SOURCE:    Vacation Tracker
TITLE:     People Take Vacations. Never Miss the Memo | Vacation Tracker
URL:       https://vacationtracker.io/get/never-miss-the-memo/
LANG:      en
PUBLISHED: 2026-11-07
UPDATED:   2026-11-11
SUMMARY:   Vacation Tracker tells your team who's out, right in Microsoft Teams, Slack or Google Workspace, before anyone picks up the phone. 14-day free trial.
People Take Vacations. Never Miss the Memo | Vacation Tracker

People take vacations.Never miss the memo.

Vacation Tracker tells your team who's out, right in Microsoft Teams, Slack or Google Workspace, before anyone picks up the phone.

14 days free · No credit card.

The boss at his desk, jabbing his desk phone with a side-eye Calling Carol…

0:02 · The call

He called Carol.Ring. Ring. Nothing.

At his company, time off lives in an HR inbox and a spreadsheet nobody opens. When you need someone, you dial and hope.

Over the boss's shoulder: his desk phone screen reads CAROL 514-555-9876

Carol's desk · Today, 9:41 AM

She's not missing. She's on vacation.

VoicemailToday 9:41 AM
Carol Hayes514-555-9876
0:16

Transcript

Hi, you’ve reached Carol.

I’m on vacation for two weeks until Monday August 23rd.

I filled out the PTO forms weeks ago. The whole stack. Both sides.

Someone really should find a better way to track this.

Until then, I’m off.

Leave a message after the beep. I won’t check it.

Carol's empty desk: chair pushed out, laptop open, nobody there

Carol had a point.

Someone really should find a better way to track this. Here's what she had in mind.

“Something that puts my vacation on everyone's calendar.”

Team calendar · This weekPTO
MonTueWedThuFri
Carol Hayes
Synced to Outlook and Google Calendar · on the Wallchart

Calendar sync and the Wallchart

Approved leave lands on shared and personal Outlook or Google calendars, and the Wallchart shows the whole team.

“Something that tells the team I'm out, so I don't have to.”

Microsoft Teams· #sales
Vacation Tracker9:00 AM
Who's out today
Carol Hayes · PTO · back Mon

Who's out notifications

A daily or weekly "who's out" update to any Teams or Slack channel, at the time you choose.

“Something that skips the paperwork and goes straight to my boss in Teams.”

Microsoft Teams· Vacation Tracker
Carol Hayes requested PTO2 weeks · 10 working days
DenyApproved
Approved two weeks ago. Carol was notified in Teams.

Requests and approvals where you work

Ask and approve in Microsoft Teams, Slack, Google Workspace or on mobile.

“Something you can just ask, 'Is Carol in today?', and skip the phone call.”

Is Carol in today?
Carol is on vacation until Monday.
ChatGPTClaudeCopilotAlso in ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and Gemini

Vee, the AI assistant

Ask in plain words. Vee also answers in ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and Gemini through MCP.

This time,nobody calls Carol.

Same morning, with Vacation Tracker. The team update said she was out. Vee confirmed it. The boss got on with his day.

Vacation Tracker· #sales · 9:00 AM Weekly Leave Update
Leave
Carol HayesOut Aug 9 to Aug 23 · PTO
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Open CalendarView Dashboard
Everyone else is in this week.

Works where your team works

Nobody learns a new tool. They request time off where they already chat.

Microsoft Teams iPhone Android ChatGPT Claude Copilot Google Workspace Slack

Microsoft Teams

Approvers get every request in their Teams chat, and each office's channel gets its own who's-out update.

Slack

Your team requests leave, checks balances and sees who's out across time zones without leaving Slack.

Google Workspace

New people in your directory are added automatically, and approved leave lands in Google Calendar.

Also on iPhone and Android, and in ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and Gemini through MCP.

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Vacation Tracker FAQ

Plans

How much does Vacation Tracker cost, and what's the difference between Core and Complete?

Core is $2 per user per month and Complete is $4, each with a 25-user minimum. Core covers up to 3 locations and 10 departments, with custom leave types, public holidays, approvals and every integration. Complete adds unlimited locations, accruals, TOIL, hourly leave, multi-level and substitute approvals, blackout periods and limits on how many people are away at once. Both start with a 14-day free trial, no credit card.

Setup

How long does setup take, and who has to do it?

Most teams are up and running in under a day, often in under 30 minutes. One admin connects Microsoft Teams, Slack or Google Workspace, and your people are imported from the directory automatically. Then you add locations, holidays and leave policies, and employees start requesting leave where they already work. Live chat, email and personalized onboarding calls with our customer support team are there if you get stuck.

We track leave in spreadsheets today. Can we bring our balances and history over?

Yes. Import users, past leave records, opening balances, carryover and TOIL balances from our template or your own file. Employment start dates come in too, so allowances are right from day one. Our team can also help with data migration.

Leave

We have offices in different states and countries. Can each one have its own holidays and leave rules?

Yes. Each location, and each sub-location such as a US state or Canadian province, gets its own public holidays, leave policies, workweek and time zone. Import holidays for 150+ countries and their regions in one click, add company days off, and give each office its own Location Admin. Approvals follow your departments and sub-departments.

Can we track sick days, remote work and other leave types, not just vacation?

Yes. Create any leave type you need, such as PTO, sick leave, remote work, parental leave or birthdays, each with its own allowance and rules. Make sensitive types private, so colleagues only see that someone is away, not why. See who's away on the Wallchart and in the daily or weekly who's-out update.

Integrations

Does it connect to our HR and payroll systems?

Yes. Vacation Tracker connects to ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, HiBob, Remote and Deputy, so employee records and approved leave stay in sync. You can also export leave balances and history to Excel or CSV for payroll, build your own workflows with Zapier, the Open API and webhooks, or connect ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot or Gemini through our MCP server.

Security

Is our employee data secure, and where is it stored?

Vacation Tracker is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, access is role-based, and people can sign in with Microsoft, Google or Slack single sign-on. The platform is hosted on AWS in North America and Europe and goes through annual penetration tests.

Now everyone gets the memo.

Even the boss. 14-day free trial, no credit card, no contract.