ExpressVPN’s holiday sale this year is one of those rare moments when a premium VPN feels like it’s gone on a diet — the company is advertising savings of up to around 78% on multi-year subscriptions, and the real headline is the two-year packages stretched with bonus months that push the effective term to 28 months. Those two-year deals are where you’ll see the lowest monthly math: pricing page shows Basic dipping into the low-single-dollar range, with Advanced and Pro also heavily cut.

What the promotion actually looks like: ExpressVPN is stacking four free months on top of its 24-month subscriptions (so you get 28 months total), and the advertised percentage discounts are front-loaded into that first term. The company’s marketing pages show the “Holiday offer: Save up to 78%” messaging and the extra months. That’s why the two-year plans deliver the headline numbers: the discount math assumes the full 28-month period.

The deal lists the Basic two-year bundle at about $2.79/month when billed up front for the 28-month term; Advanced appears roughly in the mid-$3s per month; and Pro lands in the high-single-digits per month during the promotional term, with the billed totals matching those monthly rates multiplied across 28 months.

• Basic (2 years + 4 months): Discounted by 78% to $2.79 per month, billed as $78.18 for the first 28 months instead of a notional $363.72 at standard rates.
• Advanced (2 years + 4 months): Cut by 74% to $3.59 per month, costing $100.58 upfront for 28 months of service.
• Pro (2 years + 4 months): Reduced by 70% to $5.99 per month, for an initial $167.78‑charge covering the same 28‑month span.

A few practical things to keep in mind before you click buy. First, this kind of discount is almost always an introductory price for the first billing term: subscriptions purchased at the sale price typically auto-renewal afterward at regular annual rates unless you change the setting or cancel before renewal. Second, ExpressVPN continues to offer a 30-day money-back guarantee for first-time subscribers, which gives you a month to test the service and claim a refund if it isn’t what you expected.

So what’s actually different between the tiers — Basic, Advanced and Pro — during this sale? All the plans include the core ExpressVPN network (servers in a wide spread of countries, the Lightway protocol, and the main apps), but the higher tiers bundle extras that tilt them toward power users: slightly higher simultaneous-device limits, more aggressive tracker and ad protections, a password manager (ExpressVPN Keys), eSIM data days bundled on some promos, router discounts on AirCove hardware, and a dedicated IP option on the top tier. For many households, the middle option (Advanced) is the pragmatic pick: a couple more device slots and the password manager give you a meaningful feature bump without the full Pro price.

Who should seriously consider locking in a two-year bundle right now? If you treat a VPN as always-on infrastructure — you stream on multiple devices, travel, use public Wi-Fi regularly, or need reliable unblocking for geo-restricted services — the 2-year + 4 months math can be persuasive. The effective monthly cost for the 28-month term undercuts what ExpressVPN normally charges and puts it near or below many high-end competitors’ long-term rates, while keeping ExpressVPN’s strengths in speed, simple apps and a wide server footprint. On the other hand, if your situation is likely to change in 12 months (a move, a job change, or switching streaming habits), a discounted 12-month plan may be the wiser, more flexible choice even though it’s pricier per month.

In short: if you’ve been on the fence about paying for a premium VPN and you expect to keep it running in the background for the next couple of years, this holiday window — with its 2-year plans stretched to 28 months and heavy percentage cuts — is the cleanest value you’re likely to see from ExpressVPN this season. The trade-offs are simple: you get lower effective monthly pricing now in exchange for a longer upfront commitment, plus the usual 30-day safety net if you want to test things first.

Disclaimer: Prices and promotions mentioned in this article are accurate at the time of writing and are subject to change based on the retailers’ discretion. Please verify the current offer before making a purchase.