.viajes Domain: Travel for Spanish-Speaking Markets
The .viajes extension entered the root zone on 12 December 2013; its ICANN agreement is dated 17 October 2013 and the contracting party is Binky Moon, LLC, part of Identity Digital. The word means journeys in Spanish, and the zone is used mainly by agencies, guides, tour operators and travel publications addressing Spanish-speaking markets.
It is the smallest travel extension in our catalogue: 896 registrations on 14 August 2026. At that size even common single-word roots largely remain free, so the chance of finding a short, descriptive address is high. Test combinations of destination and tour type on the .viajes domain search page.
.VIAJES Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Binky Moon, LLC (Identity Digital)
- Root zone entry 12 December 2013
- Eligibility None; the agreement forbids identity-based restriction
- Meaning Journeys, in Spanish
- Zone size 896 registrations (14 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .viajes domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.viajes 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
$52.00 /year -
Transfer
$52.00 /year -
Renewal
$57.20 /year -
Restore
$149.90 -
Late Renewal
$11.44
Included With Every .viajes Domain
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Free DNS management
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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.
.viajes Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .viajes 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 .viajes 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 .viajes 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 $11.44 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 .viajes 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
.viajes Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.viajes Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .viajes domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.viajes Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .viajes Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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If your audience does not recognise the word, the address does not explain itself and most of the advantage disappears. The value of this extension lies in a Spanish-speaking visitor understanding what is sold the moment they read the name. The decision rule: if Spanish is among your marketing languages, or you sell into Latin America and Spain, this zone is a strong signal; if not, a familiar travel extension does the same job better. To weigh both, look at the .vacations domain search page as well.
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The size of a zone says nothing about its technical reliability. The extension operates under an ICANN agreement, it is signed in the root, and the registry runs it as part of a large portfolio; those are the factors that decide continuity. What smallness genuinely affects is recognition: your visitor may have seen the extension less often. The way to make up for that is to write the address in full everywhere and repeat it alongside the brand.
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The registry supports internationalised domain names, and which characters are accepted is defined in the tables published by IANA; several language tables exist for this extension. Two points matter in practice: every character in a name must come from the same script, and accented addresses can behave unexpectedly in some older systems. The safe method is to take the accented name and also register the unaccented form, then forward one to the other.
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Roots pairing a country or region with a tour type read most clearly, because those are the two things visitors search on. The second strong option is the agency's brand name, which stays portable in the long run and holds up even as the tour portfolio changes. What to avoid is echoing the extension inside the root. Since the zone is very thin, keep your candidate list wide and test it in one pass with bulk domain name search.
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It is. A booking form collects a name, passport details, dates and usually payment data; on an unencrypted connection the browser warning appears at the payment step and the purchase breaks off. In travel sales that is a direct loss. Installing a certificate should be your first task after registering the name; compare the options on the SSL certificate page.
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