A date & time poll is Doodle, inside your email. Offer candidate slots — pick them one by one, or let Grid mode turn a few dates × a few times into every combination — and everyone taps the ones that work. The best slot wins.
Which slots work for the kickoff?
Tap every time that works for you.
60-second demo
One date-and-time picker per slot. Perfect when your candidate times are irregular.
Choose a few dates and a few times. Every combination becomes a votable slot, automatically.
How voting works
By the numbers
Real questions people send
Anatomy
The slot grid renders right in the email — no Doodle link, no account, no leaving the inbox.
Each slot's share of the group builds live; the time that clears the most calendars highlights itself.
How to
With the add-on installed, start any email and open the polls panel.
The type built for scheduling — every option is a slot voters can accept.
Add slots with the picker, or flip on Grid mode: dates × times, all combinations built for you.
Availability stacks per slot on your dashboard until one time clearly clears everyone's calendar.
Perfect for
Scheduling 1:1s or a single deadline? Multiple choice can carry simple slot lists too.
Pro tips
Every slot is a promise — a voter who taps it expects it to be real. Fewer, better slots book faster.
Three days × three times = nine slots, built in one step. Classic mode is for irregular candidates.
Set voting to close a day before you'll share the winner — stragglers get a nudge, you get a clean final count.
FAQ
A scheduling poll: you offer candidate time slots and each voter taps every slot that works for them. The slot with the most availability wins — like Doodle, but it lives inside your Gmail message.
Grid mode builds the poll for you: choose a handful of dates and a handful of times, and every date-and-time combination becomes a votable slot automatically — no slot-by-slot typing.
Up to 10 on Free and Standard, up to 20 on Pro.
That's your call — hide-results is included on every plan, so you can keep availability private and share the winning slot when you're ready.
Unlimited voters on every plan — a hundred people tapping slots costs nothing extra.
Related
Every poll type is included free. Three starter polls — plans from $75/year.