This 23-year-old woman went to a 53 cruise thanks to a side bustle and one lucrative hack.

• 23 -year -old Abby Stacey said she was 53 cruises, an average of about eight years since he became an adult.

• She uses cruise casino bonuses and profits from her YouTube channel to fund her trip.

Abigail Stacey operates a double life -like superhero.

From 9am to 5pm, her colleagues know her as a data analyst.

But when the work day winds up and the weekend rolls around, Stacey, 23, devotes to his passionate project like Abby, the life of the cruiser.

Her superpower? Using her videos on YouTube and expertise to distract stereotypes of her age may be for vacations at sea-where he uses profits to pay for her future journeys.

Stacey told Business Insider that she was on 53 cruises, already reaching the second highest status of Diamond Plus by Royal Caribbean. Recently, it is an average of about eight trips a year, many of which are fast -paced over the weekend.

While she occasionally stays in the cabins, “I definitely do not travel with a budget,” said Stacey, noting that MSC, a celebrity, princess and royal Caribbean apartments in which she died. “It’s like when you fly first class, you just can’t go back.”

The expert cruiser estimates that she spent about $ 5,000 in 10 voyages and 41 days in the sea in 2024. She refused to share specific revenue, but said her partnerships on the channel and the brand “generally cover my cruise -related costs.”

This is certainly not a change in the vacation that betrays its relative accessibility. But the frequent cruiser has two secrets to ensure lifestyle: the casinos on board and its support on YouTube.

Of her 10 trips last year, four were made up of casino points. The rest were either family trips or paid for using income from her YouTube videos.

She declined to share specific revenue, but said that her channel partnership and the brand “usually cover my cruise -related costs.”

Frequent cruisers can earn fins such as free drinks, WiFi and even future cruises, spending large status and points in the casinos. If you play on your cards correctly, the amount you are betting can be significantly smaller than the cost of the voyage, which you will eventually win.

This is a hack that Stacey saw that her parents, who love a cruise, often use (her family was playing her on her first floating resort at the moment she was old enough to sail for seven months). And as soon as she turned to the gambling age, “I decided it was the route I wanted to go to get the most cruise opportunities for the lowest price,” she said, adding that she maintained casino status with Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and Princess.

Stacey said she was on 10 casino casino cruises after she was 21 years old. However, these fins do not often cover new ships-and it is in the latest utopia of the Royal Caribbean seas from three times since its start in July 2024.

She told the BI that she was using the revenue from her YouTube channel to pay for her other trips, similar to a start -up CEO who reinvested profits back to their business.

For Stacey, these voyages are not just vacations – they are an opportunity to generate more content. This is a pretty symbiotic connection by posting cruise videos to make money for more cruises.

Stacey said she started her full -time work and was lately at the same time, about two years ago. She moses her videos within a year of launching her channel, but so far she’s just ashamed of 2000 subscribers, this is a “passionate project until it’s a full -time job,” she said.

Still, she is committed to reinvesting her YouTube profits in creating the most information possible videos -“My biggest purpose is to break up the duties that people have for a cruise, while I show them that how old you are, where you are or what you like, there is a cruise ship for everyone,” she said.

Its channel is an impressive gallery of cruise -related videos, including ships with ships, cabin tours and reviews. It cycles between new casino ships and apartments for cheaper cabins to target different viewers. She is still going to sail with a carnival, but she wants the content.

“Although I’m young, I think fortunately I’ve done a decent job by showing my experience in this area,” Stacey said. “I have only been creating content for some time, but I am grateful that I have seen a lot of growth in recent years.”

Going full-time is the goal-“and I think it can happen,” she said.

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