---
title: "Event reminder email template"
description: "A reminder before the day with the time, the place and directions to the venue. Send it a day or two before the event to everyone who has a place."
url: "https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/event-reminder"
---

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# Event reminder email template

A reminder before the day with the time, the place and directions to the venue.

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- **From**
  Northwind <hello@example.com>
- **Subject**
  Reminder: Clara Holt in conversation on Thursday 19 November
- **Preview text**
  Brightwater Books, 6:30 pm. Here is how to get there.

![Preview of the Event reminder template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/event-reminder-desktop.webp?v=e4e70bb62530)

event-reminder.txt

```
{{venueName}}, {{eventTime}}. Here is how to get there.

{{hostName}}

See you on {{eventDate}}

Your place is confirmed. The time, the place and directions are below.

{{eventMonth}}

{{eventDay}}

{{eventName}}

Starts at {{eventTime}}

Where

{{venueName}}, {{venueAddress}}

Getting there

{{directions}}

Get directions [{{directionsUrl}}]

I can no longer come [{{cancelUrl}}]

If your plans change, please use the link above so your place can go to someone else.

You are receiving this because you have a place at {{eventName}}.
```

Shown with sample values. The HTML and plain-text tabs keep the placeholders.

About

## When to send it

Send it a day or two before the event to everyone who has a place. It holds a date tile, the address, notes on getting there and a map link, plus a way to give the place back if plans change.

12 values to fill

## What each send fills in

Required values have to come with every send. The rest fall back to the default shown here.

| Placeholder | Kind | Required | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `{{hostName}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{eventName}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{eventDate}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{eventMonth}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{eventDay}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{eventTime}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{venueName}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{venueAddress}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{directions}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{directionsUrl}}` | Link | Required | None |
| `{{cancelUrl}}` | Link | Required | None |
| `{{unsubscribeUrl}}` | Link | Optional | None |

API

## Send it from your code

Create a template from this design once, then send it with the values for each message.

```
import { init, nextmail } from '@nextmail/sdk' init({ apiKey: process.env.NEXTMAIL_API_KEY }) await nextmail.templates.create({  name: 'Event reminder',  slug: 'event-reminder',  starter: 'event-reminder',  publish: true,}) const sent = await nextmail.templates.send('event-reminder', {  from: 'Northwind <hello@example.com>',  to: 'maya@example.com',  props: {    hostName: 'Brightwater Books',    eventName: 'Clara Holt in conversation',    eventDate: 'Thursday 19 November',    eventMonth: 'Nov',    eventDay: '19',    eventTime: '6:30 pm',    venueName: 'Brightwater Books',    venueAddress: '41 Mill Street, Bristol BS1 5TR',    directions: 'Enter from Mill Street. Temple Meads station is a ten-minute walk, and the nearest car park is on Queen Square.',    directionsUrl: 'https://example.com/brightwater/map',    cancelUrl: 'https://example.com/brightwater/events/clara-holt/cancel',  },}) console.log(sent.id, sent.status)
```

Events

## More templates like this

![Preview of the Event invitation template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/event-invitation-desktop.webp?v=fa1f1022665c)

### Event invitation

A formal invitation with the date, the place and one-click replies to accept or decline.

6 styles

![Preview of the Save the date template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/save-the-date-desktop.webp?v=5ec31acd4336)

### Save the date

An early notice that puts the date first and lets guests add it to their calendar.

6 styles

![Preview of the RSVP confirmed template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/rsvp-confirmed-desktop.webp?v=0bb6c75f68c3)

### RSVP confirmed

Confirms a guest's reply with their answer, the number of guests and a link to change it.

6 styles

![Preview of the Invitation request received template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/invitation-request-received-desktop.webp?v=dd74955e3deb)

### Invitation request received

Confirms a request for an invitation and says when the answer will arrive.

6 styles

Start from one

## Pick a design, change anything, and send it from your code.

Every template opens in the editor as blocks you can move, restyle or delete, and sends through the API with the values filled in.

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