Posted on 01/20/2020 7:34:05 AM PST by oh8eleven
64-year-old Terry Robison is a working-class retiree trying to make his money last throughout the remainder of his life. And Holiday Inn is the clear winner.
That’s according to a Facebook post from Robison in which he evaluated the per-day cost of staying in a retirement home for seniors and the daily cost of staying at a Holiday Inn. Robison found out that when applying the senior discount he qualifies for, the Holiday Inn would cost less than $60 per day. The senior home, on the other hand, cost around $188 per day, making it more than three times more expensive than the hotel chain.
“That leaves $128.77 a day for lunch and dinner in any restaurant we want, or room service, laundry, gratuities and special TV movies. Plus, they provide a spa, swimming pool, a workout room, a lounge and washer-dryer, etc. Most have free toothpaste and razors, and all have free shampoo and soap. $5-worth of tips a day and you’ll have the entire staff scrambling to help you,” Robison wrote in a Facebook post. “They treat you like a customer, not a patient.”
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“It would be more practical to stay in your home.”
In some ways. But day-to-day living can be daunting if you’re dealing with arthritis, back issues, sight problems, and other medical issues. Technically, you CAN hire someone to clean, cook, shop, drive, and maintain property. There’s a slim chance you can find one dependable person to do all of those things, but most likely it will require hiring five or six separate people to do that, and coordination is a headache.
All of that is done for you on a ship or in a hotel. There’s a lot to be said about less stress. We seriously considered retiring on a ship, but can’t until our pets are gone.
This man has no idea of what goes on in a skilled nursing facility. Although, a hotel is not unlike assisted living. If you can get around and you are not demented, it’s not great...but....
Holiday Inn could harvest this incentive pattern and make billions...
Yes, which explains the reportedly significant discounts if they are decent hotel guests.
This guy’s like the retired British officer in Fawlty Towers!
Dang. Taxes on smaller old dinky houses in TX can be 4 times that much. Every year for the past 25 years, ours has gone up 10%. That alone makes you hope you don’t live very long.
Viking cruise is pushing $100,000 for 8 months.
I've lived alone for so many years that to have to be around other people 24/7 would drive me crazy. I'd probably be driven to throttle someone. I have two sons, but they don't live close by. One is in Indiana, and the other lives about two hours away. I don't have any grandchildren which is fine with me. I raised my two alone, and did my bit for motherhood, and I don't want to be anybody else's mother/grandmother at my age.
I'm the last one left in my family. My brother's family lives over two hours away, and I usually visit them because it's easier for me to do so. I love my privacy...can't stand it when the phone rings, or anybody knocks on my door. Thankfully it's usually only the mailman or the maintenance guy who is on the other side of the door. I can count my close friends on one hand. Other than FR, I don't do Facebook or any of the other social media sites. Basically, I don't like people...most of them, and don't want to be bothered with them. I get all the socializing I want on FR, and at my doctor appointments. I've been called stand-offish, but I worked in uniform for 25 years in NY's prison system, and the job will do that to you. There is only one co-worker, out of all the people I met over the years that I keep in touch with. Met her in 1980 at Auburn Prison, and we've remained friends ever since, even after I transferred to another prison near home, back in 1983. I meet her and her husband once a month at Turning Stone Casino, which is only about a 20 minute drive for me. We eat at the buffet, and play slot machines, then we leave. It's more than enough entertainment for me. I'm an avid reader, and a history buff...and that's how I like spending my time.
I’ve been looking at Panama. Haven’t visited there yet. But, it sure seems to have a lot going for it.
Some do that regularly. Knew of a guy who got out of jail, walked down to a store and chunked a rock through the window and sat down on the curb to wait for the cops to take him back to jail.
Haha! Paying for it up front. Never thought of that.
I always joke with my family that the server starts getting a dollar subtracted from the tip every ten minutes if he/she doesn’t give us good service.
This might surprise you but, your post made me smile. I often feel much the same way. I guess I'm not quite as done with people as you are, but... I'm sure getting there.
I don't mind being alone. I enjoy it. I travel a great deal for work. So, I often spend many hours by myself. I'm the most entertaining person I know. :-) SO MUCH to read, learn, listen to, watch.... There is an endless supply. As long as I have a couple of good friends to talk things over with, I'm good.
That said... I'm still in the new grandparent phase, and I'm LOVING it! Wife and I had two sons... Now, my oldest son has two daughters. Christmases are VERY different now. All dolls and dresses.
$12/mo. I’d be living on the streets for 10 months of the year.
Viking is pretty high end compared to the warm seas lines. Get an interior, single with basic meals and no adult beverage plan, on a budget cruise line, bought months in advance ... it’ll be cheap.
Ha, I just posted a similar story. Rock through a window and you get free room and board.
Here, the sheriff’s dept. has a free computer call service that calls every day. If you don’t answer the phone, a deputy comes out to make sure you are alive.
I went back to London the following year, but ended up going with a friend who had invited herself along. It was the last time I'd traveled with anyone. Never again. My extensive traveling days are over. Wouldn't be able to drag a large suitcase on and off trains, or walk any great distances these days. Now I do my historical research from the comfort of my living room. And it's good.
I live in downstate Illinois. This gent could live like a king for $1800 a month. In Chicago, not so much..
You hear horror stories about strangers coming into elderly people’ homes. Valuables walk out with them. Checks and credit cards disappear. Meds get lost, etc.
Six of one, half a dozen of the other on where to live when the time comes.
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