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40,000 $200 Regional Travel Rebates on $400 Travel Spend Available to Victorians

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40,000 $200 Regional Travel Rebates on $400 Travel Spend Available to Victorians
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DealhunterMelbourne on 10/12/2020 - 09:45 business.vic.gov.au (42250 clicks)
Last edited 20/01/2021 - 10:19 by 3 other users

From Friday at 10am, the Victorian government is offering 40,000 Victorians $200 'vouchers' to travel within Victoria between December 12 and January 22 as a stimulus for the tourism industry.

You have to spend over $400 on one of the following categories to get the $200 back:
- accommodation
- tours
- local attractions

Exclusions are gaming, alcohol (except if alcohol is included in wine/brewery/distillery tasting type tour but excludes any alcohol purchased and consumed outside of the experience), fuel, food and drinks (except where packaged with an eligible expense such as a winery tour), groceries, personal items such as clothing and accessories, transport costs (rental vehicles, train and bus tickets).

It's really a reimbursement from the government though – travellers have to apply for the voucher, pay for the travel upfront and then receive a reimbursement from the government.

Still, $200 back on your trip is still $200 back!

Another 40,000 vouchers will be available on January 20, and may be redeemed for travel from January 27 to April 1, and the final batch of vouchers will be released on March 30 for use from April 6 to May 31.

Update: An extra 30,000 regional tourism vouchers will be made available to Victorians at 12PM today. Sold Out

Round 2: 40,000 vouchers will be released from 20 January 2021, 10.00am for travel between 27 January 2021 to 1 April 2021. Sold Out

Round 3: 30 March 2021, 10.00am, for travel between 6 April 2021 to 31 May 2021

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    • TEER3X on 11/12/2020 - 10:15

      I'm only refreshing this page

      • plague69 on 11/12/2020 - 10:18

        That's why I feel OZB slowing down

  • 1parle on 11/12/2020 - 10:14
    +6

    Maybe if all Ozbargainers don't hit the refresh button for a min, IT team will be able to apply and commit the "apply now" button change :)

    • SuperSonic on 11/12/2020 - 10:16

      just called their cutomer service and they say keep refreshing and thats probably what everyone is doing now :)

  • takezo on 11/12/2020 - 10:15
    +3

    Can everyone just stop refreshing for five minutes so they can dd the Apply button?

    • eddybaha on 11/12/2020 - 10:16
      +1

      good ol prisoners dilemma

  • Samcool80 on 11/12/2020 - 10:15
    +1

    I guess the change was not approved by the change team administrating the website.

  • gadgetguy on 11/12/2020 - 10:15

    This is why you do Performance Testing (I am a testing professional).

    • Samwise Gamgee on 11/12/2020 - 10:16
      +1

      We are all testing professionals on this blessed day

      • gadgetguy on 11/12/2020 - 10:18

        You don't test in Production. LOL

        • pcwa218 on 11/12/2020 - 10:23

          I dont think this is Performance testing issue. This is a defect for function testing. Button not exist!

  • davemc on 11/12/2020 - 10:15

    The guy in charge had one job to do.
    He outsourced to someone who outsourced it and now it is not his fault.
    seems how they work at Vic Gov

  • highon2str on 11/12/2020 - 10:15

    At the rate we're going, this thread on ozb is going to be DDOSed also 😅

  • stirlo on 11/12/2020 - 10:16
    +2

    I would note that there will be 2 future rounds and that it's limited to 1 voucher per household across all rounds. I think I might hold off until the next round as Xmas/January is already pretty packed with family stuff and everything is more pricey…

  • sampmel on 11/12/2020 - 10:16

    For god's sake stop hitting refresh button….

  • bernzsta on 11/12/2020 - 10:16
    +3

    openresty

  • Orpheon on 11/12/2020 - 10:16
    +1

    Imagine how flawed the actual registration process will be if they can't even submit the Apply button.

  • Frozensage on 11/12/2020 - 10:16
    +2

    Next time u want to load test your new website, just put a post here saying $2 grant for all applicants starting on dd/mm/yyyy at 10am…. 10 spots available and then watch that baby go

  • lawyerz on 11/12/2020 - 10:16
    +4

    apply button where are youuuuuu

  • PlasticSpaceman on 11/12/2020 - 10:16
    +5

    Maybe we should all call the hotline at exactly 10:20am? "For further assistance please call the Business Victoria hotline on 13 22 15." ;-)

  • DoSimpleBetter on 11/12/2020 - 10:17

    Has anyone found the 'apply now' button?

  • zukand on 11/12/2020 - 10:17
    -6

    I got one! is what I want to say when it works

  • freestyle18 on 11/12/2020 - 10:17
    -3

    found the button. just had to unhide it via css. yuk yuk

    • stirlo on 11/12/2020 - 10:19
      +1

      If this is true share the link.

