.voyage Domain: An Address for the Journey Itself
The .voyage extension entered the root zone on 31 October 2013, among the first root entries of the new gTLD programme; its ICANN agreement is dated 27 August 2013 and the contracting party is Binky Moon, LLC, part of Identity Digital. Travel writers, route and itinerary sites, cruise and rail journey projects, adventure tourism teams and travel photographers all take names here.
In French the word suggests everyday travel, while in English it points at a longer, planned journey, and that second sense sits closer to how the zone is used today. On 14 August 2026 the zone held 4,559 registrations. Try a route, a region or a type of journey as the root and compare on the .voyage domain search page.
.VOYAGE Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Binky Moon, LLC (Identity Digital)
- Root zone entry 31 October 2013
- Eligibility None; the agreement forbids identity-based restriction
- Sibling extensions Same registry as .vacations, .viajes and .villas
- Zone size 4,559 registrations (14 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .voyage domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.voyage 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 /year -
Transfer
$58.49 /year -
Renewal
$62.99 /year -
Restore
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Late Renewal
$10.39
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Domain lock
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Domain forwarding
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Free WHOIS privacy
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.voyage Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .voyage 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 .voyage 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 .voyage 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 $10.39 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 .voyage 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
.voyage Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.voyage Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .voyage domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.voyage Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .voyage Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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It works well for narrative content, because the word suggests a process and an experience; seeing the address, a reader knows to expect a story. For a catalogue built around bookings and price comparison, the same word feels narrow. The decision rule is simple: if what the page sells is the story of an experience the extension carries it, and if what it sells is an inventory, a plural, catalogue-like extension sits better.
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Technically yes, in subject no. Both extensions entered the root on 31 October 2013, answer to the same registry operator and carry the same contractual pattern. That means shared policy and shared technical infrastructure. Their audiences are entirely separate. It would be wrong to turn this frequent situation into a rule: a shared agreement implies neither a shared market nor a shared size.
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Four extensions answer to the same registry operator and carry the same contractual pattern, so the choice is one of meaning rather than law. This one reads best for narrative and routes, .vacations for a list of options and packages, .viajes for Spanish-speaking markets and .villas for accommodation inventory. Their sizes differ too; testing your shortlist across all four zones at once is the quickest method.
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It does, because search intent often forms around an itinerary: between two cities, along a line or around a region. Watch two points. Since the agreement requires geographic names to be protected at the second level, country names and some settlement names may be closed. And a very narrow route name limits you once the content widens; a root at regional scale usually lasts longer.
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It decides the outcome. Travel writing runs on high-resolution photography and the reader is usually on a mobile connection; a gallery that loads slowly cuts the intention to read. Compressing images, using a modern format and tying image loading to scrolling are the first steps. A plan with adequate bandwidth is the second; compare the options on the hosting page.
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