For a combined long term stay discount and senior discount, it is $49.23 per night. That leaves $138.77 a day for:
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner in any restaurant I want or room service.
- Laundry
- Gratuities
- Special TV movies.
Plus, they provide a swimming pool, a workout room, a lounge, washer, dryer, etc. Most have free toothpaste and razors, and all have free shampoo and soap.
They treat you like a customer, not a patient. $5.00 worth of tips a day will have the entire staff scrambling to help you.
There is a city bus stop out front and seniors ride free. The handicap bus will also pick me up if I fake a decent limp.
To meet other nice people, call a church bus on Sundays. For a change of scenery, take the airport shuttle bus and eat at one of the nice restaurants there. While you are at the airport, fly somewhere. Otherwise, the cash keeps building up.
It takes a month to get into a decent nursing home. Holiday Inn will take your reservation today.
And you are not stuck in one place forever. You can move from Inn to Inn , or even from city to city. Want to see Hawaii? They have a Holiday Inn
Television broken? Light bulbs need changing? Need a matress replaced? No problem. They fix everything and apologize for the inconvenience.
The Inn has a night security person and daily room service. The maid checks to see if you are OK. If not, they will call the undertaker or an ambulance. If you fall and break a hip, Medicare will pay for the hip and the Holiday Inn will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life.
No worries about visits from family. They will always be glad to find you and probably check in for a few days mini-vacation. The grandchildren can use the pool.
When I discussed this plan with other members of the McKinley High School graduating class of 1955, several members found even more benefits that Holiday Inn provides retirees.
- Most standard rooms have coffee makers
- reclining chairs
- satellite TV
After a movie and a good nap, you can check on your children (free local phone calls), then take a stroll to the lounge or restaurant where you meet new and exotic people every day.
Many Holiday Inns even feature live entertainment onthe weekends. Often they have special offers, too, like the Kids Eat Free program which means you can invite your grandchildren over after school to have a free dinner with you. Just tell them not to bring more than three friends.
Pick a Holiday Inn where they allow pets, and your best frind can keep you company as well.
If you want to travel, but are a bit skittish about unfamiliar surroundings, you will always feel at home because wherever you go, the rooms all look the same. And if you are getting a little absent-minded in your old days, you never to to worry about not finding your room.....your electronic key fits only one door and the helpful desk clerk is on duty 24/7.
Being natural skeptics, members of the McKinley High School graduating class of 1955 called a Holiday Inn to check the feasibility of the plan. The class of 1955 is happy to report that Holiday Inn was positively giddy at the idea of having us as a guest for a year or more. Why, they even offered to negotiate the rate. The class members could have easily knocked the price down to $40.00 a night.
SO, when I reach the golden age, I will face it with a grin.
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