athena53
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As for overseas travel, you have to be a sadomasochist to subject yourself and your spouse to 11-14 hours in coach when you could be sleeping in a bed and enjoy fine dining.
Well, it's not necessarily "fine dining" (there are limits to what you can do within the limitations of a tiny galley) but the endless refills of fine wine help!
Unless you want to end up in a retirement home where abuse is as common as breakfast, save your money for your later years. We have visited many people in these homes over the years and they are far from happy. We can see the pain in their eyes. At some point you will need to hire staff to take care of you if you want to stay in your own home. This is what will cost real big money. The staff expenses for my in laws are running about $23K per month. They are happy in their home and that's all that matters.
I totally agree that I don't want to be at the mercy of the taxpayers when it comes to my LTC. Abuse can happen with in-home care, too, although the people I used when my husband was in his last days were wonderful (and cost well over minimum wage). I figure that in that scenario, the travel budget goes to zero, you may have gotten rid of the cars, etc. and if you do choose to go into a good LTC facility, there are no additional costs for shelter. I plan to make darn sure I don't end up old and poor.
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