# Meeting Polls that book the winning time

> A meeting poll offers a few times, lets everyone say which suit them, and shows you the favourite. In Vonza the poll is part of Scheduling: offer up to 20 times from a published meeting, share one link or a personal link each, set a close date, and book the time most people picked in one click.

## What is a meeting poll?

A meeting poll is a page where you offer several possible times for one meeting and each person ticks the times they can make. You see which time suits most people and confirm it. A poll is for a group that must agree one time; a booking page is for one person picking a time from your calendar.

In Vonza a poll belongs to a published meeting, so the winning time is booked with everything that meeting has: its location and joining link, its confirmation and reminder emails, the calendar entry and the contact in your CRM.

### How a Vonza meeting poll works

- Pick a published meeting and a free length, then click up to 20 of its open times to offer.
- Share one link, or add an invitee list so each person gets their own link. Nothing is emailed by the poll; you send the links yourself.
- People answer on the public page in their own time zone, with a name, an email and their times.
- Set an optional close date. Until then, or until you book a time, the poll stays open.
- Press Book this time on the favourite. Everyone who picked it is booked and emailed; the others are listed as not booked.
- Polls book free lengths only. A paid length is sold from the booking page.

## How to run a meeting poll in Vonza

Three steps in Scheduling › Polls. The meeting must be published first.

1. **Pick the meeting and the times**: Choose a published meeting and its free length, then click up to 20 open times to offer. The picker shows only times that are open in your calendar.
2. **Share the link, or one link per person**: Copy the general poll link for anyone, or type the emails of the people you are asking and copy each person’s personal link. Only a personal link can answer for an email on your list.
3. **Book the time most people picked**: Press Book this time on the most picked time and everyone who picked it is booked, with the meeting’s confirmation email, calendar links and reminders.

## Poll, booking page or collective meeting?

Three of Vonza Scheduling’s six meeting types answer “when can we all meet?” in different ways.

**Which one to use**

| Compared | Meeting poll | Booking page | Collective meeting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Best for | A group that must agree one time | One person picking a time from your calendar | One booker who needs several of your hosts at once |
| Who picks the time | Everyone votes; you confirm the favourite | The booker, from your open times | The booker, from the times every host is free |
| Who gets booked | Everyone who picked the winning time | The booker, plus any guests they add | The booker and all the hosts, with one joining link |
| Paid lengths | No: free lengths only | Yes: nine price kinds through Stripe, PayPal or Paystack | Yes, as on any booking page |

[Vonza appointment scheduling](https://vonza.net/appointment-scheduling)

[Team scheduling: round robin and collective](https://vonza.net/team-scheduling)

## How to schedule a meeting with multiple attendees

To schedule a meeting with multiple attendees, offer a short list of times instead of asking “when are you free?”, let each person tick the times they can make, and book the time most people picked. That is what a meeting poll does.

1. Decide the meeting and its length first. In Vonza that is a published meeting, so the poll inherits its joining link and emails.
2. Offer five to eight times across two or three days. Short lists get answered.
3. Send everyone the poll link, or a personal link each to see who has answered. Times show in each person’s own time zone.
4. Set a close date two or three days out, so the decision is made while the times are still free.
5. Book the most picked time. Everyone who picked it gets the confirmation and reminders.

If the same group meets every week, let one person book a series on a booking page instead. If the attendees are your own team and the booker is a client, use a collective meeting.

[The full guide: how to schedule a meeting with multiple attendees](https://vonza.net/blog/how-to-schedule-a-meeting)

[Recurring appointments](https://vonza.net/recurring-appointments)

## Compared with Doodle

Doodle’s Free package, as its pricing page described it on 14 November 2026, beside polls in Vonza Scheduling.

**Doodle Free package and Vonza meeting polls, read 2026-11-14**

| Compared | Doodle Free | Vonza Scheduling |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What you get | One Group Poll, one Booking Page, one 1:1 and one Sign-up Sheet. | Polls, booking pages, group, round robin, collective and one-off meetings, all in Scheduling, included in every Vonza plan with a 14-day free trial. |
| Participants | “Only the organizer needs a paid plan. Participants join for free, with no account needed.” | People answer from the link with a name and email, no account. Everyone who picked the winning time is booked and emailed. |
| Deadlines and reminders | Listed among the paid Pro package’s advanced settings (“deadlines, reminders, hide participants”). | A close date on every poll, and the booked meeting’s reminder emails for everyone booked. |
| Payments | “Get paid with Stripe” is a Pro package feature. | Polls book free lengths. Paid lengths are sold from the booking page with Stripe, PayPal or Paystack. |
| After the vote | Not stated on the pages read. | Book this time books everyone who picked it in one click, with the meeting’s joining link and calendar entry. |

- Doodle: doodle.com/en/premium and help.doodle.com, read 2026-11-14, saved under docs/seo/evidence/scheduling/.
- Vonza: the new Scheduling on production, read from the product code on 2026-11-14.

[Doodle alternatives compared](https://vonza.net/compare/doodle-alternatives)

## Everything the poll needs, and what comes after it

A poll is one of six meeting types in Vonza Scheduling, so the vote is the start of a booking.

- **Up to 20 times**: Offer up to 20 open times from a published meeting.
- **A personal link per person**: Add an invitee list and each person gets their own link, so you see who has answered.
- **A close date**: Answers close on the day you set, or when you book a time. Until then people can update their answer.
- **Every time zone**: People see the offered times in their own time zone, with a note on the day the clocks change.
- **Book everyone at once**: Book this time books everyone who picked the winning time, with the confirmation email and calendar entry.
- **Automations and webhooks**: Start an automation when a poll closes, and send the Poll confirmed event to Zapier, Make, n8n or your own server.

## Questions about meeting polls

### What is a meeting poll?

A page where you offer several times for one meeting and each person ticks the times they can make. In Vonza, confirming the favourite books everyone who picked it, because the poll belongs to a published meeting.

### How many times can I offer in a poll?

Up to 20. The poll takes its times from the open times of the published meeting you pick, so you cannot offer a time your calendar already has busy.

### Do the people I ask need a Vonza account?

No. They open the link, tick the times that suit them and send their answer with a name and email. Anyone booked manages the booking from their confirmation email.

### Does Vonza email the poll to the people on my list?

No. The poll makes a general link and, with an invitee list, a personal link for each person. You send them yourself. Only a personal link can answer for an email on your list.

### What happens when I book the winning time?

Everyone who picked that time is booked and gets the meeting’s confirmation email, with the joining link, add-to-calendar buttons and the reschedule and cancel links. The others are listed on the poll as not booked.

### Can a poll be used for a paid meeting?

Polls book free lengths only. Sell a paid session from the booking page, where bookers pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Klarna, PayPal or Paystack.

### How is a poll different from a collective meeting?

A poll is for attendees who must agree one time; everyone votes and you book the favourite. A collective meeting is for one booker who needs several of your hosts at once; the page shows only times when every host is free.

### Are meeting polls included in my Vonza plan?

Yes. Polls are part of Scheduling, which is included in every Vonza plan with a 14-day free trial. The new Scheduling is opt-in: open the Scheduling row marked New in your admin sidebar, and switch on New booking pages in Booking settings.