There are a few things to consider when designing your Custom Luggage Tags:

Choose between Full Color or Engraving, with or without a logo.

Customize your order. Typical elements of Luggage Tags are: Your first name, address in case your bag is lost, and phone number to notify you if someone locates your bag.

Full Color Luggage Tags have the option of printing a colorful image or saying on one side, and your contact information on the opposite side.

Custom engraved tags only have the option of being one sided so a logo or image might take up too much space if you want to include all your information. Custom Engraved tags also have the option of selecting a custom shape for another way to make them stand out.

To attach the tag to your bag, you will want to select  the “Punched Slot” option on the order page, and/or enter into your order comments that you’d like these to be luggage tags. Another option would be to let your customer service representative or designer know what you’d like when you’re in contact with us.

Full Color tags, will require the artwork you’ve supplied to be submitted with your order.

Finished products can be attached to bags with your own chain, ribbon, elastic loop, zip tie, or other fastener.

For additional help or questions about how to set up your own Custom Luggage Tags, contact a Customer Service Agent, and they’ll be happy to assist you through this process.

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Besides the obvious, the main difference between metal and plastic is that the metal material is about five times thinner and would slip out of name plate holders if not for the inclusion of Lexan Sliders. Metal plates and tags are also a bit heavier because they are denser than the plastic.

Beyond consideration of whether to use metal or plastic, what else do you need to know?

It’s lucky that some of the best performing colors for plastic and metal are also our most popular. Brushed Aluminum/Black and European Gold/Black for plastic work well because the top layer to be engraved through is thinner, which allows for a crisper etching on the surface.

There’s a special formulation on Satin Silver/Smoke Grey and Satin Gold/Black on metal that allows for a better imprint because it is caused by a reaction with the heat on the material instead of etching it away. Black/Silver and Black/Gold also perform well and are popular for metals.

The laser simply works better when it isn’t burning away too much material. Colors such as Claret/White for plastic or Mirror Blue/Silver on metal need to be engraved twice because of residue left by the more vibrant colors in the engraving. Most of the time it’s not too much of an issue, but when trying for fine detail in logos or certain texts it can be problematic to get a good imprint. We will work with them to make them turn out as good as possible, but they are more likely to work better on one of the better performing materials.

We hope this guide is helpful when deciding on which material to use. These are only guidelines, but we want you to have the best product possible.

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One of the primary reasons name tags are used is to ease introductions between an organization’s employees and their customers. If names are illegible or distracting, the tags get in the way instead. Since this is a commonly asked about issue, we’ve provided some tips to make your tags more effective:

1. Provide your shortest and longest names when designing your name tags.
Our designers will set up your tag based on the longest name to ensure there will not be an issue. If shortest name is also provided it can be proofed as well, so you can see how it looks if any adjustments would be required by you.

2. Have first name and last name on two separate lines.
By separating names onto two separate lines it will allow for more text to fit on each line without issues.

3. Put credentials with title
Credentials can add too much length to a line of text. Consider switching some of them to a title line instead of including them with the names.

4. Choose a narrower font
Certain fonts, such as Arial Narrow already have a set, uniform compression to allow for more text to comfortably fit on each line.

5. Leave off middle names
Middle names can be dropped if they are making lines too compressed. Some employees may be insistent that they are included though.

6. Shorten or lengthen first name
Sometimes it is possible to change the length of a first name to accommodate the space on the tag if the employee is amicable to the change. e.g. change Ed to Edward or vice versa.

7. Additional layouts can be created
If all other options have been exhausted and you’re not happy with the way your tags look, our designers can create additional layouts to change the size of the text for different name lengths.

Quite often name lengths are not too noticeable and no adjustments need to be made. These are just suggestions to make your tags look better and allow names to be read by your customers more easily.

Keep these tips in mind for the next time you need some name tags. Our customer service and design teams are well versed in the ins and outs of name tags if you have any further questions.

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1-800-272-5729

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