How it works
Add the trip you're already taking, see who else will be nearby, and get in touch. What happens after that is between you and them.
We introduce people. We don't arrange minyonim.
Everything on this site was put here by travellers like you. We're not in the town you're going to, we don't know whether a minyan will happen there, and we hold nothing beyond what you can already see on the map. What we can do is show you who else will be in the same place at the same time, and give you a way to write to them. The arranging is yours to do.
The short version
- Add your trip — where you'll be, the dates, and how many men over bar mitzvah are with you.
- Open "Who's near me" — everyone else listed within the distance you choose.
- Read the timeline — a row for each party, a column for each day, and the days that reach ten highlighted.
- Get in touch — propose a minyan to the parties whose days overlap yours, or just start a conversation.
All four are free, and the whole thing only takes a few minutes. The rest of this page walks you through in more detail.
Have a look first
You don't need an account to look. Browse shows every listing on the site: private trips like yours, holiday camps and shuls. Type where you're going and search within a distance of it, narrow it down by dates, or just pan around.
One marker is one place, not one listing — addresses are only collected to postcode granularity, so two families in neighbouring houses land on exactly the same point and no amount of zooming would ever separate them. The number on a trip marker is the men listed there altogether, so a busy spot looks busy at a glance. ClickTap a marker to see what's behind it.
The maps also shows shuls and holiday camps, together with their address and contact details.
The dates open on this summer's season, but the map goes back a lot further than that. Beside them is Show trips from, listing every year from 2017 to this one: choose one and the map shows that year's season straight away, without moving from wherever you were looking. It's the quickest way to find out whether anybody has ever been to the town you're heading for, which is well worth knowing before you conclude there's nobody around — this year's map is often just a map nobody has filled in yet.
Step 1 — Add your trip
Register, confirm your email address, then add your trip.
Start typing the address of where you're going, and pick the right location from the list. If you're going to be in the UK, then a postcode is usually enough. Non-UK trips might need more of the address.
"Where you'll be" what everyone else sees, so make it something recognisable rather than exact: "Blackpool, near the North Pier" is more use to a stranger than a house number, and safer.
"Men over bar mitzvah" is the men in your party who count towards a minyan — not the total number of people travelling with you. That's the number the site adds up.
The contact number and email on the form are for the people you end up arranging with, and are never shown on the map or given to anyone who hasn't got that far.
If a Rov is travelling with you, you can add his name, a short description (optional) and his mobile number. His name and description (but not his number) will appear on the map. If people want to contact him, they clicktap a button which sends him a text. It's up to him if he wishes to reply, so his contact details are always kept private.
Step 2 — See who's near you
Go to My trips and clicktap Who's near me on your trip. You'll see who is nearby, within a distance you can choose. The default distance is set in your account, but can be overridden.
The map here is the same public map, centred on you, but only shows other people's trips, no shuls or camps. The list beneath the map shows more details of other people's trips, so you can decide who you want to contact.
Step 3 — Read the timeline
This gives you a clear picture of who might be able to make up a minyan.
Every row shows a trip near you, with their driving distance and estimated driving time. You can see how many men are there for each day, and the Total row at the bottom shows the total number of men for that day — your own party included — and any day that reaches 10 is highlighted.
Sort by nearest, by shortest journey, by largest party, or by whoever overlaps your dates most — then tick the people you'd like to contact.
Step 4 — Get in touch
With rows ticked, clicktap Propose a minyan. A panel opens where you can (optionally) suggest a venue for the minyan, and add any other notes that might help the others.
When you clicktap the button, everyone chosen is notified, and have the choice of accepting or refusing your proposal.
If you'd rather just ask somebody a question first, clicktap Chat on their row and write to them.
Messages you've shared with others, whether minyan proposals or direct chats show up on your Message page.
Conversations stay on the site. You'll be told when there's a reply, by email or text, whichever you've chosen. Neither of you ever sees the other's contact details unless you decide to share them. We never, ever give out your contact details.
Step 5 — Watch it reach ten
Once a minyan is proposed, its panel sits at the top of your trip's card: how many men have committed, who's been invited, and what each of them has said. Accept or reject your own invitation there, and invite more people later if you find them.
You'll be notified when the count reaches 10, and told again if it drops back below. You don't need to keep checking the site, it does it all for you.
What we can't help with
These are the things we're asked most often, and the answer to all three is no:
"Will there be a minyan in abc?"
We don't know. Nobody here does. The site holds what travellers have typed into it and nothing else, so the map you're looking at is the same information we'd be looking at. If it doesn't show a minyan, it means that no-one has added one yet. If it doesn't show anyone nearby, it means that no-one has added their details yet — which is a good reason to add your own trip, since yours is what the next person will find.
"Can you give me the number of the people staying at…?"
No. People list a trip on the understanding that it puts them on a map, not in a public directory.
If you want to contact people, use the chat button under their details when you look at who's nearby your trip, see above
"Can you pass a message on for me?"
No, and there's no need. Register, add your trip, and you can write to anybody nearby, through the site, without either of you giving up contact details.
Why isn't abc camp listed?
This site is maintained by volunteers, and we only have limited time and resources. We don't know about every camp, and don't the ability to chase up every one. If you know about a camp, please use the contact form to let us know. Note that you must have permission from the camp organiser(s) to do this. Not all camps want their information making public, and we must respect that.