Keep the Group Together with Identification Wristbands

Original Article: Group Identification/Group Day Trips

Whether it’s a group of adults or young students who are out and about on a day trip, identification wristbands are an economical way to keep track of everyone. Safety is a big concern—no matter what the size or age of a group. Durable and tear-resistant, group identification wristbands are ideal for group day trips. Group identification wristbands provide quick and easy identification of everyone in a group.

Popular day trips for student might include the zoo, a museum, skating rink, or local historical site. For adults, it could be a group tour of a brewery, museum, sports venue, or another local tourist site. Whatever the case, group identification wristbands assist in the prevention of losing one another in a large crowd.

When it comes to group day trips that involve kids, the adults responsible for their safety have one goal: do not lose anyone! Any venue that the group is attending has a similar goal: keep the children safe. Group identification wristbands have pre-printed lines where you can use a permanent marker to write the child's name, along with the chaperone's name and cell custom wristbands  phone number. Wristbands can be turned inside out as an added measure of safety so that strangers are not able to see the child's name by glancing at his or her wrist. The emergency contact information is only exposed when the child reaches out to an authority figure and asks for help.

If a child does become separated from their group, they can approach an authority figure for help. With a chaperone’s phone number printed on the identification wristband, the authority figure can call it immediately to notify the contact of the lost child. Chaperones should have their cell phones with them and the ringer turned on at all times to ensure that a lost child can be quickly and safely reunited with the group.

For adult group day trips, there should be designated leaders who have cell phones with them and the ringer turned on at all times. It’s a good idea to print the leader’s cell phone number directly on the group identification wristband. If anyone loses track of the group, they can simply look at their wrist, dial the number and find the group—fast! If the group trip is a guided tour that is on a tight schedule, this little hiccup won't eat up too much time.

As important as safety and security both are during group day trips, group identification wristbands have an additional benefit. Custom printing makes identification wristbands a powerful marketing tool.

You can customize group identification wristbands by imprinting logos or fun designs. Whether you want to promote a venue, charity, group or club, or another business, imprinting lends itself to effective word-of-mouth advertising. People tend to wear group identification wristbands for several days after the day trip is over. They want to hold onto the memories of a good time! Some people will wear their group identification wristbands for weeks or months afterward. It practically becomes a moving mini billboard with a live spokesperson. With an eye-catching color and a cool logo imprinted on it, group identification wristbands are a conversation starter. The person adorning the group identification wristband will share positive, fun stories about their experience—a live testimonial!

Group identification wristbands can also be used to promote sales after the day trip is over. Custom messages encouraging return trips to the venue or visits to the websites or stores of any business sponsors can be printed directly on the wristband. As an example, maybe the Museum of Natural Science wants to encourage all the kids to bring their families to a new exhibit opening next month. The group identification wristband can be turned into a coupon by imprinting a something like, “buy 3 MoNS tickets, get 1 free". Or, if a group of adults went on a group brewery tour, "show us your wristband, get a free pint with dinner” could be imprinted. Not only is the company being promoted, but also you are motivating group participants to take action and spend money.

Another effective way to get people to take action is to imprinting quick response (QR) codes directly on group identification wristbands. QR codes imprinted on group identification wristbands can be used to offer almost anything from discounted tickets for upcoming events to buy-one-get-one-free lunches.

Keep everyone together with group identification wristbands. And, why not get a little marketing accomplished while you’re at it?