I believe you have to be a member to get the AARP medicare supplement which is what DH uses. We've also used it at hotels for better room rates. But IIRC, it's not very expensive.

I have the AARP Supplemental Insurance so I get some of their benefits, mostly lots of mail. I pay so much for their dang insurance that I refuse to pay for a membership, too. However, I do pay for AAA which offers a lot of the same discounts.

It's something negligible like $16 annually. That's really why I wondered if it was of real benefit, but sounds like it is. The savings we would get for our upcoming travel is well worth it, but I just don't want to be inundated with solicitations.

We prefer AAA. My dad was an AARP member and had their supplemental insurance, but turned out we found a better plan for him, so he ditched AARP. I guess you could try it out. It's only somewhere around $10-$15/yr. I think.

I had it for one year but didn't find their information useful. We have AAA which is useful for us and typically offers the same travel discount as AARP - at least for anything we have used.

We are members. I like reading the magazine and every so often we will get a discount for something for being a member.

Although not Medicare age or retired, we joined a few years back as friends of ours had gotten an incredible deal on a trip through them. I have not had that luck. Hotels rates have generally been the same as AAA, where we are also members. Other trips I have found better pricing on my own.

However, we have continued on as the publications do offer a lot of information on senior issues. We decided that it is good to keep informed on changes that affect my in-laws and seniors overall, as well as us in the near future.

AARP also does a lot of lobbying on behalf of persons age 50+. Not a bad thing in this case. They are very much involved with issues like housing, transportation, neighborhood walkability, and healthy food access. So, I feel the membership is worth it to support these efforts.

Yes, the travel benefits are similar to AAA.

I'm a member mainly for the publications, which I enjoy reading. I've gotten some very good information/advice there. I also like their crossword puzzles. I haven't used any discounts, however.

I’m a member of both AARP and AAA. We shopped our insurance a few years ago after being unhappy with Allstate, who we used for years. We got much better coverage for a lower price by going through AARP-Hartford is the insurance company. We had a large claim on our homeowner’s earlier this year due to a water leak, and our claim was paid quickly and efficiently. We also have our auto insurance with them. I enjoy their publications too.

We have used AAA for travel discounts, towing, flat tires.

We also are members of both AARP and AAA. Travel discounts are usually the same, you can only use one at a time. We actually get the same discount (Abt. 10%) by just saying we are old and that DH is a veteran.

Also members of both. Enjoy reading the AARP publications and getting discounts on room rates.

I subscribed for a while, but found it pretty useless. tried Hartford through them. The best rates were for combo house and auto insurance, but they wouldn't insure my home because I live close to saltwater (inland Puget Sound) because of hurricanes! I explained we don't have hurricanes here....didn't matter - there was no looking at it for them. Saltwater = hurricane risk, good bye. I found better, more affordable insurance elsewhere.

I find most of the nicest hotels I stay in offer the same discount for seniors as they do for AARP or AAA members. One very nice hotel in Victoria BC did not, but I was meeting a friend who said she'd use her AAA card to pay for my hotel. But the hotel never asked for it and I got the lower rate. I found that to be true even when I had my own membership. This might help you https://www.elderguru.com/should-you-join-aarp-questions-and-answers/