{"id":120774,"date":"2018-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/holiday-vouchers-to-be-replaced-by-holiday-allowance\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:55:30","slug":"holiday-vouchers-to-be-replaced-by-holiday-allowance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/holiday-vouchers-to-be-replaced-by-holiday-allowance\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Vouchers to be Replaced by Holiday Allowance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>From December 1, holiday vouchers worth 1,450 RON will be eliminated. This provision is found in the salary law. The vouchers will be replaced by a holiday allowance at the level of a minimum gross basic salary, which is currently 1,900 RON.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It is not clear how this money will be granted, but one working option would be for it to be offered in cash, as a holiday bonus. Meanwhile, more and more guesthouses in the country are refusing holiday vouchers. During peak season, hoteliers prefer cash.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&ldquo;Hotels do not want to receive vouchers because they have to send them for settlement, they can receive their money after 2-3 weeks, and there is also a 1% commission paid to the voucher issuers,&rdquo; stated Alin Burcea, first vice-president of ANAT.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The method by which the allowances will be granted is to be established through a Government Decision.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to travel agencies, holiday vouchers have led to an increase in sales for domestic tourism packages.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.b1.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">b1<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the value of the new holiday allowance?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The holiday allowance will be equivalent to the minimum gross basic salary, which is currently 1,900 RON.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are some hotels refusing holiday vouchers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hoteliers often refuse vouchers due to the 2-3 week settlement period and the 1% commission charged by issuers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When will the change from vouchers to allowances take effect?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The elimination of holiday vouchers is scheduled to begin on December 1, according to the salary law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From December 1, holiday vouchers worth 1,450 RON will be eliminated. This provision is found in the salary law. The vouchers will be replaced by a holiday allowance at the level of a minimum gross basic salary, which is currently 1,900 RON. It is not clear how this money will be granted, but one working&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-120774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120774"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=120774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}