tourism voucher victoria

11 Mar 2022

An initial 10,000 vouchers will be available exclusively to seniors from Tuesday 15 March. A further 140,000 vouchers will be open to all Victorians on Wednesday 23 March.

Both voucher schemes provide a $200 reimbursement to those who spend $400 or more on paid accommodation, tours and experiences in any location across the state. The vouchers will be limited to one per household and a minimum 2-night stay in paid accommodation is required.

Registrations for the Seniors Travel Scheme will open at 11am on 15 March and close at 5pm sharp on 19 March*, with successful recipients chosen by random ballot. To be eligible, residents must hold a valid Victorian Seniors Card or Seniors Business Discount Card.

The Victorian Travel Voucher Scheme will open at 2pm on Wednesday 23 March and will be offered on a first-come-first-served basis.

Both voucher schemes will be valid for travel between 8 April and 27 May.

The Victorian and Seniors Travel Voucher Schemes expand on previous rounds of Melbourne and regional travel vouchers that saw eager travellers rush to secure the 200,000 on offer within minutes.

As a result of the Melbourne and regional travel vouchers, more than $159 million was spent on accommodation, tours and experiences across the state, with 116,000 claims made.

*Please note, the closing date of the Victorian and Senior Travel Vouchers has been changed to 11:59pm 14 June 2022.

Regional Travel Voucher Scheme collection notice

Information about the collection and use of your information.

Service Victoria is the Victorian Government’s customer service agency. Here’s how to contact us .

Service Victoria is collecting your personal info to help you apply for a $200 voucher to reimburse the cost of eligible tourism activities under the Regional Travel Voucher Scheme administered by the Department of Jobs, Precincts & Regions. This scheme encourages Victorian residents to visit regional Victoria, stay overnight, support tourism businesses and the regional economy.

We will collect personal info from you as required by the Department of Jobs, Precincts & Regions including your name, contact phone number, email, home address, and Victorian driver licence or Victorian proof of age card or Victorian seniors card.

We’ll temporarily store this information before passing it on to the Department of Jobs, Precincts & Regions so they can confirm your eligibility, keep a record of all voucher registrations, help you with your claim, and do other things for scheme administration and review.

We may also share your personal info with others where authorised by law. Read Service Victoria’s Privacy and Security Policy .

You can access the personal info we hold about you at any time and request to update, correct or amend your personal info using the contact details set out in the Service Victoria Privacy and Security Policy . However, once we pass on your personal info to the Department of Jobs, Precincts & Regions we delete it from our system, so we won’t be able to update or amend your details once we delete it.

The Department of Jobs Precincts and Regions may also verify the information in your application with:

• VicRoads for the verification of your driver licence
• Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation for verification of your Proof of Age Card
• Department of Health & Human Services for verification of your Seniors Card.

The Department of Jobs, Precincts & Regions will use your information for the purposes described in the Guidelines for this program.

For more info on how the Department of Jobs Precincts & Regions handles your info, read their privacy policy . You can request access to the information they hold about you and request to update, correct or amend your personal information using the contact details set out in their privacy policy .

We won't use your info for marketing or other purposes but if you have indicated that you are interested in being on the mailing list for marketing campaigns from Visit Victoria, your name and email will be shared with them.

All the fields in the regional travel voucher application must be completed. Your application can’t be submitted or processed without all the necessary info.

Updated 29 December 2020

Victorian and Senior Travel Vouchers

Victorians have the chance to snap up one of 150,000 travel vouchers, with the popular scheme returning as part of a $200 million business stimulus package to support local economies and jobs.

Both voucher schemes provide a $200 reimbursement to those who spend $400 or more on paid accommodation, tours and experiences in any location across the state. The vouchers will be limited to one per household and a minimum two-night stay in paid accommodation is required.

Registrations for the Seniors Travel Voucher Scheme are now open and will close at 5 pm sharp on 19 March, with successful recipients chosen by random ballot. To be eligible, residents must hold a valid Victorian Seniors Card or Seniors Business Discount Card.

The Victorian Travel Voucher Scheme will open at 2 pm on Wednesday 23 March and will be offered on a first-come-first-served basis.

Both voucher schemes will be valid for travel between 8 April and 27 May.

The Victorian and Seniors Travel Voucher Schemes expand on previous rounds of Melbourne and regional travel vouchers that saw eager travellers rush to secure the 200,000 on offer within minutes.

As a result of the Melbourne and regional travel vouchers, more than $159 million were spent on accommodation, tours and experiences across the state, with 116,000 claims made.