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Backpacker memberships give you access to 'member-only' benefits and discounts including, fantastic savings on accommodation (at the issuers accommodation properties), vouchers and discounts for food & drink, tours, travel, internet, phone calls and much, much more.
Most memberships are valid for 1 year, however you can upgrade. Greyhound Australia partners with a number of associations who offer memberships in Australia including YHA, VIP, Nomads and Aussie Travel Saver.
Each of these partners has exclusive offers for their members. Choose from one of these memberships;
YHA Membership
YHA Australia is part of the world's largest backpacker accommodation network, Hostelling International (HI), providing more than 4,000 YHA hostels in over 60 countries and 120 hostels in Australia.
- Membership Costs: $32 (under 26) or $42 (26 and over)
- Valid: 1 year
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Benefits:
- 10% off accommodation - at YHA hostels
- FREE Backpacker Essentials Magazine
- Receive monthly Ezine newsletter - get special deals direct from YHA
- Hostels & Discounts Guide - you’ll get a handy guide booklet with information on accommodation, travel and discounts available all around Australia
- YHA Australia & New Zealand Hostels Map - check out where YHA hostels are located across Australia and New Zealand with this handy map
To Book:
You can buy your membership pack through selected Greyhound Australia Terminals in Cairns, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Broome, Darwin and Adelaide. Or visit your local YHA hostel or YHA travel desk.
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VIP Membership
VIP Backpackers launched in Australia more than 25 years ago when a group of independently owned and operated hostels formed a strategic alliance to help backpackers seek out value for money and quality products that offer special discounts.
- Membership Costs: $37 (18 yrs and over)
- Valid: 1 year
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Benefits:
- QBE: Travel Insurance 40% Off
- Greyhound: 15% bonus kms on kilometre passes! 10% off other tickets
- Adventure Tours Australia: up to 10% OFF selected tours
- Mojo Surf: $10 OFF 5 day surf adventure
- Reef Encounters: 10% OFF
- Heading Bush: 5% OFF
- Bunyip Tours: 10% OFF Great Ocean Road Tour
- Mountain Designs: 10% OFF
- Taxback.com: 5% OFF (make getting an Australian income tax refund fast and easy!)
- VIP: %1 OFF accommodation 1200 hostels worldwide
- Great Southern Railway: Up to 55% off
- Way Outback Desert Safaries: $30 OFF
- Traveller's Autobarn: $49 OFF
To Book:
You can buy your membership pack through selected Greyhound Australia Terminals in Cairns, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Broome, Darwin and Adelaide.
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Nomads Travel - Mad Card
Nomads have backpacker hostels in Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji.
- Membership Costs: $37
- Valid: 1 year
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Nomad's MAD Card costs
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Benefits:
- FREE Accommodation - get between $1-3 off every night you stay, or stay for 6 nights and get the 7th night for FREE! That's equivalent to a 15% saving on your accommodation when you stay for longer
- Cheap Global Calls - the best value phone card. Call home from Australia for 1.5c/min to London and 1.9c/min to other numbers in the UK, with great rates to other countries around the world
- Cheap Internet! - get cheap internet access at any Global Gossip Internet Cafe at hundreds of locations around Australia and New Zealand
- Mad Destination Guide - you'll receive a useful Mad Guide with destination information and lots of useful travel advice, it's like having a local at every stop you make
- Party Vouchers - receive up to $1,200 in party vouchers. We're talking free meals, free drinks, and free club entry ALL over Australia and New Zealand
- Festival / Party Info - The MAD Guide also includes information about Australia's hottest parties & events! Music, Festivals, & Markets... there is always a party somewhere and we want you to find it
To Book:
You can buy your membership online now and we’ll give you a voucher that you will need to print. Then go into one of the Nomad Hostels in Melbourne, Byron Bay, Noosa, Hervey Bay, Airlie Beach or Cairns with your voucher and exchange it for your pack.
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Aussie Travel Saver Card
Aussie Travel Saver Cards offer discounts on a range of products and services. Suitable for all ages, there is something to suit all interests available.
Greyhound Customers get an exclusive offer of 20% off their purchase, offering great savings before you even use the card.
Membership Costs:
- 1 Month - normally $29 Greyhound rate $23.20
- 3 Months - normally $49 Greyhound rate $29.30
- 6 Months - normally $69 Greyhound rate $55.20
- 12 Months - normally $98 Greyhound rate $98.00
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Where you can save?
- Over 300 Tour providers
- Over 1,000 bars and restaurants
- Over 650 accommodation outlets
- Major theme parks including Movie World, Sea World and Wet ‘n Wild
- Campervan Hire, Car Hire and Bus tickets
Some examples of how much you can save
- $230 on gym memberships
- $34 at the Swansea Backpacker Lodge
- $100 at Boroka Downs bed and breakfast
- $50 when you dive with Great White Sharks
- $65 on the Daylesford Naturals Pamper Pack
- $18 at the Federal Golf Club Championship Course
- Up to $40 with Aspen Caravan Parks and resorts
- Up to $140 on White water rafting
- Up to $100 on Fishing Trips
- Up to $30 on Skydiving
- Up to $89 on Surfing lessons
To Book:
Click Here. Buy your membership online now and receive 20% off by entering promo code "AGREYHOUND".
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