Senior Citizen Discounts - If You Qualify Go for It!

"Hello M'am - Do you quality for our senior discount? Are you a senior citizen?" Surely, the ticket agent couldn't be talking to me. But she was! The words loomed in my mind "senior citizen". Had I joined the group of over 35 million United States residents called - senior citizens? When did that happen? What does it mean? Wait....discount? I qualify for a senior discount? This might not be too bad.

According to The Free Dictionary by Farlex, the term "senior citizen" means a person of relatively advanced age, especially a person at or over the age of retirement. In the United States a person is usually referred to as a senior citizen when they reach the age of 65. This is because 65 is the age when you become eligible for full Social Security benefits. But at many places you do not have to be 65 to be considered a senior citizen. It could be 50.....55.....60.....62.....or 65. Discounts are offered to seniors at various ages at many places including; hotels, motels, restaurants, travel, entertainment, recreation, shopping and many other products and services.

Listed below are some tips and information on finding the discounts available to senior citizens.

1. Many hotels and motels offer senior citizen discounts to travelers who are 50 and over. A few examples of those offering these discounts are Best Western, Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Days Inn, Econo Lodge, Hampton Inn, La Quinta Inn, Ramada, Sheraton, Saint Regis Hotel, Super 8 Motels, Westin and Wyndham. Many hotels and resorts also offer discounted vacation packages to senior travelers also.