The .holiday Domain: For Getaways and for the Season
.holiday was recorded in the root zone on 19 December 2013; its ICANN registry agreement is dated 7 November 2013 and names Binky Moon, LLC as the contracting party. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 4,840 registrations, of which 3,787 appear in the zone file — roughly four names in five resolving to a server.
Holiday lets, tour operators, campsites, seasonal campaigns and event calendars all use the ending. The registry applies no eligibility condition and requests no documents. Try candidates through a .holiday domain search, and look at the accommodation side on the .homes page.
In British usage the word means a break away from home; in American usage it points mainly at the festive season and public holidays. The ending serves both, and the root decides which one a reader hears: a root built on accommodation or a destination reads as travel, while a root built on gifts or a season reads as the festive period. The decision rule is simple — choose the root for the usage your audience speaks, because visitors guess what you sell the moment they see the address, and a wrong guess sends them back.
.HOLIDAY Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Infrastructure provider Identity Digital Limited
- ICANN registry agreement 7 November 2013
- Root zone record 19 December 2013
- Registered names 4,840 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 3,787 names, about 78%
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .holiday domain registration
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.holiday Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$8.99 / years -
Transfer
$64.99 / years -
Renewal
$69.99 / years -
Restore
$159.90 -
Late Renewal
$11.12
Included With Every .holiday Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain lock
While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
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Free WHOIS privacy
Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.
.holiday Domain Lifecycle
Domain lifecycle
The stages in order, from registration to releaseDomain Is Available (Available)
A .holiday address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete the domain is yours for the term you chose. You can renew at any point before expiry to keep it uninterrupted, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Redemption Period (Redemption Period)
The domain is not released the moment it expires — during this window it is still yours and can be recovered. Some extensions charge an extra restore fee at this stage, so renewing before expiry is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete Period (Pending Delete Period)
If the redemption window is missed too, the domain enters the final stage and waits to be deleted. Renewal and recovery are no longer possible here; when the period ends the registration is removed for good.
Domain Is Available Again
Once deletion completes, the domain leaves the system and anyone can register it — popular names are often taken the same minute by someone watching. Keep auto-renewal on so a name you care about never gets this far.
.holiday Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.holiday Domain Registration
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .holiday domain registration
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.holiday Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
.holiday Domain Registration Periods
- Registration Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 years
- Renewal Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 years
- Pre-registration 1 days
- Accounting Period 45 days
- Finalization Period 1 days
- Failure Period 45 days
- Payment Period 45 days
- Redemption Period 30 days
- Deletion Hold Period 30 days
- Renewal Time 30 Day
Frequently Asked Questions About .holiday Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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It does. The address names what the guest is looking for and gives you a channel outside the platforms.
Keep an availability calendar, directions, cleaning arrangements and check-in times visible on your own page. Add the address to your platform listing too: repeat bookings often arrive here directly, and a commission-free channel grows steadily once guests know where to find it.
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If the campaign runs every year, yes — but leave the year out of the name.
Addresses containing a year lose their value in January and break the links printed on last season's material. Reusing one address each season preserves whatever search presence it has built and cuts the administration. When a campaign closes, redirect the address rather than dropping it.
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Of 4,840 registrations, 3,787 appear in the zone file — about 78%.
A small zone with more than three names in four in use. Roots built on a destination name are still available simply because the total number of registrations is low. To test several destination variants at once, use the bulk domain name search.
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That payment and form steps are served over an unbroken encrypted connection.
Holiday searches happen in a crowded, competitive window; a guest who meets a browser warning switches tabs and does not come back. Put the certificate's expiry in your calendar, and after each renewal confirm how it is served from the SSL checker page.
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Yes. It runs on an authorisation code and the registry asks for no extra documents.
Timing decides everything here: schedule the move outside the booking season, in the months when demand drops. If your reservation system depends on the domain, list the records it uses beforehand, then start from the domain transfer page.
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