Travel blogger says AARP is getting new members who are under age 50

A viral TikTok posted last week by travel blogger @zacharyburrabel just brought to light a lesser-known lifehack.

Responding to a prompt from another TikTok video which asked “What’s something really important that you should’ve been taught in school but you weren’t,” Zachary Burr Abel, explains in his now-viral TikTok that’s accumulated over 12 million views and almost 3 million likes, how you don’t have to be over fifty years of age to join AARP, a non-profit, members-only organization that mainly focuses on issues affecting retirees or people over fifty.

“I wish they taught me that you don’t have to be over 50 to join AARP … I would’ve saved so much money,” says Abel in the TikTok. A member since 2014, Abel explains how he joined AARP at just thirty-four years old, citing the organization’s membership policy.

Multiple restaurants, including Outback Steakhouse, Bonefish Grill and Denny’s, offer 10% to 15% discounts for AARP members. With a membership, you can also save up to 30% on Avis car rentals plus a slew of hotels. In the TikTok, Abel shows how he can save $100 with an AARP rate at a Hilton hotel in Disney World Orlando.

Here is the original video and some of his followups: