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who still havent spent the $100 tourism voucher
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You can redeem for a ticket to a touristy location, e.g. Sentosa, then buy the expensive food there with your own money. Then console yourself with the knowledge that you're actually getting a big discount for both the ticket and the food combined.
'Ah Q' mentality serves Sinkies well. Imagining a moral/spiritual victory. For example, buy Toto didn't win never mind, at least SG Pools is using my money to do 'charity', do good deeds on my behalf. So I feel happy.
KNN just don't be like the jiao lang birdman visit jurong bird Park and ended up paying more KNN
You can redeem for a ticket to a touristy location, e.g. Sentosa, then buy the expensive food there with your own money. Then console yourself with the knowledge that you're actually getting a big discount for both the ticket and the food combined.
'Ah Q' mentality serves Sinkies well. Imagining a moral/spiritual victory. For example, buy Toto didn't win never mind, at least SG Pools is using my money to do 'charity', do good deeds on my behalf. So I feel happy.
I like your thinking.
You can redeem for a ticket to a touristy location, e.g. Sentosa, then buy the expensive food there with your own money. Then console yourself with the knowledge that you're actually getting a big discount for both the ticket and the food combined.
'Ah Q' mentality serves Sinkies well. Imagining a moral/spiritual victory. For example, buy Toto didn't win never mind, at least SG Pools is using my money to do 'charity', do good deeds on my behalf. So I feel happy.
give you voucher charge to national reserves (our money)
but......cannot buy food or necessities , must spend on their crony businesses.....
CB vouchery,its to feed their own white pig gang
Precisely. Most of us are dealing with bread and water issues, where got time and money for touristy stuff. We need to fucking fill our bellies! So these vouchers are useless.
how to redeem?
they never post voucher to me leh
they never post voucher to me leh
Book online via one of the 'approved' ticket vendors. You will need to log in with Singpass during checkout to deduct the required Sinkie vouchers. The ticket is probably a QR code which you scan with your phone.
Also, let's say your ticket costs $26. That means $30 worth of Sinkie vouchers are deducted, the remaining unspent $4 is makan'ed by them. You will have $70 worth of Sinkie vouchers remaining.
http://www.changirecommends.com
http://singaporediscovers.globaltix.com
https://www.klook.com/en-SG
http://www.traveloka.com/en-sg/promotion/singaporediscovers
https://sg.trip.com/sale/1744/singaporediscovers.html
huhBook online via one of the 'approved' ticket vendors. You will need to log in with Singpass during checkout to deduct the required Sinkie vouchers. The ticket is probably a QR code which you scan with your phone.
Also, let's say your ticket costs $26. That means $30 worth of Sinkie vouchers are deducted, the remaining unspent $4 is makan'ed by them. You will have $70 worth of Sinkie vouchers remaining.
http://www.changirecommends.com
http://singaporediscovers.globaltix.com
https://www.klook.com/en-SG
http://www.traveloka.com/en-sg/promotion/singaporediscovers
https://sg.trip.com/sale/1744/singaporediscovers.html
so troublesome
mlmlwml
Unfortunately, the people who work at the touristy places are also dealing with bread and water issues, they need Sinkies to give them some business since the tourists are not coming like they used to.
aren't these people all given jobs as safe distance ambassadors?Unfortunately, the people who work at the touristy places are also dealing with bread and water issues, they need Sinkies to give them some business since the tourists are not coming like they used to.
I am waiting for using in Geylang. When it will re open ? The kweys vaccinated then safe to consume right ?
Theindependent
He booked a tour, but it fell through
Photo: Facebook screengrab/ Singapore Tourism Board
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Singapore — A netizen took to Reddit to warn other citizens about their bad experience using the SingapoRediscover vouchers.
SingapoRediscover vouchers are $100 credits given to all citizens aged 18 or older to support local tourism businesses.
The user shared that he had booked an aviation tour with his girlfriend back in December 2020. The tour included a pickup from MacPherson and visits to places like Old Kallang Airport a hangar in Seletar. They booked with PJE Group Pte Ltd for a tour on Jan 30 this year.
Photo: Facebook screengrab/ PJE GROUP PTE LTD
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However, on Jan 26, the tour agency messaged the couple and said “that they do not have the minimum 10 people to go on the tour on our date”. The agency said that it “would not be profitable” to send just the two of them for the tour, and the couple agreed to wait for a date when the agency could have 10 people on the tour.
Over the next few weeks, PJE Group started to offer alternatives through their director “Angela”, for example, proposing they forgo the pickup and head to Seletar themselves to enjoy the simulator. The couple initially agreed, but then were told they could go there only on a weekday and not on a weekend.
The group asked the couple to take other alternative tours. However, the other tours were significantly undervalued to what the couple had paid ($90), or were uninteresting to them. Additionally, the group had also asked the couple to try and gather 10 people to go on the tour.
“Imagine that, asking your customers to solicit business for you!” the user exclaimed on Reddit. Angela was also described as inexperienced, and sent WhatsApp messages with emojis, which he considered unprofessional.
The tour operator was also unresponsive to the couple, only responding to them when prompted. This resulted in a stalemate between both parties.
