LTT EXCEEDS HOLDING FIX THEN REQUESTS DIVERSION TO ALTERNATE.

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WHILE FLYING TO TETERBORO WE WERE ASKED TO HOLD AT NOTTINGHAM VOR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME FAR EXCEEDING OUR FUEL TIME ON BOARD. WE WERE GIVEN A HOLDING ON THE OTT VOR 225 DEG RADIAL HOLD W R TURNS. WHEN WE REACHED THE VOR; I WAS BUSY IN THE COCKPIT AND FLEW RIGHT BY THE VOR AND DID NOT ENTER THE HOLDING PATTERN. AFTER 25 MI I WAS TOLD BY ZDC TO RETURN TO THE VOR AND ENTER HOLDING. THEN WE INFORMED ATC THAT WE NEED TO DEVIATE TO TRENTON; NJ; WITH NO DELAY DUE TO OUR FUEL SIT. THAT WAS AGREED BY ATC AND WE WERE GIVEN A DSCNT AND AT REACHING OTT VOR WE WERE TOLD TO MAKE A L TURN TO A 085 DEG HDG TO PROCEED WITH THE ARR INTO TRENTON. I MADE A R TURN DUE TO A TSTM I WAS ALMOST ENTERING; I COULD NOT RELAY MY INTENTIONS DUE TO A BUSY ATC; SO I DID WHAT I FELT I HAD TO DO FOR WX. RETROSPECT: I SHOULD HAVE PAID MORE ATTN TO DETAIL AND TO WHAT I WAS DOING IN THE COCKPIT. ALSO I DID POOR FLT PLANNING. I SHOULD HAVE HAD AN ALTERNATE PLANNED OUT. I WILL PAY MUCH MORE ATTN TO WHAT I'M DOING AND PAY HEED TO HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS.