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Travel Bargains For Seniors:
Lifetime Park Pass:
Buy an America The Beautiful Senior Pass (formerly called the
Golden Age Passport)
for $10 at age 62 or older, and for the rest of
your life you will be admitted free to all national parks, forests,
refuges, monuments and recreations areas. Also you will get
half off
the federal user fees for certain facilities and services such as
camping, swimming and parking.
The free admission deal applies not only to you but
also to up to three additional
adults in your vehicle (Children
under 16 are free). You can get your lifetime pass
at a park
entrance or on line at
www.nps.gov/fees_passes.htm If you are younger
than 62, you
will need the America the Beautiful - Annual Pass that costs $80 per
year and offers the same privileges.
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More Travel Bargains For Seniors
If you are 50 or better yet 60, 62 or 65-you can make
your age pay for you!
Now days, all kinds of companies are
offering special privileges and discounts that can save you a lot of
money. Read on....
Hotel Rooms
- Age 50 is the threshold for many hotel and motel
discounts, some as much as 1/2 off. Pretty much all lodging chains
and most individually owned enterprise will give a discount on room
rates. Most take only 10% off your bill--and that's better than
nothing--but SOME do a lot better, especially if you are at least 60
Examples:
HILTON-Join
Hilton's Senior HHonors travel club at age 60 ($40 a year for you
and your companion) and get up to 50% off, depending on location and
season, on one or two rooms and guaranteed to be lower than any
other available published rate, plus 20% off meals for two at
participating hotel restaurants. (800-492-3232)
STARWOOD
HOTELS: (Westin, Sheraton, W,
Luxury Collections, Four Points) these hotels offer up to 50% off,
depending on location and season, when you are age 50 or older and
an AARP member. You must arrive on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday
and make reservation at least 21 days in advance. If you don't, you
get only 15% to 25% off, also depending on location and season.
(800-325-3535)
CHOICE HOTELS:
(Comfort Inn, Quality Inn, Clarion, Econo Lodge, MainStay Suites,
Sleep Inn, Rodeway Inns, Cambria Suites) These establishments offer
the Sixty-Plus Rate which gives you a discount based on
availability, of 20% to 30% at age 60 and older when you call ahead
to make reservations. At 50, you are entitled to 15% for AARP
members. (800-424-6423)
THRIFTY FLIGHTS:
If you are 64 or older, get Southwest Airlines Senior Fare
tickets at much less than full fare - never more than $149 one way
no matter how long the trip, compared with up to $339 for full fare.
Senior tickets are available on all routes and all flights, and have
no advance purchase requirements or fees for changing or canceling
your flight. Seats are limited, so make plans early and be
flexible. (www.southwest.com
- click on "Travel Tools)
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More Travel Bargains For Seniors
If you are 50 or better yet 60, 62 or 65-you can make
your age pay for you!
Now days, all kinds of companies are
offering special privileges and discounts that can save you a lot of
money. Read on....
Hotel Rooms
- Age 50 is the threshold for many hotel and motel
discounts, some as much as 1/2 off. Pretty much all lodging chains
and most individually owned enterprise will give a discount on room
rates. Most take only 10% off your bill--and that's better than
nothing--but SOME do a lot better, especially if you are at least 60
Examples:
HILTON-Join
Hilton's Senior HHonors travel club at age 60 ($40 a year for you
and your companion) and get up to 50% off, depending on location and
season, on one or two rooms and guaranteed to be lower than any
other available published rate, plus 20% off meals for two at
participating hotel restaurants. (800-492-3232)
STARWOOD
HOTELS: (Westin, Sheraton, W,
Luxury Collections, Four Points) these hotels offer up to 50% off,
depending on location and season, when you are age 50 or older and
an AARP member. You must arrive on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday
and make reservation at least 21 days in advance. If you don't, you
get only 15% to 25% off, also depending on location and season.
(800-325-3535)
CHOICE HOTELS:
(Comfort Inn, Quality Inn, Clarion, Econo Lodge, MainStay Suites,
Sleep Inn, Rodeway Inns, Cambria Suites) These establishments offer
the Sixty-Plus Rate which gives you a discount based on
availability, of 20% to 30% at age 60 and older when you call ahead
to make reservations. At 50, you are entitled to 15% for AARP
members. (800-424-6423)
THRIFTY FLIGHTS:
If you are 64 or older, get Southwest Airlines Senior Fare
tickets at much less than full fare - never more than $149 one way
no matter how long the trip, compared with up to $339 for full fare.
Senior tickets are available on all routes and all flights, and have
no advance purchase requirements or fees for changing or canceling
your flight. Seats are limited, so make plans early and be
flexible. (www.southwest.com
- click on "Travel Tools) |
