One short customer reply you have checked and are happy to send.
Start with a small, ordinary reply
Choose a message that asks for missing information or explains the next step. Write what you would normally say, even if it is untidy. For your first try, use the fictional draft here. For real work, use a tool your business has approved for the information involved. A writing exercise does not need a whole customer email chain, passport details or a booking reference.
1. The rough reply
Say exactly what you want changed
Copy the example instruction and replace the rough wording with your own. An instruction to an AI tool is often called a prompt. Ask for a short, friendly reply in ordinary UK English, using only the information you supply. Name anything it must leave uncertain. In this example, no price, hotel or availability has been checked.
2. The instruction to copy into your AI tool
Check the facts against your original notes
Read the draft beside the information you gave it. Check the destination, departure airport, length of stay and questions. Remove anything it added without evidence, such as a promise of heated pools or a claim that suitable rooms are available. A confident sentence is not proof. If the tool has invented details, correct them yourself or ask for a new version using only your notes.
3. A checked reply
4. What the agent checked
- The destination, airport, week-long stay and party match the rough draft.
- The reply asks for the two missing details.
- There is no invented hotel, price or availability.
- Pool opening still needs checking.
- The next step is clear: the customer replies with dates and ages.
Make it sound like your agency
Read the reply aloud. Keep phrases you would naturally use on the phone, and change anything that sounds stiff or overexcited. The customer should quickly see what you need from them. Two short questions are easier to answer than a long paragraph covering every part of the holiday. You do not have to keep every sentence the AI suggests.
Add the final details and send it yourself
Put the checked wording into your normal email or messaging system. Add the correct greeting and your usual signature there. Check the recipient and remove any placeholder text. Read the whole message once more before sending. Save the instruction for another day if it helped, but check each new reply against that customer's request.
Your first action
Try the fictional prompt once. Compare the result with the rough draft and cross out anything the AI added without being asked.
A simple check
Before sending, ask: does this reply keep the facts, make the next step clear and sound like something I would say? Afterwards, notice whether the customer can answer without asking you to explain the message. If the AI version takes longer to fix than writing it yourself, keep the task smaller next time.