Post-Stay Review Request email template
A post-stay review request for a seaside inn: a sunny cove photo, one clear review button, three promises and a breakfast offer for the next visit.
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<div class="ete-preheader" style="display:none;font-size:1px;line-height:1px;max-height:0;max-width:0;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;mso-hide:all;">We hope the sea air did you good. Tell us how your stay went in two minutes. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ </div>
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<tr><td align="center" class="ete-px" style="padding:28px 32px 20px;"><span class="ete-heading" style="font-family:'Playfair Display', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:24px;line-height:30px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:-0.3px;color:#142838;">Cliffside Inn</span><div class="ete-muted" style="padding-top:6px;font-family:'DM Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6c7a86;">Gull Harbor, on the coast road</div></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" class="ete-px" style="padding:56px 6.67% 44px;mso-padding-alt:56px 40px 44px;text-align:center;"><p style="margin:0 0 12px;font-family:'DM Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3a78a8;text-align:center;">Thank you for staying</p><h1 class="ete-heading ete-ds-44" style="margin:0;font-family:'Playfair Display', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:44px;line-height:48px;font-weight:700;color:#142838;text-align:center;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;letter-spacing:-0.5px;font-size:min(44px,7.33vw);line-height:min(48px,8vw);overflow-wrap:anywhere;word-break:break-word;">How was your time by the sea?</h1><p class="ete-text" style="margin:0;font-family:'DM Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:17px;line-height:27px;color:#3d4a56;padding-top:16px;text-align:center;">{{first_name}}, we hope the slow mornings and the sea air did you good. Tell us how it went in a few lines.</p><div style="padding-top:28px;"><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center"><!--[if mso]><v:roundrect xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" href="https://example.com/review" style="height:48px;v-text-anchor:middle;width:190px;" arcsize="50%" strokecolor="#3a78a8" fillcolor="#3a78a8"><w:anchorlock/><center style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;">Write a review</center></v:roundrect><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--><a class="ete-btn" href="https://example.com/review" style="display:inline-block;background-color:#3a78a8;border:1px solid #3a78a8;line-height:48px;border-radius:24px;color:#ffffff;font-family:'DM Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;padding:0 28px;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;mso-hide:all;"><span class="ete-btn-text" style="color:#ffffff;">Write a review</span></a><!--<![endif]--></td></tr></table></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="" style="padding:0;"><img src="https://emailtemplateexamples.com/wp-content/plugins/ete-core/assets/template-images/post-stay-review-request-hero.jpg" alt="A turquoise cove below rocky cliffs, framed by palm leaves" width="600" height="400" class="ete-fluid" style="display:block;width:600px;max-width:100%;height:auto;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="ete-px" style="padding:28px 32px 12px;"><div style="font-size:0;text-align:center;"><!--[if mso]><table role="presentation" width="536" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td width="178" valign="top"><![endif]--><div class="ete-icon-wrap" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:33.33%;min-width:94px;max-width:100%;font-size:16px;text-align:center;"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td class="ete-icon-cell" style="padding:0 8px 16px;"><img src="https://emailtemplateexamples.com/wp-content/plugins/ete-core/assets/template-images/icon-chat-4a8db7.png" alt="" width="36" height="36" class="" style="display:block;width:36px;max-width:100%;height:auto;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0 auto;"><p class="ete-heading" style="margin:0;padding-top:10px;font-family:'DM Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px;font-weight:700;color:#142838;text-align:center;">Read by our team</p><p class="ete-muted" style="margin:0;padding-top:4px;font-family:'DM Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;color:#6c7a86;text-align:center;">Every note, every week</p></td></tr></table></div><!--[if mso]></td><td width="178" valign="top"><![endif]--><div class="ete-icon-wrap" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:33.33%;min-width:94px;max-width:100%;font-size:16px;text-align:center;"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td class="ete-icon-cell" style="padding:0 8px 16px;"><img src="https://emailtemplateexamples.com/wp-content/plugins/ete-core/assets/template-images/icon-heart-4a8db7.png" alt="" width="36" height="36" class="" style="display:block;width:36px;max-width:100%;height:auto;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0 auto;"><p class="ete-heading" style="margin:0;padding-top:10px;font-family:'DM Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px;font-weight:700;color:#142838;text-align:center;">Small fixes first</p><p class="ete-muted" style="margin:0;padding-top:4px;font-family:'DM Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;color:#6c7a86;text-align:center;">Your words shape the rooms</p></td></tr></table></div><!--[if mso]></td><td width="178" valign="top"><![endif]--><div class="ete-icon-wrap" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:33.33%;min-width:94px;max-width:100%;font-size:16px;text-align:center;"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td class="ete-icon-cell" style="padding:0 8px 16px;"><img src="https://emailtemplateexamples.com/wp-content/plugins/ete-core/assets/template-images/icon-clock-4a8db7.png" alt="" width="36" height="36" class="" style="display:block;width:36px;max-width:100%;height:auto;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0 auto;"><p class="ete-heading" style="margin:0;padding-top:10px;font-family:'DM Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px;font-weight:700;color:#142838;text-align:center;">Two minutes</p><p class="ete-muted" style="margin:0;padding-top:4px;font-family:'DM Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;color:#6c7a86;text-align:center;">Five short questions</p></td></tr></table></div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="ete-px" style="padding:24px 32px 8px;"><p class="ete-link" style="margin:0 0 12px;font-family:'DM Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#3a78a8;text-align:center;">What we ask</p><h2 class="ete-heading ete-h2" style="margin:0;font-family:'Playfair Display', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:24px;line-height:32px;font-weight:700;color:#142838;text-align:center;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;">Honest answers help most</h2></td></tr>
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About this template
A review request for small hotels, inns and guesthouses, sent a day or two after checkout. It opens on a turquoise cove below the cliffs, so the guest remembers the stay before reading a word.
Under the photo a short serif headline asks how the time by the sea went, and one navy button leads to the review form. A row of three small icons tells guests what happens to their words: the team reads every note, small fixes come first, and the form takes about two minutes. A short paragraph lists the questions you care about most.
The email closes with a dark navy panel and a breakfast tray photo that invites the guest back with a free first morning tray when they book direct. The calm white and navy palette suits coastal inns, lake lodges and country hotels.
Change the photo, the inn name and the offer, and connect the button to your review page or survey tool.
Use it in your email tool
- Click Copy HTML, or download the .html file.
- In Mailchimp, Brevo, HubSpot or Klaviyo, start a new email with the custom HTML or code editor and paste it in.
- Change the text, links and images. Map merge tags such as {{first_name}} and {{unsubscribe_url}} to the tags of your tool.
- Send a test to yourself on desktop and phone before you send it to your list.
Sections in this email
- Wordmark
- Photo hero with review button
- Icon row
- Questions we ask
- Breakfast split panel
- Footer
Subject line ideas
- How was your stay at Cliffside Inn, {{first_name}}?
- Two minutes about your time by the sea
- Tell us one thing we should change
Preview text idea
We hope the sea air did you good. Tell us how your stay went in two minutes.