Sorry for my late reply. Yes, I wondered about the attentiveness as well….bring it on! I’d say….I didn’t know that all cruises had casinos on them now, captive gamblers! I know of an older lady, who when she was younger had a luxury lifestyle. Private jet, apartments in Hawaii, GOld Coast. This all ended when her husband ran off with another younger woman. She ended up with the apartment in Hawaii and was comfortable until she went to vegas. They kept offering her free trips to various casinos. The staff there called her by her first name and made a fuss of her, she got totally sucked in by this falseness and lost a lot of her money. She ended up getting married to an alcoholic Hawaiian who bet her up, working in the markets selling pears to tourist and having to get a boarder in her run down apartment. The saddest thing of all, she felt the casino workers were her friends….she is doing okay now but still to my knowledge gambles.
When I travelled over the years, i liked going to Honolulu as there is no gambling there, is hope it is still the same.
When we have enough and or lots of money, it is a good feeling of control and knowing it was gained by hard work (for myself) I know what is done is done now, but I could be semi retired now and travel, travel, travel!! Some one else mentioned the things like beauty therapy, massages, hairdresser get left behind. For me it is also dentist visits as well which are left behind. Ahh, the good ole days of self care luxury that I miss!
Tina