How to Write Thank You Letters, Emails, and Notes: 84 Samples for Every Personal and Business Occasion

by Dianna Booher

Gifts, hospitality, help, encouragement on a big project, great service. All of these are special occasions for expressing gratitude to your friends, family, and colleagues at work. Don’t miss these opportunities to cement relationships by forgetting to say thank you.

And if you’re going to take the time to write a letter, note, or email, make it count. Say something meaningful that comes from your heart—something that doesn’t sound like a pre-printed card or cliché that everyone else writes on such occasions. Make your letter or note one that they’ll read more than once—and maybe even file away for years as a memento of your relationship and the occasion.

If you can’t find the right words to express your gratitude in a way to make the reader feel special, try this professionally written package of thank you letters and notes.

You’ll find thank you letters for both personal and business situations:

Thank You Letters and Notes for These Personal and Business Situations

Birthday Gifts

Monetary Gifts

Baby Shower Gifts

Christmas Gifts

Wedding Gifts

Help––During Crisis

Help––Arranging Events

Help––Meeting Deadlines

Help—Encouragement and Support

Sympathy or Comforting Notes

Jobs Well Done

Good Deeds

Shared Expertise

Volunteering

Honesty and Advice—Friend

Honesty and Advice—Stranger

Romantic Evenings

Hospitality

Visits

To Coach or Gym Teacher

To Private Instructor

To Teacher

To Babysitter

To Neighbor for Watching Child

To Clergy

Service––Daycare Facility

Service––Medical Team

Service—Hotel

Service––Airline

Service-–Rental Car Agency

Service––Technical Support

Service––Helpful Salesperson

Service––Safety Personnel

Service––Honest Mechanic

For Complimentary Services or Goods

For Referrals

For Business

For Meetings

For Appointments

How to Use This Thank You Letter Package

You have two choices. Either …

1. Download the PDF package and select the sample thank youletter you need. Then copy and paste it into Microsoft Word or any other word processor. Send it out.

2. Read samples to “get the flavor” of what the thank you letter or note should say. Then “pick and choose” sentences you like to use in composing your own thank you letter or note.

Total Number of Thank You Letters: 84
Total Number of Situations/Topics: 51
If you need a thank you letter to express your gratitude in a great big way—and yet you can’t find exactly the right words to do the job right––order this collection today and select the perfect words for your special person or situation.

Thank You Letters and Notes
Written by Dianna Booher
Award-winning author of 44 books
published by Simon and Schuster/Pocket Books, Random House/Ballantine, McGraw-Hill, Wiley, Warner, and Thomas Nelson

129 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 7, 2012

About the author

Dianna Booher, MA, CSP, CPAE, is CEO of Booher Research Institute, Inc., a communication consulting and coaching firm.. She works with organizations to help them communicate clearly and with individuals to increase their influence through a strong personal presence--and sometimes with a published book!

She's the author of 49 books (translated into 62 foreign-language editions) and has published with Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books, Warner, Penguin Random House, McGraw-Hill, and Berrett-Koehler. Her latest books include:

-Faster, Fewer, Better Emails: Manager the Volume, Reduce the Stress, Love the Results

- Communicate Like a Leader: Connect Strategically to Coach, Inspire, and Get Things Done

- What More Can I Say?: Why Communication Fails and What to Do About It

- Creating Personal Presence:
Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader

- Communicate with Confidence:
How to Say it Right the First Time and Every Time
(Revised and Expanded Edition 2011)

- The Voice of Authority:
10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know

- Booher’s Rules of Business Grammar:
101 Fast and Easy Ways to Correct the Most Common Errors

- Speak with Confidence:
Powerful Presentations That Inform, Inspire, and Persuade

- E-Writing: 21st-Century Tools for Effective Communication

- From Contact to Contract:
496 Proven Sales Tips to Generate More Leads, Close More Deals, Exceed Your Goals, and Make More Money

- Your Signature Work:
Creating Excellence and Influencing Others at Work

Dianna has been interviewed by Good Morning America, USA Today, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, FOX, CNN, CNBC, National Public Radio, Dr. Laura Radio Show, Washington Post, New York Newsday, Bloomberg, Boardroom Reports, Investor’s Business Daily, Industry Week, Success, and Entrepreneur, among other national radio, TV, and newspapers.

Her work has also won its share of recognition. Several titles have been major book club selections, and others have won national industry awards:
-American Library Association: Best Young -Adult Non-Fiction of the Year
-Executive Soundview Summaries: Best --Business Book of the Decade
--Axiom Award Silver Medal (2018)
--Richtopia's Top 200 Most Influential Authors in the World (2017, 2018)
-New York Film Festival—Cindy Award (nominee) (Corporate Training Division)
-Newbridge Executive Book Club—Main Selection
-Macmillan Executive Book Club Selection
-Fortune Book Club Selection
-Writers Digest Book Club Selection
-Business Week Book Club
-Book-of-the-Month Club (alternate selection)
-Money Book Club