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Free Scheduling Poll

Find a time to meet without the back and forth

Pick a few dates and times, share one link, and see when everyone is free. Times show in each person's own zone, and no account is needed to create a poll or vote in one.

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Step 1 · Poll type

Dates and times, or just dates?

The first dropdown in the builder decides how much work your group has to do, so it is worth getting right.

Most work meetings

Select a day and time

People vote on specific slots: Tuesday 9:00 AM, Tuesday 1:00 PM, Wednesday 9:00 AM. Use it when the meeting has a fixed length and you need a start time.

  • Team meetings and client calls
  • Interviews and one to one sessions
  • Anything already in someone's calendar
Fastest to answer

Select only a day

Every date becomes a single All Day option. People tell you which days work and you settle the hour later. Far quicker to answer, so more replies come back.

  • Dinners, socials and group trips
  • Training days and workshops
  • Large groups where times never line up

Either way you control the slots. New dates start with 9:00 AM, 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM, and you can remove or replace any of them. Different days can carry completely different times.

Scheduling poll flow: a calendar with selected dates and time slots, a single share link, and a grid showing who is available
Pick the dates and times that could work, share one link, and watch the availability grid fill in.
Step 2 · Options

How many time slots should a meeting poll have?

Every extra option costs you replies. Twenty slots reads like homework and people put it off. Two slots usually fails, because if neither works you are back where you started.

3 to 6

slots spread across two or three days is the sweet spot for a group meeting poll.

Spread options across different days

Five slots on one afternoon only helps the people who are already free that afternoon. Two days beats one.

Include one safe slot

Add a time you are fairly confident everyone can make. It gives the poll a fallback instead of a second round.

Set the meeting duration honestly

It is written into the calendar invite at the end, so a 30 minute setting on a two hour workshop causes real problems.

For big groups, poll days not times

Day only polls come back faster. Pin the exact hour once you know which day has the most people.

If you also need to ask about length, format or recurrence rather than just availability, there are 35 ready made questions on the meeting availability poll questions page.

Step 3 · Access

Who can respond, and what they can see

The Settings tab has four access levels. Pick the loosest one you can live with, because every extra step loses responses.

Anonymous

Voter doesNothing. Opens the link and taps the times that work.

Best forFriends, clubs and casual group scheduling. The fastest way to get answers.

Name and email

Voter doesGives a name and an email address before submitting.

Best forA clean attendee list, and follow up you can actually send.

Verified email

Voter doesEnters a six digit code emailed to them.

Best forVotes that need to be real. Stops duplicates and impersonation.

Invite only

Voter doesMust be on the allowlist you built. Everyone else is blocked.

Best forBoards, panels, HR, anything confidential.

Three switches control what voters see

Show participant listWhether voters can see who else has already responded.
Show detailed availabilityWhether voters see each person's individual votes, or only the totals.
Allow response editingWhether someone can change their answer after submitting.

Turn the first two off when you are polling people who should not influence each other, or who should not be able to read each other's names and email addresses.

Four access levels for an availability poll, from an open anonymous link through to an invite only allowlist
From a fully open link to a locked allowlist. The tighter the level, the fewer replies you get, so only go as strict as you need.
Results

How the best time is chosen

Every slot is scored as votes come in, and the highest scoring slot is shown at the top as the best time.

2 points
for every Yes on a slot
1 point
for every Maybe on a slot
0 points
for a slot left blank

That scoring is worth understanding, because a slot with six maybes can outscore a slot with three clear yeses. The best time card also shows how many people gave a firm yes out of everyone who responded, so check that number before you commit to anything.

Underneath it sits the full grid: every person is a row, every slot is a column. That is where you spot the single person blocking an otherwise perfect time, so you can go and ask them directly instead of running another round of options.

Meeting poll results grid with the winning time slot lifted above the votes and a calendar invite ready to download
The winning slot rises out of the grid, and one click turns it into a calendar invite.
Remote teams

Everyone sees the times in their own time zone

Propose 9:00 AM in London and a colleague in New York sees 4:00 AM, on the right date. There is nothing to configure and nothing to write in the title.

Your zone is detected

You build the poll in your own time zone and it is picked up automatically. No zone picker, no setup step.

Each voter sees their own clock

Every slot is converted when the link is opened, so nobody has to do the arithmetic or second guess the date.

It tells them it converted

When a slot really has shifted, the poll says so above the grid: times shown in their zone, converted from yours.

Whole day options are the one exception

If you poll dates only, those stay the same date for everybody. A whole day has no clock time to convert, and shifting it would show your Friday as Thursday to anyone in an earlier zone. The poll notes this above the grid so the difference is never a surprise.

Finish

Closing the poll and sending the invite

  1. 1
    Set a response deadlineThe poll locks itself at that moment, so there is no chasing required.
  2. 2
    Or close the poll by handThe moment you have enough answers, whether or not a deadline is set.
  3. 3
    Finalize a slotEveryone who responded is sent the meeting details.
  4. 4
    Download the calendar fileDrops straight into Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar.
  5. 5
    Save your organizer access keyYou get one the moment the poll is created. It proves the poll is yours if you come back on another device or clear your browser.
Answers

Scheduling poll questions

Is the scheduling poll free? +
Yes. Building a poll, sharing it and collecting responses is free, and there is no account to create first.
Do people need an account to vote? +
No. On the default anonymous setting they open the link, tap the times that work for them and submit. No name, no email, no signup. You can require a name, an email or a verified email instead, but each extra step costs you some replies.
Can I run a poll for dates only, without times? +
Yes. Switch the poll type to Select only a day and every date becomes a single All Day option. It is the quickest kind of poll to answer, which makes it a good choice for large groups, or for picking a date before you pin down an hour.
Does the poll handle time zones? +
Yes. Your time zone is detected when you build the poll, and every slot is converted into each voter's own time zone when they open the link. Where a slot has genuinely shifted, the poll says so above the grid. Whole day options are the exception: a date has no clock time, so it stays the same date for everyone.
Can someone change their answer after voting? +
Yes, as long as Allow response editing is switched on in Settings. They reopen the same link and their previous answer is loaded, ready to change.
How is this different from when2meet or a Doodle poll? +
Voting here is three way rather than yes or no. People mark each slot Yes or Maybe, or leave it blank, so you can tell a genuine yes from a reluctant one. You also get four access levels, from fully anonymous through to an invite only allowlist, plus a calendar invite at the end. As with when2meet, nobody needs an account to take part.
Can I stop people responding after a certain date? +
Yes. Set a response deadline in Settings and the poll locks itself at that time, or close the poll by hand whenever you are ready.
Can I hide who voted for what? +
Yes. Switch off Show detailed availability and voters see only the totals for each slot. Switch off Show participant list as well and they cannot see who else has replied at all.
Can I invite people by email? +
Yes. On the Share tab you can add addresses one at a time or import a list from a CSV file, then send the invitations from there. Sharing the link yourself works just as well.
What if I lose the link to my poll? +
Use the organizer access key shown when the poll was created. It gets you back into your own poll from any device, which is why it is worth saving alongside the share link.

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