The hard part isn’t the date, it’s finding it
Six people, one dinner, thirty-two messages. Everyone answers the question before last, two dates get lost on the way, and the one that finally wins only half works. Finding the date often takes longer than organizing everything else.
An availability poll flips the burden. Instead of asking “when are you free?”, it offers a closed set of options, and everyone answers yes, maybe or no. Nobody has to read anyone else’s replies, and you only have one place to look.
Three steps, three minutes
- 1
Create
A title, a few dates, and that’s it. Your email is optional: it only serves to send your links back to you and, if you ask for it, to tell you when someone votes.
- 2
Share
One link to paste wherever you like, or up to twenty invitations sent from Pollendar. Participants have nothing to install and no account to create.
- 3
Decide
Answers come in as they are given. The row highlighted in green is the one everybody agreed on. You can tick the dates you keep and close the poll: nobody votes any more, everybody sees what was decided, and those who left their address receive it by email.
Three ways to propose dates
Not every gathering is scheduled the same way. The type you pick when creating the poll changes what participants are asked.
Date
Whole days, when the time will be settled later. A dinner, a party, a family gathering.
Time slot
Precise hours across several days. A team meeting, an interview, a rehearsal.
Period
Periods of several consecutive days. A weekend away, a seminar, a holiday.
What you read when the answers are in
Dates stay in calendar order, never sorted by score: you keep your bearings. It is the highlight that tells you where to look.
| Lea | Tom | Ana | Sam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 14 March | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sun 15 March | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✕ |
| Sat 21 March | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ |
Green marks a date everyone ticked. Amber marks the next one, or the best one when nobody has a unanimous date, a way of saying “this is the best we have, someone is still missing”. A “maybe” counts neither as a yes nor as a no, and neither does someone who hasn’t answered yet.
What you are not asked for
- No account. Creating a poll and answering one both work without signing up. Google sign-in exists, but only so you can find your events again from another device.
- Email stays optional. It is used to send you your event links, and is never shared with anyone else.
- Nothing is final. An event can be edited, a date added, a poll deleted, as long as you keep your admin link.