The couple went to the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) to ask for help. However, the STB hotline explained that STB only authorises the vouchers. Responsibility for ensuring that the vouchers are used properly and the tour operators are providing services properly lies with Changi Recommends.
When they contacted Changi Recommends, they were told to return to the tour operator for other alternatives.
Photo: Reddit/ SlowlygettingtoFIRE
They also added that the vouchers are non-refundable and non-exchangeable and that their hands are tied.
Given that the booking platform did not work, the Reddit user went back to STB, explaining that Changi Recommends and the tour operator were not providing any solutions and were not willing to let the couple use their vouchers with another operator or on another platform.
However, STB only said they would contact Changi Travel Services to once again look into the matter.
“I am sick and tired of having responsibility tossed being Changi Recommends and STB as if this is not their problem.” the Reddit user wrote, upset at the way in which the organisations are not taking charge of solving the problems he faced.
“Is this what our tourism board and a subsidiary of Changi Airport Group has devolved to? Allowing sub-par tour operators to advertise on their platforms and just scam citizens of their Singapore Rediscovers Vouchers?” he asks.
Lastly, he warns other citizens to be careful about how they use their vouchers, especially when dealing with less well-known agencies. He hopes that his experience would act as a warning to others to be more careful when using the vouchers so that they do not face the same complications he did.
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He booked a tour, but it fell through
Photo: Facebook screengrab/ Singapore Tourism Board
Author
- Advertisement -
Singapore — A netizen took to Reddit to warn other citizens about their bad experience using the SingapoRediscover vouchers.
SingapoRediscover vouchers are $100 credits given to all citizens aged 18 or older to support local tourism businesses.
The user shared that he had booked an aviation tour with his girlfriend back in December 2020. The tour included a pickup from MacPherson and visits to places like Old Kallang Airport a hangar in Seletar. They booked with PJE Group Pte Ltd for a tour on Jan 30 this year.
Photo: Facebook screengrab/ PJE GROUP PTE LTD
- Advertisement -
However, on Jan 26, the tour agency messaged the couple and said “that they do not have the minimum 10 people to go on the tour on our date”. The agency said that it “would not be profitable” to send just the two of them for the tour, and the couple agreed to wait for a date when the agency could have 10 people on the tour.
Over the next few weeks, PJE Group started to offer alternatives through their director “Angela”, for example, proposing they forgo the pickup and head to Seletar themselves to enjoy the simulator. The couple initially agreed, but then were told they could go there only on a weekday and not on a weekend.
The group asked the couple to take other alternative tours. However, the other tours were significantly undervalued to what the couple had paid ($90), or were uninteresting to them. Additionally, the group had also asked the couple to try and gather 10 people to go on the tour.
“Imagine that, asking your customers to solicit business for you!” the user exclaimed on Reddit. Angela was also described as inexperienced, and sent WhatsApp messages with emojis, which he considered unprofessional.
The tour operator was also unresponsive to the couple, only responding to them when prompted. This resulted in a stalemate between both parties.
The couple went to the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) to ask for help. However, the STB hotline explained that STB only authorises the vouchers. Responsibility for ensuring that the vouchers are used properly and the tour operators are providing services properly lies with Changi Recommends.
When they contacted Changi Recommends, they were told to return to the tour operator for other alternatives.
Photo: Reddit/ SlowlygettingtoFIRE
They also added that the vouchers are non-refundable and non-exchangeable and that their hands are tied.
Given that the booking platform did not work, the Reddit user went back to STB, explaining that Changi Recommends and the tour operator were not providing any solutions and were not willing to let the couple use their vouchers with another operator or on another platform.
However, STB only said they would contact Changi Travel Services to once again look into the matter.
“I am sick and tired of having responsibility tossed being Changi Recommends and STB as if this is not their problem.” the Reddit user wrote, upset at the way in which the organisations are not taking charge of solving the problems he faced.
“Is this what our tourism board and a subsidiary of Changi Airport Group has devolved to? Allowing sub-par tour operators to advertise on their platforms and just scam citizens of their Singapore Rediscovers Vouchers?” he asks.
Lastly, he warns other citizens to be careful about how they use their vouchers, especially when dealing with less well-known agencies. He hopes that his experience would act as a warning to others to be more careful when using the vouchers so that they do not face the same complications he did.
Denise Teh is an intern at The Independent SG. /TISGFollow us on Social Media
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u have to go to stb, queue up, then fill in form, then wait for 2 hours for them to process a voucher for you, then collect.
got it?
haaaa
The $100 SingaporeRediscovers Vouchers Effort is doomed to failure from start.They should have just sent the $100 tourist vouchers to each and every eligible Singaporean.
But WHY must we support only the local tourism businesses ? Crony businesses ? If they are serious ,The Govt should support the whole economy of Singapore by issuing $500 cash vouchers to eligible Singaporeans so that they can spend in the hawker centres,shopping malls,supermarkets,cinemas,tourist attractions,etc.
But WHY must we support only the local tourism businesses ? Crony businesses ? If they are serious ,The Govt should support the whole economy of Singapore by issuing $500 cash vouchers to eligible Singaporeans so that they can spend in the hawker centres,shopping malls,supermarkets,cinemas,tourist attractions,etc.