      • stirlo on 11/12/2020 - 10:30

        As others have described below. This post is full of shit. There's no hidden button.

    • jumpingwillow on 11/12/2020 - 10:20

      Inspect element on Chrome?

    • SAL12 on 11/12/2020 - 10:24
      +2

      scam

    • cliener on 11/12/2020 - 10:28

      I can't see any hidden buttons in the source. What's the text of the button?

    • Ameowzon on 11/12/2020 - 10:33

      Fake news. Downvote this comment.

  • popsiee on 11/12/2020 - 10:17

    I'm trying to find a back door but like everything else nothing exists .

  • wise penny on 11/12/2020 - 10:17
    +1

    Finding needle in a haystack… Refresh, Scroll from top to down, Refresh

  • bennybaubles on 11/12/2020 - 10:17
    +6

    The guy on the phone at business Victoria said they are running 15 minutes late. He then said that it will be up and running at sometime today. So the whole of Victoria spends their day at work pressing the refresh button and at the end of it will probably not get a voucher.

    • Mega Vanillish on 11/12/2020 - 10:19
      +1

      At least all the normies will give up after about 30 minutes of trying, leaving the vouchers for us hardcore OZb's :)

  • Oz8argain on 11/12/2020 - 10:17
    +3

    the guy probably on sick leave today

    • pingualien on 11/12/2020 - 10:18

      lmao

    • plague69 on 11/12/2020 - 10:19
      +1

      After this I would be too. Prob was never told about this either

      • Frozensage on 11/12/2020 - 10:20
        +1

        morning bob, hey we good to deploy the form at 10am? yeah cool, I'll be at a meeting all day so should alright yeah?

  • MJ1 on 11/12/2020 - 10:17
    +1

    Work Experience student https://ibb.co/tDYQPv1

  • [Deactivated] on 11/12/2020 - 10:18
    -8

    Chairman Dan want to see how stupid Victoria people really are. Still, they vote for him and his incompetence

    • unfinishedsentenc on 11/12/2020 - 10:19

      I will still vote for him. Keep them insults comin’

      • Danstar on 11/12/2020 - 10:25
        -1

        Why would you vote him back in?

        Serious question? Do you not see all the corruption he is involved in?

        • unfinishedsentenc on 14/12/2020 - 16:35
          -1

          No, I don't.

        • proudwanderer on 14/12/2020 - 16:45
          -1

          Please enlighten us

          • Danstar on 05/01/2021 - 06:23
            -2

            @proudwanderer: Belt and Road deal with China
            Red shirts
            Hotel quarantine outbreak
            Endless lockdowns
            East West Link cancellation
            and so on and so forth

          • Danstar on 03/02/2021 - 12:15

            @proudwanderer: Oh and also just been reported today that the cost for public servants wages have jumped from 99 million a year to 327 million a year under Dan Andrews' regime.

            Even though one of his key political points when fighting to win power, was that he would reduce the amount of public servants and the costs associated with them!!!

            • proudwanderer on 03/02/2021 - 14:19
              +1

              @Danstar: I also heard that he wants to extend state of emergency until the end of the year

  • firestint on 11/12/2020 - 10:18

    Maybe it's 10am Perth time :)

    • plague69 on 11/12/2020 - 10:19

      Apparently we all moved to QLD, so maybe QLD time?

  • coolrunnings on 11/12/2020 - 10:18
    +4

    Now we know what happened to the bureaucrats that ran hotel quarantine after they were transferred out.

  • Paxie on 11/12/2020 - 10:19

    I thought it was just me who couldn't find the button. Next best thing to fact check is to go to this post 😂 It's been 18 mins past now. Wonder who will eventually get the voucher

  • Frozensage on 11/12/2020 - 10:19

    what's the css class for the button? So I can search it in the console

    • plague69 on 11/12/2020 - 10:20

      There is no button though. It's not hidden

    • pjwellsey on 11/12/2020 - 10:20

      button-heavy_large button_generated

    • prhino on 11/12/2020 - 10:22

      It's dynamically generated by the looks of it

      <a href='' class='button-heavy_large button_generated apply-link ' role='button'></a>

    • loksmack on 11/12/2020 - 10:22

      It's not hidden.

  • pencilman on 11/12/2020 - 10:20

    Incompetence. Should we expect anything more?

    • plague69 on 11/12/2020 - 10:20
      +1

      You're here, I suspect you expected it to possibly work

      • pencilman on 11/12/2020 - 10:21

        Yeah, I guess I expected more.
        I was wrong.

        • plague69 on 11/12/2020 - 10:23

          We all did, lol

  • popsiee on 11/12/2020 - 10:20

    Anyway my time done I'm out .

  • CheapBrah on 11/12/2020 - 10:21
    +3

    Lucky I'm wfh and don't have work to do, I can play this game all day if required.

