A couple who sold everything to go on a canceled 3-year cruise have been living in a hotel room in Turkey for the past month

• A couple who took out their life savings to go on a canceled 3-year cruise say they haven't got a refund.
• Kara and Joe Youssef sold their apartments and flew to Turkey to board the Life at Sea cruise, the NYT reported.
• Instead, the couple have been living in a hotel room for the past month.

A couple who sold almost everything they owned to go on the three-year Life at Sea cruise have been living in a hotel room in Istanbul, Turkey for the past month after its operators failed to find a ship.

"We sold everything we have to make this dream happen," Kara Youssef told The New York Times. "We feel completely defeated."