If you live in New South Wales, you are likely of those who missed out on millions of dollars on Sunday October 9 as Stay and Parents NSW vouchers expired.
5x $50 vouchers called Parents NSW vouchers were given to parents and carers with school-aged kids in February 2022 as a way of saying "thanks" for homeschooling them during the pandemic. Every adult in NSW was also given a $50 voucher called Stay NSW voucher to use towards the cost of accommodation bookings at participating NSW businesses.
Both types of vouchers expired on October 9 with all unredeemed vouchers forfeited.
It is not clear at this stage if there will be any decision to extend the validity of the expired vouchers.
The NSW government published Top 10 LGAs for unredeemed vouchers as at October 6 (this likely little changed by October 9 expiry date):
| Voucher Program | Customer LGA | Total Vouchers Unredeemed | Value of Vouchers Unredeemed |
| Stay NSW | Blacktown | 81,136 | $4,056,800 |
| Central Coast | 71,159 | $3,557,950 | |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | 60,946 | $3,047,300 | |
| Parramatta | 55,780 | $2,789,000 | |
| Northern Beaches | 46,830 | $2,341,500 | |
| Sutherland Shire | 44,245 | $2,212,250 | |
| Sydney | 44,127 | $2,206,350 | |
| Cumberland | 42,548 | $2,127,400 | |
| Lake Macquarie | 42,073 | $2,103,650 | |
| Liverpool | 41,239 | $2,061,950 | |
| Parents NSW | Blacktown | 73,086 | $3,654,300 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | 58,721 | $2,936,050 | |
| Central Coast | 47,444 | $2,372,200 | |
| Northern Beaches | 43,385 | $2,169,250 | |
| Liverpool | 41,248 | $2,062,400 | |
| Parramatta | 37,440 | $1,872,000 | |
| The Hills Shire | 36,809 | $1,840,450 | |
| Cumberland | 35,738 | $1,786,900 | |
| Penrith | 34,694 | $1,734,700 | |
| Sutherland Shire | 34,364 | $1,718,200 |
