30 Templates for Appointment Reminders and Text Marketing Across Industries (Healthcare, Hospitality, and More!)

Whether you’re running a small business or a large corporation, there’s a strong chance you will have your hands full at some point in time. And, your customers also have busy lives with things to do and places to be. We here at TextP2P hope to alleviate both with this blog post. With our copy-and-paste templates for appointment reminders, we make it fast and easy for businesses to remind customers of any doctor’s appointments, scheduled cleanings, or otherwise that they might forget throughout daily life. Let’s get started!

Table of Contents

For each industry, we’ll give you a short description and then the message templates. Each template can be directly customized in this blog post. And, when you’re done, you can just hit the copy button! Note that fields in [ALLCAPS] are special TextP2P personalization fields. Our system will directly fill these out, so you don’t have to change those if you don’t want to. To learn more about personalization fields, be sure to check out this help desk post!

Healthcare

The healthcare industry includes medical practitioners like doctors, dentists, optometrists, pediatricians, and more. In June 2024, this sector in the U.S. included almost 22.5 million employees, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (This figure also includes those who provide social assistance — like nursing, childcare, and rehab.) Here are some ways healthcare professionals can use text messaging:

Hospitality and Tourism

The hospitality and tourism industry broadly includes those who run hotels, who curate public exhibits, provide food services, and more. In the “Leisure and Hospitality” sector — a broad category that’s broken into Recreation and Accommodation — there were almost 17 million employees in June 2024, according to the BLS! Here’s how hospitality professionals can use business text messaging:

Household

The household industry includes individuals who help with the maintenance and upkeep of homes — for example, gardeners, landscapers, maids, and cleaners. According to the BLS, the “Private Households” sector is a subsector of the “Other Services (except Public Administration)” sector, and the latter included almost 6 million employees in June 2024! Here’s how household businesses can take advantage of text messaging:

Cosmetology

The cosmetology industry includes barbers, hair stylists, nail technicians and really anybody who works with hair, skin, and/or nails. According to the BLS, there were almost 270,000 employees in this industry in May 2023! Here’s how cosmetology professionals can use business text messaging:

Fitness

The fitness industry includes people like gym owners, yoga instructors, and personal trainers. In May 2023, the “Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers” industry had almost 600,000 employees, according to the BLS! Here’s how fitness businesses can use text messages:

Automotive

The automotive industry broadly includes anybody who works to make, sell, and maintain motor vehicles — for example, car detailers and mechanics. In June 2024, there were nearly 4.5 million employees in the automotive industry, according to the BLS. Here’s how car companies can use appointment reminders:

Conclusion

We hope you found those templates helpful! If you have any other templates you’d like to see, be sure to let us know using our contact page or the teal icon in the bottom right of your screen. Before we end off, we want to give you some other resources to check out:

• Want more help writing messages? Check out this blog post and this webpage on our AI features!
• Want to level up your text message campaigns? Check out this blog post on scheduling messages with TextP2P!
• Want to make keeping track of appointments and events so much easier? Check out this blog post on our relatively new calendar feature!

Ok, that’s all for now. Thank you for reading!