Most Common Uses for Carnival Wristbands

Remember the days of your hometown carnival? You had to stand
in line to pay an entrance fee, and then once you were inside,
you had to stand in line to buy tickets that came in bunches of
10, 20, 40, 60, and 100. Rides, games and sometimes even food
cost anywhere from 2 to 4 tickets. You-or, usually your
parents-would have to keep track of the tickets and be careful
not to lose them when you went on rides. When tickets ran out,
you had to beg your parents for more, and then stand in line
again. Carnival
Wristbands
can eliminate all that hassle, and bring many other additional
benefits, too. Following are the most common uses for Carnival
Wristbands.

Admissions. It is a great security benefit to use Carnival
Wristbands to identify patrons who have paid admission and are
authorized to be on the carnival grounds. Anyone not wearing a
Carnival Wristband can easily be identified by security and other
carnival personnel.

Special access. Many carnivals choose to use different
colored wristbands for color coding. Color coded Carnival
Wristbands can indicate different levels of access, such as VIPs,
all-day access, special event access, and so on. Different colors
for Carnival Wristbands can also be used to indicate different
event dates or days. For example, using blue Carnival Wristbands
for the first day of the fair and orange Carnival Wristbands for
the second day. Doing so prevents attendees from reusing their
wristbands in an attempt to gain access a second day, when they
only paid for one day.

Special events. What's a carnival without concerts, rodeos
or other shows? Most carnivals book extra entertainment to
attract more guests and increase revenue. Tickets to see such
entertainment are separate from the standard carnival entry fee.
Therefore, specially colored or imprinted
Carnival
Wristbands are appropriate-even critical-to identifying paid
concert-goers. You can have a range of colors for Carnival
Wristbands to identify VIPs, staff, volunteers, performers, or
other special groups of guests. Because Carnival Wristbands are
brightly colored and highly visible, it is easy for staff to
quickly identify authorized persons and remove anyone who isn't
permitted.

Unlimited rides or all day passes. By providing Carnival
Wristbands as a pass for unlimited rides or an all day pass for
weekdays that typically have lower attendance, patrons can move
about from ride to ride without worry of losing tickets. Lines
for the rides move along more quickly, as well. Ride operators
can identify any carnival goer who has access to unlimited rides
by a quick glance at their wrist. Additionally, Carnival
Wristbands are non-transferable. There's a unique tamper cuts
feature at the adhesive closure that causes the Carnival
Wristbands to shred when they are removed. That means a patron
cannot just slip off the Carnival Wristband and give it to a
friend to "reuse".

Alcohol service.
Oftentimes, alcohol is served at carnivals. Distribute specially
colored Carnival Wristbands or ones pre-printed with "Over 21" to
designate guests who have had their ID verified and are of legal
drinking age. By having staff check IDs only once, and then
applying a Carnival Wristband to only those who are of legal age
to drink, service is quicker. Servers can immediately identify
who they can serve without rechecking IDs each time.

Prevent counterfeits. You can custom print logos, a
tagline, event dates, and even sponsors' logos on Carnival
Wristbands, making them one-of-a-kind. Having unique Carnival
Wristbands prevent counterfeits and gate crashers from using
stock wristbands they purchased at a local party store to gain
access to the carnival.

Raffles. Serial numbered Carnival Wristbands are great for
raffles. Tyvek wristbands are one example of pre-numbered
Carnival Wristbands with pull-off tabs. They are easy to use and
fun for participants. Each person who buys an entry to the
carnival raffle gets a wristband to wear and removes the
detachable stub, which serves as the ticket stub. The stub is
entered into the raffle. When the winning numbers are announced,
each person who entered the raffle just checks their Carnival
Wristband.

Sponsorships.

Sell
advertising space to sponsors. Custom printing sponsors' logos on
Carnival Wristbands is a great way to cover the cost of your
wristband program. You can also do some cross promotions. Maybe a
local ice cream shop has a booth at your carnival. An incentivizing
promotion could be imprinted beneath their logo, such as, "Stop by
our booth, get a free cone!"