# Availability & travel
Source: https://docs.aden.space/docs/help/work-together/availability

Busy and travel windows per user, sharing rules, the org "who's free" grid, room double-booking checks, and travel heads-up notifications.
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## What it is [#what-it-is]

Tell Aden when you're busy or travelling, once, and everyone who plans with
you sees it: session organisers, your organisations' writers directory, and
the chat assistant.

## Using it [#using-it]

* Add busy or travel windows under **Account → Availability** (travel windows
  carry a city so people know where you'll be). Windows can repeat.
* Link a personal calendar (Google, Outlook, or any iCal URL) and its events
  count as busy time automatically. Event titles are never shown to others,
  only "busy".
* One event getting in the way but you're still free? Mark it available on
  the account page and it stops counting as busy, without unlinking the
  calendar. It stays in the list under "marked available" so you can put it
  back.
* Control who sees your windows with sharing rules: public, all or specific
  organisations, all or specific teams, or nobody.
* Or just tell the chat assistant: "I'm in Amsterdam from April 2 to May 5"
  records a travel window; "who is free on Wednesday?" reads your team's
  availability back.
* When you set a travel window, collaborators from your teams and
  organisations who are currently in that city get a heads-up notification so
  you can line something up.