    • Frozensage on 11/12/2020 - 10:22

      it was either refreshing my stock market screen all day or refreshing this….

    • DarthLord on 11/12/2020 - 10:22

      "Apply Now" button hunting?

  • avikzone on 11/12/2020 - 10:21

    "If any information in the registration is found to be false or misleading, any grant awarded to the applicant will have to be repaid on demand by the Victorian Government." — what an irony

    • Jfi2ee on 11/12/2020 - 10:22
      +2

      troll much?

    • Bozman on 11/12/2020 - 10:24

      Don't play with our mental health

  • EvanSuquad on 11/12/2020 - 10:22

    FFS, I'm giving up..

  • Bargainer4Life on 11/12/2020 - 10:22
    +1

    Vic govt should also pay for the time we're spending on Business Vic website

    • eddybaha on 11/12/2020 - 10:26

      I.e. taxpayers. I think they've wasted enough taxpayer money

  • rkpv on 11/12/2020 - 10:23

    This site can’t be reachedThe web page at https://www.business.vic.gov.au/support-for-your-business/gr… might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
    ERR_INVALID_RESPONSE

  • baron33 on 11/12/2020 - 10:23

    where is the button for apply?

    • Bargainer4Life on 11/12/2020 - 10:24

      Mate, we are all searching for it. LOL!!

      • DarthLord on 11/12/2020 - 10:25

        it's still a race of who can find it first …. get set!

    • Blue whiskey on 11/12/2020 - 10:24
      +2

      Lol. Welcome to the internet, you must be new here!

  • davemc on 11/12/2020 - 10:23
    +1

    prob 10am in whatever country they outsourced it too :)

  • Oz8argain on 11/12/2020 - 10:23
    +2

    they are trying to filter out the people, so only the most dedicated are going to get the button. hahahhaa.

    • CheapBrah on 11/12/2020 - 10:26

      They've decided this one is for all the middle class professionals who have time while working from home to f5 all day, they thought they'd give something to those who have received nothing throughout covid.

  • ely on 11/12/2020 - 10:24
    +3

    Looking in the page source, it looks like there's stuff there… but empty.

    <div class='content'> <a href='' class='button-heavy_large button_generated apply-link ' role='button'></a> <a href='' class='button-shaded button_generated saved-link ' role='button'></a> </div>

    • ely on 11/12/2020 - 10:26

      Various scripts that should run on the page are failing with HTTP 500s as well, possibly the underlying cause of the button not showing up. Why the static resources aren't being served from a CDN IDK.

    • adventuremax on 11/12/2020 - 10:26

      where is that button positioned? Near the top or bottom?

      • ely on 11/12/2020 - 10:39

        Closer to the bottom.

  • RM on 11/12/2020 - 10:25

    25 mins past - still waiting…

  • Mega Vanillish on 11/12/2020 - 10:25
    +1

    Chrome giving me all kinds of new error messages for the URL now. ERR_INVALID_RESPONSE

    Having more luck refreshing with Firefox, but still no apply button.

  • tre180 on 11/12/2020 - 10:25
    +9

    I haven't been to a music gig all year but at least I'm getting that familiar ticketmaster experience

  • brownbag on 11/12/2020 - 10:25

    I can't work out if you apply for a voucher first then book accommodation or if you have to book and pay first then claim the voucher. Does anybody know?

    • jumpingwillow on 11/12/2020 - 10:26

      Doesnt matter, but vouchers are limited to periods.

    • DarthLord on 11/12/2020 - 10:26
      +1

      first step is to find "apply now" button

    • Mega Vanillish on 11/12/2020 - 10:26

      Either will work, so long as the booking falls within the eligibility period.

      I'd say the voucher is your priority now, given how fast they'll disappear.

    • tre180 on 11/12/2020 - 10:26

      Book and pay first, claim later

    • firestint on 11/12/2020 - 10:27
      +1

      Either is fine as long as you have the receipt / tax invoice to show. But doesn't matter since there's no apply button anyway :)

    • Kongzi on 11/12/2020 - 10:28

      Book first. Once approved, you can then book your accommodation/tours/etc to fulfill the $400 min spending requirement

  • ho-ly phuc on 11/12/2020 - 10:25
    +2

    You can use the following web extension to monitor for any changes. There's a false positive however when server returns "500 Internal Server Error"
    https://distill.io/kb/help/distill-chrome-extension/?utm_sou…

    • Orpheon on 11/12/2020 - 10:35

      Interval frequency is limited to 6 hours on the free version though, 3-4 checks a day isn't really worth automating.

  • AnotherCheapo on 11/12/2020 - 10:25

    Has anyone looked at the javascript? Maybe the URL is in there

  • Danstar on 11/12/2020 - 10:26
    +1

    Must’ve used the same company who organised the hotel security to set this up

    • OhNoUShiz on 11/12/2020 - 10:27

      We need an inquiry!!

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