Holiday Closure Notice and Sign Generator
Pick the holiday and the days you close or open short. Get a printable door sign, a text for clients, a website banner, a post, and the Google special hours to enter.
Last updated October 30, 2026 · Free · Nothing stored
What should a closed for holiday sign say?
A closed for holiday sign should name the holiday, give the exact day or days you are closed, and say when you reopen, with the time. Add how clients can book while you are away and, for trades and clinics, a number that someone will answer in an emergency. Put the same dates in a text to clients, on your website, and in your Google Business Profile special hours.
The special hours steps, the Closed box and the limit of 6 days in a row come from Google Business Profile help, which says to use temporarily closed for anything longer. Text lengths use Twilio's published GSM-7 and UCS-2 segment limits. Holiday dates are worked out from the US federal calendar rules, such as the fourth Thursday in November for Thanksgiving.
The closure
Move it if the next day is one you are always closed.
Write it the way people type it, without https://.
Only a number someone will answer over the holiday.
Door sign
Juniper Salon
Closed for Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 26
We reopen Friday, November 27 at 9 am.
Book anytime at junipersalon.com/book.
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Juniper Salon.
Letter size, one page.
Text to clients
Juniper Salon: we're closed Thu, Nov 26 for Thanksgiving and reopen Fri, Nov 27 at 9 am. Book anytime at junipersalon.com/book. Reply STOP to opt out.
150 characters · 1 text
Website banner
Closed Thu, Nov 26 for Thanksgiving. We reopen Fri, Nov 27 at 9 am. Book anytime at junipersalon.com/book.
Social or Google post
We're closed Thursday, November 26 for Thanksgiving, and we reopen Friday, November 27 at 9 am. Book anytime at junipersalon.com/book. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Juniper Salon.
Google Business Profile special hours
- Go to your Business Profile at business.google.com and select Edit profile, then Hours.
- Next to Special hours, select Edit. Select Review if Google suggests the date, or Add a date to enter it yourself.
- For Thursday, November 26: make sure Closed is checked.
- Select Save. Special hours show only if your main hours are set to Open with main hours.
Steps from Google’s special hours help page.
Three more places to change before you close
Your voicemail
Callers hear it before they see any sign. Our voicemail greeting generator has a holiday option for the same dates.
Your online booking
Block the closed days in the calendar clients book from, so nobody books a slot you will not be there for. Check the day you reopen as well, in case it starts late.
Reminders already sent
Anyone booked on a day you now close needs a personal message to move, not the general notice. For future reminders, our appointment reminder text generator adds a reply keyword for rescheduling.
How to announce a holiday closure
01
Pick the holiday and your days
Choose the holiday or your own reason, whether you close all day or open shorter hours, and the first and last day. Move the reopening day if the next day is one you always close.
02
Add how clients reach you
Enter your business name, your booking web address or a number clients can text, and an on-call number if someone will answer emergencies over the holiday.
03
Print, send and update Google
Print the door sign, copy the text, banner and post, then enter the same days in your Google Business Profile special hours using the steps shown.
Common questions
How far ahead should I post holiday hours?
Early enough that clients who book a week or two out see them before they book. For most appointment businesses that means putting the sign up and setting Google special hours once your holiday schedule is settled, then sending the client text a few days before you close, while it is still useful.
How do I set holiday hours on Google?
Open your Business Profile at business.google.com, select Edit profile, then Hours. Next to Special hours, select Edit, then review a suggested date or add your own. Check Closed for a day you are shut, or uncheck it and enter shorter hours, then save. Google notes special hours only show if your main hours are set to Open with main hours.
What if we close for more than six days?
Google says special hours cover a closure of up to 6 days in a row. For 7 days or more, or if you do not know when you will reopen, mark the profile as temporarily closed instead, and reopen it on the day you are back. The generator switches its Google steps when your dates run past 6 days.
Should the text to clients include an opt-out line?
Usually yes. A holiday notice sent to your whole client list is a bulk message, and texting providers commonly expect an opt-out line such as Reply STOP to opt out on those. Check what your own provider requires. A personal text to one client about their own booking is a different message.
What should a clinic's holiday notice say?
The dates, when you reopen, how to request an appointment, and "For a medical emergency, call 911." The generator always includes the 911 line for clinics. Add an urgent number only if someone will answer it over the holiday, and leave anything clinical out of the notice.
Does this tool store what I type?
No. Everything is built in your browser, and the sign prints from your own browser too. Nothing you type is sent to LLDTEK or saved.
See it against your book
Closed for the day does not have to mean unanswered.
LLDTEK's agents answer voice, SMS and web chat and book into the calendar you already use, whether that is Vagaro, Square, Booksy, Zenoti, Mindbody or OpenTable, including on the days your desk is closed. Bring two weeks of call logs to a 30-minute demo and we will tell you plainly whether an agent fits. Pricing is quoted after the demo.