Ask bookers anything you need to know before the meeting: ten question types, set per meeting type, with the answers carried into your confirmations, emails and calendar events.
A discovery call needs different context from a delivery slot or a coaching session.
Custom questions collect what each meeting type needs, such as a phone number, an order ID or a single yes/no, without a separate form tool.
The answers travel with the booking: to the confirmation page, to the host's and the booker's emails, into the calendar event description and onto your dashboard.
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Where to configure questions
Custom questions are set per meeting type, so a 15-minute intro call can ask one set of questions and a 60-minute strategy session another. On tymeslot.app they are part of the Pro plan; self-hosted installs include them.
Open Dashboard → Meeting Types.
Edit the meeting type you want to extend, or create and save a new one.
Open the Questions tab.
Click Add question to open the editor.
Empty by default
New meeting types start with no custom questions, so bookers see only the standard contact step.
Questions appear in the booking flow only after you add at least one.
The Custom questions list in the meeting type editor. Each row shows the label and type, with a drag handle to reorder.
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The ten question types
Each question has a type that controls how the input is rendered, what it accepts, and how the answer is validated and displayed.
Short text
A single-line free-text answer. Good for names, order numbers, or short context.
Number
A numeric answer. You can set a minimum and maximum, which suits headcounts, budgets or ratings.
Single choice
The booker picks exactly one option from a list of two to fifty choices.
Multiple choice
The booker picks any number of options from a list of two to fifty choices.
Yes / No
A yes-or-no answer shown as two tiles in your booking page's style. Both Yes
and No
are valid answers when the question is required.
Phone
A phone number, checked for a plausible format. Useful when you may want to follow up by phone.
URL
A web address, checked for a valid URL format. Good for portfolio links, LinkedIn profiles or a deck to review.
Date
A date picker. You can limit it to a range with a minimum and maximum.
Time
A time-of-day picker, which can also be limited to a range. Pair it with a date question when you need a moment other than the meeting time.
Note for acknowledgement
A block of text the booker ticks to acknowledge, such as a cancellation policy or a pre-meeting instruction. The time of the acknowledgement is saved with the answer.
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What each question can configure
Every question has the same basic settings, plus the type-specific extras described above.
Label:
the question text the booker sees. Up to 120 characters.
Help text:
an optional line shown below the label. Up to 300 characters.
Required:
makes an answer compulsory. Bookers cannot move on until they answer a required question; optional ones can be skipped.
Options:
for single- and multiple-choice questions, a list of two to fifty entries, each with a label of up to 80 characters.
Min / Max:
for number, date and time questions, an optional inclusive range.
Body:
for note questions, the body text shown above the acknowledge tick.
Reordering
Use the drag handle next to each question in the list to reorder. The order in the editor is the order bookers see, one question per page.
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What the booker sees
Custom questions come between picking a time and entering contact details.
Each question gets its own page, so the booker answers one thing at a time, with back and continue buttons in your booking page's theme.
The booker picks a time slot.
They answer each custom question in order, and can go back to an earlier question or to the time picker.
They fill in their contact details.
The booking is confirmed and the answers are saved with it.
A single-choice question on its own page in the booking flow, styled to match the booking theme.
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Where the answers appear
Once a booking is confirmed, the answers are part of the meeting and appear wherever its details do.
Confirmation page:
the booker sees their own answers immediately after confirming.
Confirmation emails:
the host's and the booker's confirmation emails list the answers alongside the meeting details, as do reminder, reschedule and cancellation emails.
Calendar event:
answers are written into the calendar event's description, so they appear in Google Calendar, Outlook or any connected CalDAV calendar.
Host dashboard:
the meeting card on your Meetings page shows the answers next to the booking details.
The confirmation page shows the booker every answer under Your answers.
Past bookings are insulated from edits
When a booking is created, Tymeslot saves a copy of the questions with it, including each label, type, option list and required setting.
If you later rename a question, swap its type, or remove it from the meeting type, existing bookings keep showing the original question text and the original answer exactly as the booker supplied it.
You can refine your questions at any time without changing past bookings.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a single meeting type have multiple custom questions?
Yes, as many as you need. Each one has its own page in the booking flow, so the
booker never faces a long form.
Can I change a question's type after creating it?
Yes. The editor asks you to confirm when the change would discard settings that
do not apply to the new type; for example, switching from single choice to
short text clears the option list. Past bookings keep their original snapshot
and are unaffected.
Do bookers see required questions differently?
Yes. A required question cannot be skipped: continuing without an answer shows
a message in your booking page's theme. Optional questions can be skipped.
Where do the answers show up in webhooks?
They do not, yet. Webhook payloads carry the booker's contact details and
message, but not their answers to custom questions. See the Webhook Events
Reference for what each payload contains.
Do custom questions work with the embedded booking widget?
Yes. Custom questions are part of the booking flow itself, so they appear
wherever the flow does: on your booking page, in an inline embed, in a popup or
behind a floating button.
Is there a per-question or per-meeting-type limit?
There's no fixed cap on the number of questions per meeting type. Choice
questions accept between two and fifty options. Labels are capped at 120
characters and help text at 300.
Keep several named sets of working hours (weekday office hours, evening consults, weekend intensives), each with its own breaks and booking rules, and give every meeting type the one it belongs to.
Propose candidate times, invite people by email or share one link, and let everyone mark each time Yes, If need be or No. Confirm the winner and Tymeslot books it as a meeting you manage, with everyone invited.
