GO! Rent a hotel room for 20 years?
September 11th, 2007 by JimUs flowers have read on yahoo today about a couple who have shacked up in a budget roadside motel for more than 20 years because they love never having to do the laundry or cooking. David Davidson, 79, and his wife, Jean, 70, first tried out a Travelodge hotel while visiting a sick aunt in 1985 and were instantly hooked.
Their room, off the A1 trunk road from London to Edinburgh, overlooks a car park, but is also within sight of a slip road that trucks rumble down day and night, jazzing up the view. Yum!
“We get great rates because we book well in advance and we even have our own personal housekeeper. All our bed linen is laundered, too. It doesn’t get much better than that, does it?” said former Royal Navy sailor David Davidson.
The couple have spent around 100,000 pounds renting rooms which cost them as little as 15 pounds a night.
We’re scared. Really scared. Everybody say ‘Hotel, Motel, Holiday Inn’ -Say What Sugar Hill gang?
Are they insane or is this fair enough? All comments welcomed!
No laundry?
Darn! Now why didn’t I think of that. Although, I bet their dining out bill is rather pricey.
Okay, yeah. I’m just a wee bit envious. {grin}
Ha! Sugar hill gang rocks! Those guys need flowers in their room and fast…
For the last ten years my job has involved substantial amounts of travel to over 30 countries. I have had experience of many hotels of varying standards. Given the choice at the end of the day I tend to prefer my own home, kick back on the sofa with a glass of Caol Isla with one lump of ice or a nice bottle pinotage, wrap up a fat one and either listen to some tunes or watch a film in your own time zone.
Far better than not knowing what bloody time it ist, telling the room service guy for the 3rd time you don’t need your bed turning down, you are a big boy and can pull a sheet back yourself, listen to BBC World for the 18th time (in between peeks at CNN) and then helping yourself to a lousy shot of awful whisky (always sodding Johnnie Walker or Chivas) or a single sachet of Nescafe with undissolvable whitener.
Include bumping your head, elbows, knees and stubbing your toes in Japanese hotel ‘rooms’
Easy one that admin.
That is disgusting, a Hotel room on a permanent basic. Not for me, all a bit dodgy.
In fairness his missus is a spacker so really they are just using the place like a care home for her. I am sure when she dies in the coming months he will cash in the insurance go and get a younger and better looking model and go back to living normally.
Ouch! Bet their room doesnt smell so good either.
It will smell off cabbage and urine.
And most disableds stink of B.O. Its not like they have anything to do all day but sit around in their chariots watching telly. The least they could do is wash. Or hubby could always put it through a car wash?
at 5grand a year, with leccy, water, laundry, council tax, etc. chucked in, sounds a bargain … cheap as nuts … where do i sign up?
Snr O’DB
Are nuts the international unit by which we gauge cost?
If so which? Pea, Brazil, Hazel dough? I need to know so I can work out if I’m getting a bargain or not, thanks for the pointer.
Dear giC,
‘fraid so.
Check your SIU handbook for unit of measure for money = nuts.
You’ll find it nestled between Man (SI unit measure ‘radiance of beauty of lady, laddy or lady-boy on arm in public’, formerly ‘Bicep girth, cm’) and Power (SI unit measure ‘watt’, formely ‘Standard dictator bicep girth, cm’).
Thank goodness for standardisation, this world sure would be a hornets’ nest (SIU measure of stings/cm3) of confusing contradictions.
Anyone for a game of Top Trumps?
OK, I’m playing Dinosaurs, have pulled T-Rex and will challenge in the category ‘Teeth’ - beat ‘lots & very big & sharp’. Over to you Top Trumpers, but don’t think I can be beaten on T-Rex in category ‘Teeth’.
Do tusks count as teeth? If so I’ll play my Wolly Mamoth card, the can pierce your T rex before his teeth can be used.
My velecoraptror will kick a#% for top speed..
LOL Gic - tusks for teeth but a wooly mammouth is pretty useless, does Chewbacca count, wookie points?
no, no, no … sorry all bets off … Wooly Mammoth isn’t a dinosaur (prehistoric mammal) and tusks are just under category ‘Hair’ including nails, hooves, horns but not teeth.
Right i take giC’s next card after mixing his Dinosaur Top Trumps with Prehistoric Mammals, and Fab’s Velociraptor, which though speedier wasn’t the challenge, and is easily beaten on “Teeth’
OK, i’ve just peeled off Diplodocus and will challenge on category ‘Weight’ - beat ‘Lots - something like 50 double decker busses or thereabouts’
Stand aside tubby Diplo, stagasauras here ready to pop your innards.
Ha!