Holiday Hours on Publishers | Yext Hitchhikers Platform

This reference details how holiday hours are handled on Google, Facebook, Apple, Bing, and Yelp.

In general, we recommend adding holiday hours to locations at least seven days in advance. Holiday Hours should not be used to communicate temporary closures.

To learn how to format holiday hours in Connectors, see the Hours Field Mapping reference.

Google

  • Holiday hours can be added any amount of time in advance.
  • Holiday hours appear on listings the week of the holiday.
  • Holiday hours will show in the regular “Hours” section.
  • Not specifying holiday hours can cause orange text to appear suggesting the hours may be wrong on a holiday.
  • See the Google Hours reference document for more details.

Google holiday hours

Facebook

  • Holiday Hours can be added anytime in advance.
  • Holiday hours appear the week of the holiday.
  • Holiday hours will show in the regular “Hours” section.

Facebook holiday hours


Apple

  • Holiday hours must be added at least 72 hours in advance of the holiday.
  • Holiday hours appear the week of the holiday.
  • Apple will show holiday hours in a separate section from regular hours. The dates of the week will be noted above the holiday hours.

Facebook holiday hours


Bing

  • Holiday Hours can be added up to a year in advance.
  • If holiday hours have not been explicitly added to an entity profile but there is a widely recognized holiday, Bing will add a banner that reads “[[HOLIDAY]], hours may vary” Bing holiday hours display if not added to KG
  • Bing will display the crossed-out original hours with the modified hours and “Special hours [[DATE]]” in green lettering.
  • Closed days will display the crossed-out original hours with “Closed [[DATE]]” in red lettering below.

Bing holiday hours


Yelp

  • Holiday hours can be added any time in advance of the holiday.
  • Holiday hours appear the week of the holiday.
  • Holiday hours are displayed as Special Hours.

Yelp holiday hours