Passengers who sold their homes and paid hundreds of thousands for a three-year cruise around the world have been left ‘with nowhere to go’ after the company behind the trip abruptly cancelled.

Life at Sea Cruises customers had their dream trip stripped away less than two weeks before it was due to set sail after failing to secure funding for a vessel to take them.

The luxury cruise was originally due to leave Istanbul on November 1, before the departure date was changed to November 30 in Amsterdam.

But following weeks of uncertainty, passengers who have forked out up to $360,000 to secure cabins have been told they will not set sail as the company cannot afford to buy the boat promised.

Now furious customers who had already sold off their possessions or shipped them out to the vessel have been told they will only get their money back in monthly installments, CNN reports.

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Took a ton of money from people for a big ass cruise and didn’t even have a ship to carry them on.