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Reminders by Text and Email for Recurring House Wash Customers

A plan customer who forgot you were coming is not a happy plan customer. The cars are in the driveway, the windows are open, the patio furniture is right against the siding and the dog is in the yard. The crew either waits, works around it or taps Skip. All of that goes away when the customer knows the rig is on its way. Reminders are what make a recurring house wash feel like a service instead of a surprise.

Why Plan Customers Need Reminders Most

Plan pricing is covered in Pricing a Yearly House Wash Plan: Practical Guidance for Owners. Once the price is set, reminders are what keep plan customers glad they signed up.

A one-time customer booked their wash a week ago and remembers. A yearly plan customer signed up twelve months ago and has not thought about you since. The visit came due on its own, which is the whole point of a plan, but it also means the customer needs a nudge before the rig shows up. A good reminder also reassures them that the plan is working exactly as promised, which is part of why they joined.

Automated Reminders by Text and Email

PressureWashingBossPro sends automated reminders and alerts by text and email. Once they are set up, every scheduled visit gets them without anybody in the office typing a message. For a house wash, the reminder is the customer's cue to:

• Move the cars off the driveway
• Close the windows and doors
• Pull patio furniture and grills away from the siding
• Bring the dog inside
• Leave the side gate open or text the code

Putting those requests in the reminder itself turns a generic “we're coming tomorrow” into a checklist that saves the crew time on site.

Customers Choose Their Own Alerts

In the customer app, customers pick which alerts they want:

• The night before — the most useful one for house washes, because it gives time to move cars and close windows.
• When they're next — a heads-up that the crew is finishing the stop before theirs.
• When the crew arrives — so they know the rig in the driveway is yours.

The customer app also shows the day's route on a live map, with messages like “You're stop 12 of 20 — the crew is 5 stops away.” Customers who like to watch can see the crew getting closer.

On-the-Way and Arrived Texts From the Crew

As the crew works through the route, the crew app sends on-the-way and arrived texts automatically. Nobody on the crew has to stop and type a message with wet gloves on. The customer gets a text, the crew gets an open driveway.

If the customer replies to any text, it comes back to the office through two-way texting. “Can you skip the back patio this time?” or “Gate code changed to 4410” reaches someone who can update the job or the access notes. Access notes are covered in Access Notes for House Washes: Spigots, Plants, Pets and Cars.

A Note on Texting Costs

Plans include a monthly text allowance: 500 segments on Start, 1,000 on Pro and 2,000 on Crew, counting both texts sent and texts received. Most reminder and alert texts are short. Keeping messages short and plain, without fancy characters, keeps each one to a single segment. Email reminders are a good companion for customers who prefer email or want more detail.

Reminders Before the Visit Is Scheduled

Some owners also reach out when a yearly plan comes due, before it is on a specific day. A text like “It's been a year since your house wash. We'll be in your neighborhood in the next couple of weeks and will send a reminder the night before” sets expectations and gives the customer a chance to mention anything that changed. Two-way texting from the office handles these.

That kind of message also catches customers who moved, sold the house or want to change their plan, before the crew drives out. It is easier to update the record from a text reply than from a confused new homeowner standing in the driveway.

Fewer Skips, Happier Crews

Every skip for a blocked driveway or a dog in the yard costs a trip. Reminders cut those skips down, which means more washes done per day and fewer return visits. They also mean fewer “I didn't know you were coming” calls to the office. Getting paid without chasing is the next step, covered in Auto-Charging Plan Visits: Getting Paid for Recurring House Washes Without Chasing.

To see reminders with yearly plans, the Waiting List and the customer app, visit the PressureWashingBossPro house washing software page.