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A man on the brink of retirement found an alternative way to live out his "golden" years: by spending them in a Holiday Inn rather than a retirement home.

Spring, Texas, resident Terry Robison, 64, worked out a detailed comparison between the two options, and the mid-priced hotel chain appeared to win out by a landslide.

Robison wrote on Facebook that the average cost of nursing home care is about $188 per day. A long-term stay with a senior discount at Holiday Inn, on the other hand, is $59.23 per day.

"That leaves $128.77 a day for lunch and dinner in any restaurant we want, or room service, laundry, gratuities and special TV movies," he wrote. "Plus, they provide a spa, swimming pool, a workout room, a lounge and washer-dryer, etc."

The benefits of Holiday Inn, Robison added, also include free toothpaste, razors, shampoo and soap. An additional $5 a day in tips will "have the entire staff scrambling to help you" as well, he wrote.

"They treat you like a customer, not a patient," he said.

Holiday Inn also provides a spa, swimming pool, gym, lounge and washer-dryers, but the amenities don't stop there. The location where Robison checked out reservations has a city bus stop right in front, where seniors can ride for free.

In addition, guests can "take the airport shuttle bus" to eat at one of the restaurants at the local airport for "a change of scenery," he wrote. From there, they can take a flight to another Holiday Inn as well, he mused.

"You're not stuck in one place forever -- you can move from Inn or Inn, or even from city to city," he wrote.

The competition to find a comfortable room isn't as steep either, Robison wrote.

"It takes months to get into decent nursing homes," he wrote. "Holiday Inn will take your reservation today."

And the maintenance is virtually nonexistent, Robison figured.

"TV broken? Light bulbs need changing? Need a mattress replaced? No problem," Robison wrote. "They fix everything, and apologize for the inconvenience."

Robison did not mention what kind of health he is in, but said staff like a security guard or maid could check to see if he is OK as well as call an ambulance or an undertaker, whichever is needed.

"If you fall and break a hip, Medicare will pay for the hip, and Holiday Inn will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life," he wrote, adding that he'd face his "golden age" with "a grin."

A representative for InterContinental Hotels Group, which Holiday Inn is a subsidiary of, did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.

Clark Howard noted that cruise ships are another option for those looking for a retirement home.

In the case of hotels and cruise ships you get extra perks with their frequent guest programs.

Sure, but Holiday Inn provides no medical care. Nobody goes to a retirement home because that's where they want to live out their retirement, they go because they have become unable to care for themselves and need varying levels of assistance. Add in the cost of a Nurse that provides 24 hour care and see how those numbers stack up.

Plus, you can get house calls from Orchids of Asia.

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Plus, you can get house calls from Orchids of Asia.

Is that where Bob Kraft went?

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Clark Howard noted that cruise ships are another option for those looking for a retirement home.

In the case of hotels and cruise ships you get extra perks with their frequent guest programs.

Cruise ships will leave you behind if you are having medical issues:

Royal Caribbean cruise accused of abandoning elderly couple.
www.BossUpToday.com/2019/02/26/royal-caribbean-cruise-accused-of-abandoning-elderly-couple/
February 26, 2019

A couple, one of whom was bleeding internally aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise, was “kicked off” in a foreign country more than 3,000 miles from home.

On January 6th, Carol and Bertram Palk of Whippany, New Jersey, set sail on Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas, a seven-day trip traveling from Miami and stopping in the Bahamas, Mexico, and Honduras, as first reported by the North Jersey Record. On the third day, Carol discovered blood in her stool. “I knew the signs and I suspected it was a bleeding ulcer,” the 79-year-old tells Yahoo Lifestyle.

Carol says she visited the ship’s infirmary but was told to return later due to a backup of patients. She decided to return the next day, giving blood and a stool sample. But when Carol’s hemoglobin levels started dropping, which can indicate different illnesses, doctors grew concerned. “They weren’t equipped if I had needed a blood transfusion, so they wanted me off the ship,” Carol tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “The doctor said he would ‘kick me off.’”

On January 11th, two days before the boat was due back in Miami, the Palks say they were asked to deboard in Puerto Costa Maya, Mexico. “They rushed off us with our bags and me in a wheelchair,” Carol tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “A woman at the concierge desk said she would make our travel arrangements home.”

The Palks were told to take a $600 cab ride from Puerto Costa Maya to Cancun, a five-hour distance. From there, they would fly to Mexico City and after a layover, to Miami, for a reported price of $1,039. To enter Mexico, the couple says a police officer charged them a $75 fee.

“I told them we didn’t want a flight to Miami and that we wanted a flight to Newark, but they said it was too late,” Bertram, 80, told the North Jersey Record. “They didn’t even ask us.” The Palks were so ill at ease that in the car, Carol penned a second will in the event of an emergency. According to the North Jersey Record, they drove through Quintana Roo, where the U.S. state department has issued a Level 2 travel advisory warning due to an “increased risk” of crime. The couple told the outlet they didn’t think to call the U.S. Embassy.

