.travel Domain: An Extension Reserved for the Travel Sector
The .travel extension entered the root on 27 July 2005, which makes it roughly a decade older than the new extension generation. Its present ICANN agreement is dated 9 October 2015, the contracting party is Dog Beach, LLC within Identity Digital, and a renewal letter of 16 July 2025 extended the agreement for a further ten years from 9 October 2025. That letter states that no term of the agreement changes as a result of the renewal.
What separates this extension from its neighbours is the community record: the agreement reserves it for the local, domestic and international travel industry and for anyone supplying products, services or content to that industry. Eligibility is not merely a written principle but part of the registration process. See name candidates on the .travel domain search page, and compare the sector's other option on the .tours domain search page.
The community section of the agreement says it directly: the registry maintains authentication protocols designed to limit registration to people and organisations related to the community, and requires a review of eligibility before all registrations complete. The review runs through the registry or a third party it designates. Prepare how you will evidence your place in the sector before you place an order.
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.TRAVEL Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Dog Beach, LLC (Identity Digital)
- Root zone entry 27 July 2005
- Agreement type Base, Community (Specification 12), non-sponsored; renewed for ten years from 9 October 2025
- Eligibility A link to the travel industry, reviewed before registration completes
- Sectors covered The agreement lists twenty-four sectors from airlines to tour operators and travel media
- Document Requirement View required documents
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.travel 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
$31.99 /year -
Transfer
$149.49 /year -
Renewal
$160.99 /year -
Restore
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Late Renewal
$24.87
Included With Every .travel 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.
.travel Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .travel domain is put on Client Hold on its expiry date, so the site and e-mail stop that same day. You can still renew during the first 20 days, but from this point a late renewal fee is added on top of the renewal price. On day 20 the registration is deleted and until day 50 only a paid restore brings it back. Nothing at all can be done in the 5 days that follow, and on day 55 the name is open to anyone. There is exactly one way never to enter this chain: keep auto-renewal on.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .travel 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 registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Renewal Window (Client Hold)
On its expiry date your .travel domain is put on Client Hold: the site and e-mail go down that day, but the registration is still yours. A single renewal within these first 20 days brings everything back exactly as it was — nothing is lost. The only difference is that a $24.87 late renewal fee is now added to the renewal price; renewing before the expiry date avoids that fee entirely.
Redemption Period (Redemption / RGP)
On day 20 the registration is deleted and the 30-day redemption period that ICANN requires of every gTLD registry begins. The name is not released to anyone during this time; only you can take it back, by paying the restore fee, until day 50. That fee is far higher than a renewal — renewing on time is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete (Pending Delete)
Once the redemption window closes too, the domain enters its final 5 days and there is no way back. Neither renewal nor restore works here; nobody — your registrar included — can return the name to you. The registry uses this window as the last hold before the name goes back into the pool.
Open to Anyone Again (Released)
On day 55 the name .travel returns to the pool and anyone can register it. Sought-after names are often gone within seconds, and there is no guaranteed way to get one back. Yet staying out of this timeline is entirely in your hands: leave auto-renewal on and the expiry date will never catch you off guard.
The timeline above is the schedule Atak Domain applies and publishes. The ICANN chart you will find elsewhere shows a renewal window of up to 45 days after expiry; ICANN's policy on expired registrations (section 2.2.1) lets registrars delete an expired domain at any time, provided they disclose their policy in advance. We apply that window as 20 days and publish it here in plain sight. Full text of the policy: ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy
.travel Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.travel Domain Registration
- Document Requirement View required documents
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.travel Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Documents Required for a .travel Domain
In order to register .TRAVEL domain, the domain owner must
provides or plans to provide services, products or content in or related to the
travel industry.
Frequently Asked Questions About .travel Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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People and organisations inside the travel industry or serving it. The agreement defines the community broadly and lists twenty-four fields as examples: airlines, hotels and resorts, cruise lines, ferries, tour operators, travel agents, car rental, reservation and travel technology providers, travel media, travel insurance and national tourism offices among them. The list is illustrative rather than closed.
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Yes, the agreement requires exactly that. The registry must maintain authentication protocols limiting registration to parties related to the community and must review eligibility before all registrations complete. The review runs through the registry itself or a third party it designates. In practice that means you should not expect to drop the name in a basket and see it live within the minute.
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The difference at the door. Registering .tours requires no condition, while the .travel agreement makes an eligibility review compulsory. The practical effect: the second records your sector membership at contract level, the first does not. If you want a fast address, look at the .tours domain search page; if you want to demonstrate sector membership, this extension fits better.
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Yes, by a wide margin. Its root zone entry is 27 July 2005, whereas the new extension generation began being delegated from 2013 onwards. That age brings two consequences: the zone is more familiar among corporate users, and short roots have been held for a long time. Its current agreement dates from 2015 and was renewed for ten more years in 2025, so operational continuity is settled.
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It can, and the standard gTLD transfer applies: lift the lock, obtain the authorisation code, open the request at the gaining provider. The extra consideration here is eligibility, since the sector requirement attaches to the name itself and survives the move. If your company has been sold or renamed, update your records first, then start the process from the domain transfer page.
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