Charities are encouraging NSW residents to donate millions of dollars worth of unused Stay NSW vouchers before they expire on October 9.
The $50 vouchers can be used at accommodation providers participating in the scheme, such as hotels and motels.
About $74 million worth of Stay NSW vouchers are unused across the state, according to Service NSW.
More than 2 million vouchers have been issued, but fewer than 700,000 have been redeemed.
One regional charity that could benefit is RuffTRACK, which teaches at-risk youth how to train working dogs out of Riverstone in Sydney's west.
Intake officer manager Tara Palffy said the work involved going to regional and interstate competitions and events.
"What we do is teach them all those different life skills, as well as with their dogs, and teach them other skills in areas to go out and move into employment," Ms Palffy said.
She said donations of Stay NSW vouchers would help with the cost of accommodation for the young people in their program when travelling.
"So they've got a nice, safe place to sleep and to be able to commit to the show," Ms Palffy said.
Mark Ross wanted to use unused vouchers to help victims of flooding in Ballina on the state's North Coast.
Mr Ross, who works as a tiler, said he had collected around 100 vouchers so far and was passing on donated vouchers to a hotel to provide discounted rooms for flood victims.
"I wasn't flood-affected myself, but a lot of my friends were and I saw how devastating it was for them," Mr Ross said.
"The donor community is just so generous and they just keep putting a hand up."
Mr Ross was not part of a registered charity but previously gathered donated goods for bushfire victims and collected Dine and Discover vouchers to help families affected by flooding.
"I found a lot of people were donating to me and they weren't donating to some other organisations because of the way things have been run before," Mr Ross said.
"It takes one person to put their hand up and then people want to help. So I'm just that one person."
However, Service NSW is pouring cold water on the idea of donating the vouchers.
Service NSW says the vouchers are not transferable and can only be used by the person the voucher is issued to.
"They cannot be used as a gift or donation to a registered business or charity and cannot be exchanged for cash or gift vouchers," a spokesperson for Service NSW said.
Charities say it is possible to be shared by sending a screenshot of the QR code with a copy of the voucher code.
Tara Palffy from RuffTRACK said donated vouchers could go a long way in helping finance the activities for their charity.
"We are a charity organisation, so we do heavily rely on donations from the community," Ms Palffy said.
