Pick a family reunion date without calling every relative.

Share a stretch of possible weekends, let each household tap the days they're free, and see which dates work for the most people. No account or app needed to respond.

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Why reunion dates are so hard to pin down

A reunion has to work for many households at once: school calendars, work schedules, other family events, and relatives who are travelling in from different places. Add the cousin who can't commit until work approves time off and the grandparent who doesn't use group chats, and the "so when works?" thread can run for weeks. The honest goal isn't a date that works for everyone. It's the date that works for the most people, and a scrolling chat is a poor way to find it.

How Commonhour works for a family reunion

Create a plan and turn on All day. Use the date range option to add the whole window you're considering, like every day in July, or pick dates one by one to offer only certain weekends.
Share one link by text, email or the family group chat. Relatives open it in their browser and tap each day they're free. No account, no app.
Watch the ranked list fill in. The days the most people can make rise to the top, with a note of who can't make each one, so you can see if a date loses the people the reunion is really for.
Pick a date and send an all-day calendar invite to everyone who's free, so the date is on their calendars and not just in the chat.

Tips for a big family

Offer a handful of weekends, not the whole summer. A short list is easier to answer than forty open days. Pick dates one by one to include only weekends.
Ask one person per household to respond. It keeps the results readable and keeps a large family manageable.
Check who can't make each date. Each day shows who's missing, and a must-attend filter on the shortlist narrows it to the people who have to be there (it's a view only and isn't saved).
Calendar invites are free, always. Google Calendar, Outlook, or an .ics file, with everyone who's free already added as a guest.

What it doesn't do yet

Commonhour finds the date. It doesn't collect meal counts or RSVPs, book a venue, split costs or organise who's bringing what. It also scores each day on its own and books one day at a time, so for a weekend reunion you'll book the first day and extend the event to the last day in your calendar.

Family reunion scheduling questions

Can I plan a reunion that lasts a whole weekend?

Each day is scored on its own, so look for a Friday-to-Sunday stretch near the top of the ranked list. When you book, Commonhour creates an all-day calendar event for one day. Book the first day, then stretch the event to the last day in your calendar app.

Does every relative need an account?

No. Relatives just open the link and tap the days they're free, with nothing to install. Without an account a plan takes up to 12 responses; for a bigger family, sign in with a free account to go past that.

Can one person answer for a whole household?

Each person who opens the link adds their own response, so the simplest approach is to ask one person per household to answer for everyone. That also keeps a big family under the response limit.

How far ahead can we plan?

You can add up to 60 dates to one plan, from any point in the future. Use the date range option to add a whole stretch, or pick dates one by one to offer only the weekends.

More questions? See the full Commonhour FAQ.

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