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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They always have medical staff on board. You see the world in comparative luxury. Medicines are cheaper outside of the USA. I see some positives.
“...what are you doing in a retirement home at 64...”
Not getting up at 5am to drive to work anymore and LOVING that fact, for one thing!
Haha!
“A few people commenting on the original article also pointed out you can get an inside cabin on most cruise ships for just a bit more than what he is paying for his Holiday Inn. The cruise line companies move you to a different ship when yours goes to port for maintenance.”
More than one post commenting on the cruise ship choice.
I have run the numbers and when you get to the point of having perks from being a frequent cruiser it does make sense if you are in somewhat good health. Maybe a bit mobility impaired (walker, wheelchair), can’t really clean house, cook meals, etc. You can come in under $60 a day, that includes food, twice daily maid, and a few other things. Different scenery most days, not just the same concrete courtyard at the retirement home. Movies, bingo, other games if that’s your thing.
$1,800 per month
Will get you a great clmate, apt or house ( approx $500),a maid ($150), and a fantastic
Lifestle here in Indonesia if you are slightly adventurous.
$1,800 per month
Will get you a great clmate, apt or house ( approx $500),a maid ($150), and a fantastic
Lifestle here in Indonesia if you are slightly adventurous.
The numbers don’t seem at all right. Independent living centers don’t cost anywhere near $70,000 per year. My father and mother-in-laws spent about a third of that for the two of them (about the same as the Holiday Inn that was mentioned). This gave them sit down meals, and some transportation, and the all important BINGO.
Join a YMCA park Road master Buick next to it save money.
By law, the jail could only keep him 30 days at a time, so he had enough money to buy a bus ticket to a hot springs resort where he could break it up for a day or two before retuning "home."
The higher ups at the district Po-Po caught on to the scheme and told the locals he would have to make other arrangements before the winter set in. So the old guy made friends with a local cabbie, bought them both rooms at the resort, then arranged a cab ride back which he couldn't pay for. So the cabbie delivered him to the local lock-up where he could now legally stay until spring because he was serving time for a crime.
That is all true.
It would not be smart to toss him out, but he has no long term lease.
I respect his creativity.
I have to agree.
Wow, thanks for posting. Very few articles get the wheels in my head rolling, but this one did. You get to travel the country (Actually, the world... I have stayed at Holiday inn in Dresden) and make the best of your final years.
The free-market will ALWAYS offer solutions to government-created cost and regulatory barriers.
Wait for legislators to create legislation forcing hotels to prove they are not offering long-term housing for “senior living.”
Good point.
Holiday Inn
Elton John
Produced by Gus Dudgeon
Album Madman Across the Water
[Verse 1]
Boston at last, and the plane’s touching down
Our hostess is handing the hot towels around
From a terminal gate to a black limousine
It’s a ten minute ride to the Holiday Inn
[Verse 2]
Boredom’s a pastime that one soon acquired
Where you get to the stage where you’re not even tired
Kicking your heels till the time comes around
To pick up your bags and head out of town
[Chorus]
Slow down, Joe, I’m a rock and roll man
I’ve twiddled my thumbs in a dozen odd bands
And you ain’t seen nothing till you’ve been
In a motel, baby, like the Holiday Inn
[Chorus]
Slow down, Joe, I’m a rock and roll man
I’ve twiddled my thumbs in a dozen odd bands
And you ain’t seen nothing till you’ve been
In a motel, baby, like the Holiday Inn
[Verse 3]
Oh, I don’t even know if it’s Cleveland or Maine
With the buildings as big and rooms just the same
And the TV don’t work and the French fries are cold
And the room service closed about an hour ago
It will work until his health gives out, at which point he will have a lot more money left that he would have if he had chosen "senior care" to start with.
What is not to like about that?
I have a hard time believing that the Holiday Inn is less then 60 dollars a day. I mean I have been in many all over the United States and if you get in with 125 a night, you are doing good.
1.2 million over her life time.....I’d be on the street.
It would be more practical to stay in your home. (I still have a mortgage, but in 20 years I won’t). Once the mortgage is paid, my insurance is 1301 a year and the taxes are 2100 a year (in Florida for 2,000 square foot single family). Even if they taxes triple, it would still be cheaper. When he needs assistance, he could sell his him and have enough to stay at the facility till death.
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