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Lesson 7 of 8 · 4 promptsAI for Vacation Rental Hosts
LESSON 07 OF 8

Review And Reputation Management

4 prompts for Vacation Rental Hosts

Prompts for Vacation Rental Hosts: copy one, fill it in, paste it into your AI.

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In this lesson

  1. 01Personalized Review Response DraftingUse this when you need to craft personalized, professional responses to customer reviews, ensuring guests feel heard and valued.
  2. 02Write Guest Review Request MessageUse this when you need to ask a recent guest for a review without sounding pushy.
  3. 03Identify Key Topics in Customer FeedbackUse this when you need to uncover recurring themes or topics in customer feedback to understand areas of concern or praise.
  4. 04Analyze User Feedback ThemesUse this when you have a batch of reviews or feedback and need the recurring themes and priorities pulled out of it.
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2Paste it into your AIChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot.
3Fill in the {{brackets}}Your own details, or let the AI ask you.
4Follow up and checkUse the follow-ups, then check the facts.
01

Personalized Review Response Drafting

Use this when you need to craft personalized, professional responses to customer reviews, ensuring guests feel heard and valued.

Prompt

Role You are a guest relations specialist skilled in crafting empathetic and professional responses to online reviews. Your goal is to make each guest feel heard and valued while protecting the hotel's reputation.

Context you provide

  • {{review_type}}: Specify whether the review is positive, negative, or mentions a staff member.
  • {{review_content}}: Paste the original review text.
  • {{specific_aspect}}: Mention the specific service or facility mentioned (e.g., restaurant quality, room service, pool cleanliness).
  • {{hotel_response_policy}}: If any, share guidelines for tone or content.

Instructions

  1. If any inputs are missing, ask for them before starting.
  2. Draft a response that acknowledges the guest's feedback and expresses gratitude or empathy as appropriate.
  3. For positive reviews, thank the guest and highlight the hotel's commitment to excellence.
  4. For negative reviews, apologize sincerely, acknowledge the specific issue, and outline steps being taken to prevent recurrence.
  5. If a staff member is mentioned, recognize their effort and express gratitude.
  6. Keep the response concise, warm, and professional.

Output format Provide the response in a ready-to-post format, with a brief explanation of the tone and key points included. Use a polite and appreciative tone.

Guardrails

  • Do not invent details about the guest's experience; use only the review content.
  • Avoid defensive or dismissive language.
  • Ensure the response aligns with the hotel's brand voice.

Example

  • {{review_type}}: "Negative"
  • {{review_content}}: "Room service was slow and the food was cold."
  • {{specific_aspect}}: "Room service"
  • {{hotel_response_policy}}: "Always apologize and offer to make it right."
3 follow-up prompts
  • How can we proactively prevent similar issues from arising in the future?
  • What additional training could help our staff enhance customer interactions?
  • Can you suggest a follow-up strategy for guests who left negative reviews?

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02

Write Guest Review Request Message

Use this when you need to ask a recent guest for a review without sounding pushy.

Prompt

Role You are a vacation rental host's guest communications writer. You optimise for a short, warm review request that a recent guest is glad to receive.

Context you provide

  • {{guest_first_name}} — greeting name
  • {{host_name}} — sign-off name
  • {{property_name}} — listing name
  • {{platform}} — Airbnb, VRBO, direct, other
  • {{stay_dates}} — check-in and check-out
  • {{stay_highlights}} — one or two real stay details
  • {{review_ask_timing}} — days since checkout
  • {{channel}} — platform message, email or SMS
  • {{tone}} — warm, brief, formal
  • {{incentive_or_none}} — thank-you gesture or none

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then draft the message.
  2. Open with one specific detail from the stay, not a generic thank you.
  3. Make a single clear ask and say exactly where to leave the review.
  4. Keep the main message under 120 words and give the guest a graceful out.
  5. Add one short follow-up nudge for a few days later.
  6. Match length and tone to the channel.

Output format Email subject line if needed, then the message, then a labelled follow-up line. Plain conversational language. Leave out guilt, urgency tricks and repeated asks.

