For me and my friends, Summer 2007 seems to be the season for weddings. In addition to my own August nupituals, I've got six weddings on the calendar this summer. Yikes! All those weddings mean six showers and six bachelorette parties. Doesn't leave much time for catching up on old episodes of 24.
That being said, the most challenging part of attending so many events is figuring times that work for most, if not all invited guests. I can't even begin to count how many group emails I've read and responded to in the past 2 months with the subject line: "Bachelorette Party Dates." What a pain to keep going back and forth, listening to people's family obligations, travel schedules, and roster of out of town visitors. It's enough to make me want to curl up in front of the DVD player and sit it all out.
But yesterday, a tip from EchoDitto's own Michael Silberman might have solved the problem for all wedding-related event planners around the globe. The solution: Time To Meet, an online calendaring solution that allows you to input your availability through a web-based interface. Event planners can invite a list of people to enter their availabilities on a common schedule. Time to Meet then finds the best times and lets the organizer confirm the final time. All invitees get an email with the meeting date and time, and you're done.
If only I had known about this sooner, I would have spent the past eight weeks complaining less and watching more Jack Bauer.
