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Event day reminder WhatsApp template
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Remind attendees the day before an event with doors time and venue. Appointment reminder WhatsApp template for events. Free to copy and edit.

Official template, maintained by Talqui

acmeevents.example.com
Hi Maria, Summer Fest is tomorrow at Harbor Hall. Doors open at 3:30 PM. Have your tickets ready on your phone.
Acme Events
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Category
Utility
Industry
Events
Language
en_US

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How to get this template approved

Include doors-open time and venue. Send the evening before for the best read rate.

Event day reminder message example

Hi {{first_name}}, *{{event_name}}* is tomorrow at {{venue}}. Doors open at {{time}}. Have your tickets ready on your phone.
Acme Events

Variables

  • {{first_name}}Maria
  • {{event_name}}Summer Fest
  • {{venue}}Harbor Hall
  • {{time}}3:30 PM

</>For developers

Create the event day reminder template on Meta, free

The template as JSON for @talqui-oss/template-builder, and the Cloud API request that creates it. Replace the $ variables with your account values.

events_event_reminder.json

{
  "name": "events_event_reminder",
  "language": "en_US",
  "category": "UTILITY",
  "body": {
    "text": "Hi {{first_name}}, *{{event_name}}* is tomorrow at {{venue}}. Doors open at {{time}}. Have your tickets ready on your phone."
  },
  "footer": {
    "text": "Acme Events"
  },
  "buttons": [
    {
      "type": "URL",
      "text": "Get directions",
      "url": "https://acmeevents.example.com/venue"
    }
  ],
  "variables": {
    "first_name": {
      "example": "Maria"
    },
    "event_name": {
      "example": "Summer Fest"
    },
    "venue": {
      "example": "Harbor Hall"
    },
    "time": {
      "example": "3:30 PM"
    }
  }
}

Create with the Meta Cloud API

curl -X POST "https://graph.facebook.com/v26.0/$WABA_ID/message_templates" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $META_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "name": "events_event_reminder",
  "language": "en_US",
  "category": "UTILITY",
  "parameter_format": "NAMED",
  "components": [
    {
      "type": "BODY",
      "text": "Hi {{first_name}}, *{{event_name}}* is tomorrow at {{venue}}. Doors open at {{time}}. Have your tickets ready on your phone.",
      "example": {
        "body_text_named_params": [
          {
            "param_name": "first_name",
            "example": "Maria"
          },
          {
            "param_name": "event_name",
            "example": "Summer Fest"
          },
          {
            "param_name": "venue",
            "example": "Harbor Hall"
          },
          {
            "param_name": "time",
            "example": "3:30 PM"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "FOOTER",
      "text": "Acme Events"
    },
    {
      "type": "BUTTONS",
      "buttons": [
        {
          "type": "URL",
          "text": "Get directions",
          "url": "https://acmeevents.example.com/venue"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}'

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