NSW vouchers for people
Give your budget a boost with more vouchers to use and even more places to use them.
More vouchers to boost family budgets
Vouchers to use include:
- 1 x $50 Stay NSW Voucher
- 5 X $50 Parents NSW Vouchers for eligible NSW households with school-enrolled children.
A range of vouchers for families are also available, including:
- $500 Before After School Care vouchers
- $100 First Lap vouchers for parents, guardians and carers of children aged 3-6 years who are not enrolled in school.
- Creative Kids vouchers
- Active Kids vouchers
The NSW Government Savings Finder Program is helping to give your budget a boost with more than 70 rebates and savings.
Stay NSW Vouchers
All NSW residents aged 18 and over can apply for 1 x $50 Stay NSW Voucher on Service NSW.
Stay NSW Vouchers can go towards the cost of booking a stay and helping support accommodation providers impacted by COVID-19.
Parents NSW Vouchers
One person from each eligible NSW household can apply for 5 x $50 vouchers, worth $250 in total.
The 5 x $50 Parents NSW Vouchers can be used:
- 7 days a week, including public holidays
- at Discover NSW businesses for entertainment and recreation activities
- at Stay NSW businesses for accommodation bookings
- until 9 October 2022.
To apply for the Parents NSW vouchers, you must be:
- a NSW resident
- the parent, guardian or carer of a child who was aged 4.5 to 18 years in 2021 and enrolled in school which includes:
- students from kindergarten to year 12
- secondary school education students at TAFE NSW.
Note:
- If a school-enrolled child has 2 parents, guardians or carers at separate addresses, and the child lives at both addresses, each household can apply for a set of vouchers provided they meet the eligibility criteria.
- NSW residents whose child was enrolled during 2021 in a government school, non-government school, or registered for home schooling, may be eligible to apply.
NSW residents whose school-enrolled child attended an interstate boarding school in 2021 may be eligible if in 2021 the child shared a NSW home address with the parent, guardian or carer who is applying for the Parents NSW Vouchers.
- Overnight stays with family or friends, or addresses of holiday homes, are not considered households for the purpose of this program.
Where to use your vouchers
Stay NSW Vouchers are available to every NSW resident aged 18 and over.
Parents NSW Vouchers are available for eligible NSW households with school-enrolled children.
- Parents NSW— for entertainment and recreation, including cultural institutions, live music, and arts venues.
- Stay NSW and Parents NSW— for accommodation, including hotels, motels, resorts, caravan parks and camping grounds.
Choose a participating Dine NSW or Discover NSW business to use vouchers.
You can also choose a participating Stay NSW business to use your Stay NSW Vouchers (including Parents NSW Vouchers).
A guide to businesses that accept different voucher types
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How to use the vouchers
Once you have applied for your vouchers and are approved, they should appear in the Service NSW app.
Simply choose a participating business registered for your voucher scheme and spend the voucher.
- Log in to the Service NSW App on your mobile device.
- Select ‘Vouchers’.
- Select the valid voucher you wish to use.
- Present the voucher QR code for the business to scan at payment.
- Your device will show the voucher as being used.
If you do not have a mobile device, you can provide the business with a printed voucher or voucher code instead.
Both printed and digital options can be scanned by participating businesses.
NSW vouchers boost your budget
Stay NSW
People will need to apply for their Stay NSW Voucher.
There is 1 x $50 voucher for all NSW residents aged 18 and over. Find out when vouchers can be made available in your area.
Read more about Stay NSW.
Accommodation businesses can still register to apply through Service NSW.
Find participating Stay NSW businesses to spend your vouchers.
Parents NSW
One household can apply for Parents NSW vouchers if you have supported home learning in 2021 for school-enrolled children aged 4.5 to 18 years.
There are 5 x $50 vouchers to be used from February 2022 at:
Read more about Parents NSW.
Active Kids vouchers
The Active Kids program provides two $100 vouchers for parents, guardians and carers of school-enrolled children to use towards sport and active recreation costs each year.
The vouchers may be used with a registered activity provider for registration, participation and membership costs for sport, fitness and active recreation activities.
To use a voucher, find a registered activity provider and present your voucher when you sign up.
Apply for Active Kids vouchers if you haven't already.
Creative Kids vouchers
Creative Kids is all about making it easier for school-aged kids (4.5 to 18 years old) to get involved in creative and cultural activities.
Parents, guardians and carers can claim a $100 voucher per year to put towards the cost of lessons and fees with registered providers.
Vouchers can be used to contribute to registration, participation and tuition costs for performing arts, visual arts, coding, languages, literature, music and other creative and cultural activities with our approved list of activity providers.
Read more on Service NSW.
Before After School Care vouchers
The NSW Government Cost of Living program will add a $500 voucher for parents, carers and guardians.
Businesses can still apply to register for the BASC voucher program.