.holiday Domain
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What is a .holiday domain?
The .holiday domain is made for travel agents, holiday rental owners, and tourism businesses. It puts the promise of leisure and adventure right in your web address.
Who should register .holiday?
Travel agents, holiday rental owners, tour operators, and tourism boards.
Why choose .holiday?
- Evokes excitement and leisure
- Perfect for UK travel sector
- Works for all holiday types
- Instantly appealing to travellers
Who runs .holiday, and since when
Registry data from the .holiday delegation record held by IANA, which maintains the internet's root zone. Eligibility comes from the registry's own policy, and the prices are ours.
- Extension type
- Generic (gTLD)
- Registry operator
- Binky Moon, LLC
- The organisation that runs the extension
- In the root zone since
- 2013
- Delegated 19 December 2013
- Who can register
- Open to anyone worldwide, with no travel trade accreditation required
- Checked against the registry's own policy
- Our price
- £56.99 a year
- Ex VAT. Renews at the same price
Why .holiday reads differently in Britain and America
Start with a translation problem, because it decides whether this extension is right for you. In British English a holiday is the trip: a fortnight in Pembrokeshire, a week in Corfu. In American English a holiday is Christmas, Thanksgiving, a public holiday. So cornishcottages.holiday reads perfectly to a customer in Bristol and reads like a seasonal gift shop to a customer in Boston. If a meaningful share of your bookings come from North America, that is not a small thing.
.holiday was delegated in December 2013 and is run by Binky Moon, LLC within the Identity Digital portfolio. Anyone can register one. There is no travel trade body to join, no bonding to evidence and no documents to file, which also means the extension guarantees a visitor nothing about who is behind the site.
Then there is the money, and this is where we would be blunt. .holiday is among the dearest extensions we register, several times the annual cost of a .co.uk, and holiday letting is a business where the domain is a fixed cost carried by a small number of properties. A single cottage owner paying that every year, on top of listing commission, is buying a phrase rather than a customer. Note too that the plural was never delegated, so nothing resolves at .holidays and a mistype simply fails.
Where it works is branding rather than search: a campaign, a well-chosen two-word phrase, a lettings brand whose .co.uk went a decade ago. Where it does not work is as the default address for a small UK holiday let, and for that we would point you at the .co.uk without hesitation.
Is .holiday the right choice for you?
We would rather sell you the right extension once than the wrong one twice.
.holiday works well if
- You are building a lettings or tour brand where the name plus "holiday" makes a phrase people will actually remember and repeat.
- Your customers are British and Irish, so the word means a trip to them without any translation needed.
- The .co.uk you wanted disappeared years ago, and the alternatives all involve adding "the", "uk" or a hyphen to a name you like.
- You are running a seasonal campaign that needs its own address and will be promoted on print, radio or social rather than found in search.
Look elsewhere if
- A serious share of your bookings comes from the United States, where "holiday" means Christmas rather than a fortnight away.
- You let one or two properties. This is among the dearest extensions on this site and the annual cost lands on a very small number of bookings.
- You depend on Google for enquiries. It is a generic extension with no UK signal, and holiday search terms are among the most fiercely contested there are.
Letting one or two UK properties? Register the .co.uk, spend the difference on photography, and buy this one later if the brand grows. See .co.uk pricing.
.holiday vs .co.uk: which should you register?
UK holiday search is dominated by the big listing sites, and the practical question for a small operator is what the domain is for. If it is there to be typed off a brochure, a van or an Instagram bio, a memorable phrase matters. If it is there to be found in Google, the .co.uk is the stronger buy.
.co.uk gives you the UK association Google reads automatically, a much lower annual cost, near instant transfers because .uk moves on an IPS tag rather than an authorisation code, and free WHOIS privacy for a UK individual under Nominet rules. .holiday gives you a phrase that finishes itself and availability on names that vanished from .co.uk fifteen years ago.
For most cottage owners and small agencies we would register the .co.uk as the working address and treat .holiday as a brand extra, bought when the brand justifies it rather than at the start.
| .holiday | .co.uk | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Generic, descriptive | UK country-code |
| Reads as a trip | In the UK, yes | Neutral |
| Reads in the US | Christmas and public holidays | A British site |
| Google location cue | None | United Kingdom |
| Annual cost | Several times a .co.uk | Low |
.holiday domain questions, answered
What people ask us before registering a .holiday domain.
Can't find what you're looking for?
Ask us directlyNo. The extension is open to anyone in the world, with no accreditation to prove, no trade body membership and no documents to supply at registration. Binky Moon, LLC runs it as a standard open extension in the Identity Digital portfolio. Any legal obligations that come with selling travel are separate from the domain and are not checked by the registry, so treat the extension as a naming choice, not a credential.
No. The plural has never been delegated and is not in the root zone, so nothing will resolve at yourname.holidays. It means nobody can register the plural against you, which is a small mercy, but it also means a customer who types it by reflex hits a dead end with no redirect. If you go with this extension, print the address carefully and hold the matching .co.uk if you can.
It reads beautifully to a British audience and it is expensive for the job. UK guests understand the word immediately, so the address carries meaning that a .co.uk does not. Against that, it is among the dearest extensions we sell, it renews at that price every year, and it gives Google no UK signal in a market where the listing platforms already own the search results. For one or two properties, the .co.uk is the better use of the money.
They will read it, but not the way you intend. In American English "holiday" means Christmas, Thanksgiving or a public holiday rather than a trip away, so an address ending .holiday suggests seasonal goods rather than accommodation. If North American bookings matter to you, either pair it with a .com that carries the main brand or choose a different extension. Within Britain and Ireland the word does exactly what you want.
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