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Appointment reminder text template
“Hi Dana, a reminder that we’re booked for your window clean tomorrow, Thursday, arriving between 9 and 11. If that no longer works, reply here and we’ll find another time.” Make canceling easy. A customer who cancels the night before leaves you a gap you can still fill; one who forgets costs you the drive and the slot.
Write the visit reminder
Give the arrival window you will actually keep, not the one that sounds best. If your days often run over, a wider window costs you less than a running-late text.
Your message
Hi [customer name], a reminder that we’re booked for [job or service] tomorrow, [day and date], arriving [arrival window]. If that no longer works, reply here and we’ll find another time. Thanks, [your name]
When should you send an appointment reminder?
For a visit to someone’s home, the afternoon before is the default: late enough that the customer remembers it, early enough for both of you to rearrange. Send the morning-of version instead when the job starts early or was booked weeks ago, and send both for a customer who has missed a visit before. Past that, extra reminders start to read as if you expect them to forget.
What should a reminder ask the customer to do?
Only what would stop the job. Lawn crews need the gate unlocked and the dog inside. Pressure washers need cars off the driveway and a working outdoor tap. Cleaners need a way in and counters clear enough to wipe. Painters need furniture pulled from the walls, if moving it isn’t in the price. Ask for one or two of those in plain words, with the reason.
Codes are the usual snag. If you need a gate, garage or lockbox code, ask the customer to reply with it the day before, and save it in that customer’s job notes so nobody is scrolling an old thread at the gate. A code that arrives at 8:55, or not at all, is how a booked visit turns into a missed one.
How do you word a reminder so customers reply?
Name the weekday and the job: “Thursday, your window clean” is easier to place than “10/22”. Close with one line they can answer from the lock screen, such as “reply here if that no longer works”. Skip “Reply C to confirm” codes. From a small business they read like a machine, and a plain question from a person gets a plain answer.
Frequently asked questions
What if the customer doesn’t reply to the reminder?
For a regular, silence usually means the visit is on, so go. For a first visit, or a job where someone has to let you in, call once in the morning before you set off. A missed call plus your reminder text also gives you a record if the visit falls through and your terms include a trip fee.
Do regular customers need a reminder every visit?
Not for weekly mowing or a biweekly clean on a fixed day. The routine is the reminder, and a text every week becomes noise they stop reading. Text when something moves, such as a holiday week or a rain delay. A monthly or seasonal visit is far enough apart to earn a day-before text each time.
Should the reminder include the price?
Not usually. The price belongs in the confirmation; the reminder is about being ready. If something changed since booking, such as extra rooms or a second coat, send that as its own message before the day so the customer can agree to it. The first mention of a new price should never be at the door or on the invoice.