After tipping the driver $20, the Palks entered the airport in Mexico City, and after three hours of waiting in lines and trying to communicate with airport personnel, they purchased January 12th plane tickets to Newark, New Jersey, beating their cruise back to Miami by one day.

The couple went straight to the hospital where Carol had an endoscopy. She’s now recovering. “We spent about $3,500 on the travel home, but our travel insurance reimbursed $1,300,” Carol tells Yahoo Lifestyle. She says Royal Caribbean issued them $314 in credit and offered a 20 percent coupon off their next cruise.

“We don’t want to go” Carol tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “If they were worried, they could have airlifted us. But they didn’t want the responsibility.”

A Royal Caribbean spokesperson tells Yahoo Lifestyle, “Our onboard medical team initially treated the guest in our medical facility, then determined that, for the guest’s health and safety, additional medical attention was needed that could best be provided by a hospital in the area. The guest declined our professional medical recommendation to seek immediate local care and decided instead to return home.”Read more from Yahoo Lifestyle:Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for nonstop inspiration delivered fresh to your feed, every day.

^^^ which is why good travel insurance is a wise choice.

I notice they had some coverage which is a good start.

Heh, yeah not much of an apples/apples comparison if you don't factor in the cost of the nurse in the "nursing" home!

If you don't need that kind of nursing care why would you live in a hotel? Sell your presumably paid for home to buy a condo with all the amenities (gym, pool etc.) and hire a maid. Then you'd be back at the Holiday Inn level of service with way less cost and more comfort!

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Plus, you can get house calls from Orchids of Asia.

That's funny!

why on Earth would a man healthy enough to stay every day at a Holiday Inn be in a 'nursing home' in the first place??

makes no sense

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why on Earth would a man healthy enough to stay every day at a Holiday Inn be in a 'nursing home' in the first place??

makes no sense

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I can see if you/your family didn't want you to have to maintain a house, what with the bills, lawn care, maintenance, etc., but you didn't yet need nursing care/food prep. Plus it means you could get rid of your house, furniture, etc. while you were still able to make sound decisions, and it wouldn't all fall on family.

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Sure, but Holiday Inn provides no medical care. Nobody goes to a retirement home because that's where they want to live out their retirement, they go because they have become unable to care for themselves and need varying levels of assistance. Add in the cost of a Nurse that provides 24 hour care and see how those numbers stack up.

Bingo, the $128.77/day won't get you squat for daily medical care at the Holiday Inn. What he needs to compare is not the cost of a nursing home versus a Holiday Inn, but, the cost of an independent living facility.

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Bingo, the $128.77/day won't get you squat for daily medical care at the Holiday Inn. What he needs to compare is not the cost of a nursing home versus a Holiday Inn, but, the cost of an independent living facility.

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The guy writing this article is so wrong in many ways. After Hurricane Katrina many people were living in hotel and motels on a LONG TERM basis. He should interview them. Many of them were folks of modest means who quickly grew tired of the MANY AMENITIES of similar hotels.

Living in one of the Grand Hotels in Europe or top of the line accomodations in a Washington DC hotel is a different matter.

Noices? I gots 'em!. Or Frenchy Maids, or Air Waitress, or whatever daddy wants, these girls'll be your Huckleberries!

We bill directly to the hotel, so you don't have to keep a big wad of cash around.

Sign our contract and don't pay attention to the fine print. It's just formality...

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....the average cost of nursing home care is about $188 per day.

I call BS that the average cost of a Nursing Home in the US is $188/day. My mother now lives in a nursing home (after having stints with home health care and memory care facilities over the last four or five years) and her costs is +- $300/day or about 9k/month. Besides, there is no comparison b/w a nursing home and a holiday inn....at all.

Maybe he is just being casual with the terminology. What I think he must mean is "Independent Living". If so then, Ok....$188/day sounds about right and the idea is feasible.

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Bingo, the $128.77/day won't get you squat for daily medical care at the Holiday Inn. What he needs to compare is not the cost of a nursing home versus a Holiday Inn, but, the cost of an independent living facility.

One can assume that at 65 years of age, he becomes eligible for Medicare.

Chill guys, it was meant to be a fun post not requiring CPA's to analyze it.

RMD

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One can assume that at 65 years of age, he becomes eligible for Medicare.

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So what? Medicare is not free, and will not cover nursing home care except briefly after a short hospital stay.

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Plus, you can get house calls from Orchids of Asia.

Is that where Bob Kraft went?

No, that's where Bob Kraft came....

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call an ambulance or an undertaker, whichever is needed.

With his stated outlook the Holiday in Rules.