TLD Information


Zone Info
.TRAVEL and is a so-called generic Top-Level-Domain (gTLD) for operators of the travel and tourism industry.
Zone Use
The .TRAVEL TLD will be the online community for operators of the travel and tourism industry. .TRAVEL can be registered if your entitiy belongs to one fo the following Travel Sectors:
  • Airlines
  • Attractions/Theme Parks
  • Bed & Breakfast Houses
  • Bus/Taxi/Limousine Operators
  • Camp Facility Operators
    • Vehicle Rental Companies/Airport Specialty Car Park Companies
  • Computer Reservation/Travel Technology Provider
  • Convention & Visitor's Bureaus
  • Cruise Lines
  • Ferries
  • Hotels/Resorts/Casinos
  • National Tourism Offices
  • Passenger Rail Lines
  • Restaurants
  • Tour Operators
  • Travel Agents
  • Travel Media
  • Travel-Consumer and Market Research Organizations


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    Characters (Min.3, Max.63)
    Letter and numbers, hyphens "-", however not at the beginning or directly infront of the TLD.
    Registration period
    1 to 1 Years
    Add Grace Period
    4 days (Add grace period is the period in which you can delete a domain and receive the refund of costs involved.)
    Autorenew Grace Period
    44 days (The autorenew grace period is the period in which your domains will get autorenewed without an immediate debit of the respective costs. During the autorenew grace period you still have the possibility of deleting the domain.)
    Deletion process
    Is the process necessary for you to complete a domain deletion:

    .TRAVEL Domains can be deleted online through the Delete Command.

    Deletion timeframe
    This refers to the deletion period in which your domain deletion command must be received by, in order not to have the domain renewed and charged accordingly:

    Within the autorenew grace period

    IDN capable
    No
    Restrictions
    Name registration is limited to names to which the travel organisation holds rights to, or uses in their business. In the following some examples:
    • Incorporation (legal) Name/Partnership Name/Individual Name
    • Doing Business As; Trade Name; or Business Name
    • Domain Name as used in a URL
    • Trade Mark
    • Service Mark
    • Product Name
    • Club or Association Name
    • Transport Vessel Name
    • Competition/Event Name
    • Division Name
    • Subsidiary Name
    • Acronyms (must be only the first letter of the primary words of the name)
    Eligibility is verified by the .travel Registry reviewing information provided by the applicant to determine that the applicant is primarily carrying on business or operations in the travel industry within one or more of the following industry segments:
    1. Airlines
    2. Attractions/Theme Parks
    3. Bed & Breakfast Houses
    4. Bus/Taxi/Limousine Operators
    5. Camp Facility Operators
      6. Vehicle Rental Companies/Airport Specialty Car Park Companies
    6. Computer Reservation/Travel Technology Provider
    7. Convention & Visitor's Bureaus
    8. Cruise Lines
    9. Ferries
    10. Hotels/Resorts/Casinos
    11. National Tourism Offices
    12. Passenger Rail Lines
    13. Restaurants
    14. Tour Operators
    15. Travel Agents
    16. Travel Media
    17. Travel-Consumer and Market Research Organizations
    Registry
    Tralliance
    Dispute Policy
    http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/gtld/travel
    WHOIS-Update
    15 min.
    WHOIS-Server
    whois.nic.travel
    Registration System
    Real-Time
    Transfers
    .TRAVEL Domain-Transfers are possible. Upon successfully transfering a domain, it is automatically renewed for one year. The registration period is extended by one year.
    Transfer procedure
    - .TRAVEL Domain-Transfers can either be processed through the us WebInterface or API.

    - A .TRAVEL Domain Transfer must be initiated with a so-called "Authorisation Code", which can be obtained from the current registrar through the owner or Admin-C of the domain.

    - Please note that we are only allowed to initiate a gTLD transfer after confirmation of the "ICANN Form of Authorization" by the current registrant. The policies can be viewed under http://www.icann.org/transfers/
    Transfer notes
    After the transfer has been requested, our backend system sends a confirmation email to the Owner/Admin-C according to the WHOIS of the respective domain.

    In order to initiate the transfer successfully it is important, that this email is confirmed.

    After confirmation the transfer is initiated through the official registry and the losing registrar will receive the transfer request.

    The losing registrar will also send an email to the Owner/Admin-C. allowing him/her to deny the transfer. If you do not respond to the email of the losing registrar, then the transfer will get processed successfully after 5 days.

    IMPORTANT: - If the Email-Address in the WHOIS is invalid, then the transfer cannot be processed.If this is the case, then kindly contact your current registrar and ask him to update the WHOIS information accordingly.

    Ensure that your respective domain does not have a lock-status (REGISTRAR-LOCK or HOLD). This can be seen in the WHOIS. If the domain is locked, then the owner can demand that this be unlocked.
    Transfer time
    5-10 days