Some, like Shaw, are wandering from state to state while living full time aboard RVs. Others are spending month after month sailing around the world on luxurious cruise ships or private yachts. What they all share is a lust for new experiences and a willingness to live like nomads. Johns is typical of the new breed. Fla. Instead, she spends much of the year cruising.
Nobody knows exactly how many people have turned their lives into endless vacations.
Keith Walden of Virtuoso, a network of luxury travel agencies, says the firm has a growing number of clients who don't even bother owning homes. They're always on the move. While people of all ages are doing it, Walden says, the trend is being driven by baby boomers, who always have favored travel but now are hitting a stage in life when they have more time for it . While their parents were willing to sit on their fortunes, boomers are spending it. Many watched their parents work hard all their lives, only to die before they could enjoy the fruits of their labor.