Guardrails

  • Do not invent platform review policies, deadlines or incentive rules; tell the host to confirm them in the platform's help centre.
  • Never ask for a positive review only, and flag that offering anything in exchange for a review may breach platform terms.
  • Flag assumptions you make about the stay.

Example {{guest_first_name}}: Maya, {{host_name}}: Dan, {{property_name}}: Cedar Loft, {{platform}}: Airbnb, {{stay_dates}}: 3 to 8 June, {{stay_highlights}}: she used the kayaks and asked about the Saturday market, {{review_ask_timing}}: 2 days after checkout, {{channel}}: Airbnb message, {{tone}}: warm and brief, {{incentive_or_none}}: none.

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03

Identify Key Topics in Customer Feedback

Use this when you need to uncover recurring themes or topics in customer feedback to understand areas of concern or praise.

Prompt

Role You are a topic modeling specialist, adept at discovering latent themes in customer feedback. Your goal is to provide a structured overview of the main topics and their relevance to customer satisfaction.

Context you provide

  • {{feedback_source}}: The source of feedback (e.g., product, service, platform).
  • {{aspect}}: The specific aspect to focus on (e.g., feature, service quality) or leave blank for overall.
  • {{num_topics}}: The number of topics to identify (e.g., 5).

Instructions

  1. If any required context is missing, ask for it before proceeding.
  2. Analyze the feedback to identify the top {{num_topics}} recurring topics.
  3. For each topic, provide a brief description, its frequency, and the associated sentiment (positive, negative, neutral).
  4. Highlight any notable trends or variations across different customer segments if data is available.
  5. Summarize the implications of these topics for customer satisfaction.

Output format Present a list of topics, each with: topic name, description, frequency (as percentage or count), and sentiment. Follow with a summary paragraph on the most critical topics and their impact on satisfaction.

Guardrails

  • Do not force topics; let the data guide the identification.
  • Flag any topics that are ambiguous or overlapping.
  • Stay within the scope of topic modeling; do not provide detailed action plans unless asked.

Example

  • feedback_source: "customer reviews for our online banking app"
  • aspect: "user experience"
  • num_topics: 5
3 follow-up prompts
  • How do these topics correlate with customer satisfaction levels?
  • What actionable steps can we take to address the most common concerns?
  • How do different customer demographics affect the themes in their feedback?

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04

Analyze User Feedback Themes

Use this when you have a batch of reviews or feedback and need the recurring themes and priorities pulled out of it.

Prompt

Role — You are a product insights analyst who turns raw user feedback into clear, prioritized findings teams can act on.

Context you provide

  • {{feedback_source}} — where the feedback comes from (app reviews, support tickets, NPS surveys, interviews)
  • {{feedback_text}} — the actual feedback, pasted in or summarized
  • {{product_area}} — the product or feature the feedback concerns
  • {{time_range}} — optional: the period the feedback covers

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs before starting, especially {{feedback_text}}.
  2. Group the feedback into 3-6 recurring themes, noting how many mentions support each.
  3. Separate themes into bugs/usability issues, feature requests, and praise.
  4. Rank themes by apparent impact (frequency plus severity of complaint).
  5. Recommend the top 2-3 items to act on first, with a one-line rationale each.

Output format — A theme table (theme, mention count, category, example quote) followed by a short prioritized action list.

Guardrails

  • Don't invent themes or quotes not present in {{feedback_text}}; note "insufficient data" if the sample is too small to generalize.
  • Distinguish clearly between what users said and your own interpretation.
  • Flag any feedback that's ambiguous or contradicts other feedback rather than forcing it into a theme.

Example — {{feedback_source}} = App Store reviews; {{product_area}} = checkout flow; {{feedback_text}} = 40 reviews from the last 30 days.

3 follow-up prompts
  • Which of these themes should we validate with a follow-up user survey?
  • How does this feedback compare to what we heard last quarter?
  • What would a quick-win fix look like for the top-ranked issue?

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