How Much?

I drove past a suite hotel yesterday that advertised their room rate with a large sign:  $249 a week.  This was a good-looking place too!

I thought about that for a minute...and then did some calculations.  Adding 6% for tax, the total for a year's stay would be $13,724.88 - so let's say $13,725.  Sounds like a lot, right?

But then I thought about my bills and how I would be affected:
- no gas bill (savings of $100 a month)
- no electric bill (savings of $100 a month)
- no cable and Internet bill (saving of $100 a month)
- no water bill (savings of $40 a month)
- no sewage bill (savings of $40 a month)
- no trash bill (savings of $20 a month)

That adds up to $400 a month.  $13,725 divided by 12 is about $1,145 a month, minus the $400 comes to $645 a month...and there's no grass to cut and the staff make your bed, clean your room, and empty your trash every day.

With so many homes "under water" right now, this sounds like a heck of an alternative to an apartment - of course it would only be a bedroom, a living area, a bathroom and a small kitchen, and ... wait a minute - that's a one bedroom apartment!  My daughter's living in one and paying more than $645 a month in rent.

Supwiddat?