Holiday vouchers for a private sector employee

Verified 01 January 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

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Are you an employee and would like to obtain holiday vouchers to pay for leisure and holiday services (accommodation, catering, cultural activities...)? We tell you what you need to know.

Holiday vouchers are payment documents available in the following format:

  • Paper (check book)
  • Dematerialized (connect holiday vouchers or e-holiday vouchers).

You can benefit from holiday vouchers if you are in one of the following situations:

  • Employeewhatever the nature of your employment contract, the size of the company and reference tax income (RFR)
  • Employee of an individual employer.

FYI  

The directors or managers of a company with less than 50 employees they can themselves benefit from holiday vouchers, as can self-employed. To do so, they must contact the National Agency for Holiday Vouchers (ANCV) directly.

Who shall I contact

  • National Agency for Holiday Vouchers (ANCV)

    Information on holiday vouchers and sports vouchers

    By phone

    0,969,320,616

    Price of a call to a landline number

    Open Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm

    By phone for deaf or hard of hearing people

    By downloading the Acceo application

    Open Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm

    By email

    Access to contact form

It all depends on the format of the holiday vouchers.

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Paper holiday vouchers

They exist as banknotes of €10, €20, €25 or €50.

It is possible to exchange your paper holiday vouchers, at any time, from €30, for dematerialized holiday vouchers:

Request to exchange holiday vouchers or search for lost or stolen securities

Dematerialized holiday vouchers

They are worth €20 à €60 for payments to the penny.

It is possible to exchange your dematerialized holiday vouchers, at any time, from €30, for paper holiday vouchers:

Request to exchange holiday vouchers or search for lost or stolen securities

The fee for changing the format is €10. This amount is deducted from the total amount exchanged.

To obtain holiday vouchers, you must contact:

  • To the human resources department of the company you work for
  • Or at CSE: titleContent of the company which you work for
  • Or to your employer.

The system of holiday vouchers is not not an obligation for the employer. So it's not not a right. The employer, after consulting the ESC or, in his absence, the staff representatives or any other consultation body with competence in social matters, shall define any conditions for the award of holiday vouchers.

You fund a game of your holiday vouchers. To this is added a involvement of your company or the ESC.

Your financial participation is requested before issuing your holiday vouchers.

FYI  

In the companies with more than 50 employees, the CSE may take over the full amount holiday vouchers, without company funding.

The employer's contribution may not exceed the following percentage:

  • 80% maximum of the value of holiday vouchers if your average remuneration during the last 3 months preceding the award is less than €4,005 per month. Your participation is therefore of 20% minimum.
  • 50% the value of the holiday vouchers if your average remuneration during the last 3 months preceding the award is greater than €4,005 per month. Your participation is therefore 50% minimum.

These percentages are increased from 5% per dependent child and 10% per child with a disability, holder of invalidity card or mobility card inclusion (CMI) mention priority, within the limit of 15%.

FYI  

The actual value of holiday vouchers is always higher than what they cost you.

Holiday vouchers have a validity period of 2 years, in addition to their year of issue.

For example, a holiday voucher issued in 2024 is valid until December 31, 2026.

Unused holiday vouchers can be exchanged within 3 months after the end of the period of use against holiday vouchers of the same amount through an online service:

Request to exchange holiday vouchers or search for lost or stolen securities

To exchange dematerialized holiday vouchers, you must log in to your account and then go to the Exchanges menu.

Warning  

In the absence of an exchange request before the end of the 3e months following the expiry of their period of validity, checks are expired.

It all depends on the format of the holiday vouchers.

Paper holiday vouchers

Paper holiday vouchers can be used in Metropolitan France, in overseas and in the European Union.

They are accepted by the service providers contracted by the ANCV:

Use your paper and dematerialized holiday vouchers

Holiday vouchers can be used by yourself, but also by your husband, cohabiting partner or civil partnership partner and persons for tax purposes at your expense.

FYI  

The fraudulent use of holiday vouchers, in particular by persons other than the beneficiaries, or for expenses other than those authorized, may be punished by a fine of not more than €1,500 ( €3,000 in case of recurrence).

Dematerialized holiday vouchers

Dematerialized holiday vouchers can be used in Metropolitan France, in overseas and in the European Union.

Dematerialized holiday vouchers are accepted by the online booking sites agreed by the ANCV.

The dematerialized checks can be used to make purchases remotely, 24 hours a day, but also on site.

Use your e-holiday vouchers on the application Chèque-vacances connect

FYI  

The fraudulent use of holiday vouchers, in particular by persons other than the beneficiaries, or for expenses other than those authorized, may be punished by a fine of not more than €1,500 ( €3,000 in case of recurrence).

In case of loss or theft of holiday vouchers, a procedure of search toNVCA: titleContent. To do this, you need to use an online service:

Request to exchange holiday vouchers or search for lost or stolen securities

Lost or stolen checks that have been used during their validity cannot be replaced. Only checks that have not been used can be reissued and sent.

Use your paper and dematerialized holiday vouchers

Who can help me?

Find who can answer your questions in your region

  • National Agency for Holiday Vouchers (ANCV)

    Information on holiday vouchers and sports vouchers

    By phone

    0,969,320,616

    Price of a call to a landline number

    Open Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm

    By phone for deaf or hard of hearing people

    By downloading the Acceo application

    Open Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm

    By email

    Access to contact form

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