AARP Membership
#4
My Mother has her medcare Supplment Inc. through them Reasonable price and no problems in the last 20 yrs and 4 hospital stayes, and 2 surgeries. It would cost her more going through the same Co. if she was not an AARP member.
#5
My hubby is an AARP member. We get some use, but not alot out of our membership. We recently discovered that if you show your AARP card a Denny's, you get a 20% off your total bill. I am sure there are other places that honor the AARP discount that we just don't think about.
#6
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Chula Vista CA
Posts: 7,401
My husband and I are members, my parents were also members. In order to understand the full benefit you need to keep up with the information in the magazines and you need to ask for the various discounts because most of the companies will not ask you. Kind of like AAA, there are a lot of benefits out there but you need to ask. Motel 6 gives an AARP discount, but you have to ask to name one place. Kind of like store coupons, if you don't cut them out the store is not going to give the discount to you. Maybe you could go on line and make a list of the various discount areas and then determine if the membership will be a benefit to you. It is for us.
#8
as far as hotel discounts go, if you can't get a 10% discount off the rack rates for SOMETHING you shouldn't be let out of the house alone, forget about traveling!! You can get better discounts using the coupons you pick up in the rest areas.
Not a member, can you tell?
Not a member, can you tell?
#9
Banned
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Keene, New Hampshire
Posts: 4,211
As I remember AARP started as an insurance hawker.
I've been a member for many years; get no benefit that I'm aware of, but continue the membership anyway.
Of late, have written several times to let them know how revolting I find their current advertizing.
Everyone else is having to cut back; I see no reason seniors shouldn't also - and, I'm 75 and on Social Security and bond income that's decresed significantly.
I've been a member for many years; get no benefit that I'm aware of, but continue the membership anyway.
Of late, have written several times to let them know how revolting I find their current advertizing.
Everyone else is having to cut back; I see no reason seniors shouldn't also - and, I'm 75 and on Social Security and bond income that's decresed significantly.
#10
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Hartford, Mo
Posts: 5,793
No, we are not members and do not want to join. They fail to listen or represent seniors today...just themselves and what they want as CEOs getting big bucks. No thanks. We give to charities we feel are truly helping others, or a one on one basis. It is an individual decision, but the dollars are hard to come by at our age, and charity begins at home.
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