A better and cheaper option than an old people's home

For most people, a cut-price weekend away in a Travelodge hotel or an overnight stay to break up a long journey is enough.But one couple found they enjoyed not having to cook, clean or do the washing up so much that they have lived in one of the roadside hotels for 22 years.
‘This is our home. We have everything we need’ Pensioners David and Jean Davidson found living in a Travelodge hotel was a cheaper option than an old people's home and have never looked back. They experienced their first night in one of the roadside hotels in 1985, when they drove to visit an elderly aunt in Staffordshire. They enjoyed it so much that four months later, when that relative died, they decided to ring the changes.They turned their back on their flat in Sheffield in favour of a Travelodge on the A1 in Newark, Notts.Ten years ago they transferred their allegiance 15 miles south to take up residence in a new Travelodge, which opened in Grantham, Lincs.Mr and Mrs Davidson have spent £97,600 on their hotel costs in 22 years, which could have bought them a two-bedroom terrace home or flat in the Lincolnshire area.Help the Aged say the cost of a residential care home for one person is between £21,000 and £25,000 a year.They still have the flat in Sheffield, which they bought for £25,000 in 1980. It has quadrupled in value.
(from Telegraph)