonders, the Chilean Fjords, an Antarctic sail-by, Carnival in Rio, and an eight-day expedition into the Amazon River.

After announcing the cruise on November 7, Petterson claims that Villa Vie Residences is already seeing a “huge uptick” in calls.

American residents who will be on board for the 2026 midterm election and the 2028 presidential election will still have the opportunity to vote by mail-in ballots sent to the cruise line’s corporate office before being delivered to the ship.

“They didn’t want to talk to one another,” he told the outlet. “They wanted to stay away from one another. At the end of the day everyone there isn’t there to talk politics. They actually have similar lifestyles. There wasn’t any sort of issues or anything.”

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