When you hear the term 'free conference call' you may be thinking a bunch of business meetings are going on, but there is more that you can do with a free conference call.

Think of your family on the holidays. Do you call person after person to say hello and try to keep in touch. What if you could all be on the phone together and enjoy a few holiday moments. That is what a free conference call will allow.

Thankfully, technology and competition have come so far these days that services, which used to cost a lot, are now free. Conference call services are among those services. For the next holiday, you can set up a way where the whole family can talk, together at once, no matter where they are located.

The process is simple. You log onto a free conference call website and set up an account. One person in the group must set up an account to be able to schedule and organize a free conference call.

Once you have decided on the date and time of the call, you simply input that information and the system will give you a call in number and a PIN code to use to get into the conference call. You give this number and PIN to all the members of your family who are going to join in on the call, and that's all there is to it. Once the time comes, everyone calls in and you have an instant family gathering.

When it comes to charges, a free conference call is free if you use a service like TheConferenceSpace, www.theconferencespace.com, but that does not mean calling into the number is. If the number from the free conference call provider is long distance, you will have to pay long distance charges.