Should Your Website Have a Holiday Hours Page?

Around holidays, one of the most common questions a business gets is simply "are you open?" Whether that deserves a whole page depends on how much your schedule actually changes.

A banner is usually enough

If you're just closed for a day or two, a short notice at the top of the site and updated hours on your contact page do the job. A whole page for it can be overkill.

When a dedicated page earns its place

• You have several locations with different holiday schedules
• You offer emergency or on-call service and the arrangement changes on holidays
• Your hours shift for a long seasonal stretch rather than a single day

Keep every place consistent

Your website, your Google Business Profile, and your social pages should all say the same thing. A customer who sees different hours in different places will trust none of them.

Remove it when it's over

An outdated holiday notice is worse than none at all. Put a reminder to take it down, in line with the point made in keeping a site current.