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I realize not all 50+ are retired, but just sticking this here for higher views. We just turned 50 and wondering if an AARP membership is worth the few bucks. How have you benefited from having the membership? Is it worth wading through the extra emails/mailings to have the membership?
I realize not all 50+ are retired, but just sticking this here for higher views. We just turned 50 and wondering if an AARP membership is worth the few bucks. How have you benefited from having the membership? Is it worth wading through the extra emails/mailings to have the membership?
It may be worth it to stop twenty years worth of constant junk mail.
I like the free donut at D.D.'s. Other than that the other discounts are meh. You really need to shop the travel discount as you can usually beat it by a substantial margin by booking directly with the hotel.
We've been members for years and it's saved us a lot of money. At times it was the cheapest option for auto and homeowners insurance (through the Hartford). I also use their rental car discounts (30%), hotel discounts, restaurant discounts and others. The magazine and the "bulletin" newspaper have good articles and a lot of valuable information. I know that the magazine has saved me money and alerted me to issues that I would not have found info on elsewhere.
I noticed the OP just turned 50, so won't be eligible to take advantage of the Medicare supplement offerings for another 15 years.
I first began getting solicitations to join AARP at age 49, but never took them up on their offers. The mailings stopped after a couple of years or so, IIRC. Benefits really seemed to be focused primarily on age 65+ seniors/retirees.
I noticed the OP just turned 50, so won't be eligible to take advantage of the Medicare supplement offerings for another 15 years.
I first began getting solicitations to join AARP at age 49, but never took them up on their offers. The mailings stopped after a couple of years or so, IIRC. Benefits really seemed to be focused primarily on age 65+ seniors/retirees.
Well the name originally was the American Association of RETIRED People, so that would seem natural.
I never signed up with AARP. They are essentially a marketing organization, who use the private information of their members in order to create a sales alliance with various other private companies. Of course, AARP gets a "commission" for sharing that info. All of the insurance products are sold by other private insurance companies, and once they have your info, they might share it with all of their related companies. It is a long chain of sharing marketing information and then more sales pitches.
I prefer to shop around on my own and avoid paying a sales commission to AARP, but YMMV.
I've saved far more on their discounts and good advice than I ever paid into them in membership fees. I saved $150 on on a single car rental last year over the next best price I got from either my AAA discount, or other discount programs through my travel credit card.
I'm sure my "marketing info" is already out there, what with Amazon tracking my purchases and Alexa listening in to all my conversations! LOL
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