With the approach of the holidays , we are close to 10 million French people to benefit from holiday checks (380 € on average). They work on the same principle as the resto tickets : the employee pays part of his holiday checks and the company, the other. They come in the form of 10, 20, 25 and 50 € denominations and bring a real boost to our holiday budget . We take stock of the 1001 ways to spend your holiday checks.
1 - Use your holiday vouchers to travel
Most tourist actors accept holiday checks . So you can subsidize part of your holidays with holiday checks if you go through big tour operators like Fram , Nouvelle Frontières or Thomas Cook . Many other travel agencies accept holiday checks.
2 - Use your holiday checks to pay for transportation
Regardless of the mode of transportation used, holiday checks can be used to pay for part (or all) of the transportation. Holiday vouchers are accepted at toll highways, by SNCF, by most airlines (including Air France) and the shipping companies.
3 - Use holiday checks to pay for accommodation
Night in gite , guest house , hotel , furnished rental by the week ... In the area of accommodation also, most tourism professionals accept holiday checks . It is also possible to pay the invoice in holiday checks at an individual renting an apartment or a house for the holidays (if the latter accepts them). You can even discover unusual places with holiday checks: one night in a caravan, in a yurt or in a cabin perched in the trees ...
4 - Use holiday checks for cultural outings
Museums , historical monuments , Loire castles, visit to the Opéra National de Lyon, theater, Festival des Vieilles Charrues in Brittany or Festival d'Avignon ... We do not think about it all the time, many cultural activities with holiday checks . Do not be afraid to ask upfront if this or that entity accepts holiday checks.
5 - Use your holiday checks for recreation
Holiday checks , practical for recreational sports at discounted prices. Afternoon hook-branch, learning surfing or water skiing, mountain biking, bungee jumping , motorway rally ... the choices are infinitely variable. And good news for lovers of fitness centers and thalassotherapies : the checks holidays are also welcome.
6 - Use your holiday checks to pay for the addition to the restoration
To pay the bill, there are not only restaurant tickets . Holiday vouchers are also a means of payment particularly used in summer by holidaymakers. Fast Food, snacks, highway relays, tea rooms, catering brewery ... accepting holiday checks Signs usually have the logo "holiday vouchers" or pasted on their front door.
7 - Use his holiday checks to pay the colo of the last one
Send the last of the siblings in summer camp and pay in holiday checks ? It's possible. Several organizations accept them in France and abroad. Among them: 2M - Sea and Mountain , ARPEJ or Croq Vacances .
Anyway, we hesitate not to ask if our interlocutor accepts checks holidays . We are never safe from a good surprise and we know at least what to stick to!
