Here are some different types of tags you can use for your luggage. You may have some of these already or are thinking about getting them:

• imprinted
• customized
• promotional
• personalized

imprinted - I have written about many tags but none of them have included imprinted luggage tags. I am not quite sure why this is so but I am glad that I am covering it now. These are the type where the brand or logo or even your details are pushed into the material of the tag. This means that it becomes part of the tag itself and cannot be changed. But it is sure not to be removed.

customized - if you were to get your very own special luggage identification tags this means that they are customized. It is usually online where you can get the best customization because you can choose material, size, color and details that will go on the tags as well as the quantity you get. This way you get exactly what you want and there is nothing better than that.

promotional - the promotional luggage tags are the best kind of promotional item and the best kind of tag. This is because it is serving more than one purpose. You get your brand out there and around the world for nothing and you also get your details put onto the luggage that is yours. All for a small price and maximum visibility.

personalized - this is a culmination of all of the above types listed above. We can see quite clearly that they are all personalized to a degree. If you have customized it then it is personal. If it is a promotional item then it is personal to your business. And if you have your tag imprinted for your luggage then it is definitely personal.

All in all, a lot of tags are very similar and very different all at once. They all serve the same purpose in the same way but are presented differently. This could be in the way you got them or in the way they look and they in which they were made. Either way, they are wonderful items that you will be satisfied with every single time you end up travelling.

That is what I am talking about when I say ‘old school’ luggage tags. I mean the original little tags that you got when you purchased some luggage. Nothing fancy, just very basic and to the point and put on there because the manufacturer just has to put them on there as a luggage making duty.

If you have never see one of these, let me try to illustrate them with words as much as possible but pointing out different parts.

The Shape - these were sometimes oval but usually a small rectangle with rounded edges.

The Look - whatever the material and color of your luggage, you would be sure to have beautifully matching tags to go with it.

Privacy - Some of these luggage tags had a small flap, made of the same material as everything else that was your luggage, covering the plastic window that showed your information. Some and not all. Not very private because that flap was usually rolled up and away or sticking out and not covering anything.

Details - There is always the simple and standard four lines. Name on one line, address on two lines and one line for a telephone number. All of these fields were always too short for what you needed to write on them so you had to write really small or not at all.

Quality - as mentioned earlier, the privacy flap did not really do much and therefore did not do its job and that is bad quality. The other piece is the piece of paper used to write your details on. It was easy to get out but so difficult to put back in that you ended up crushing it or folding it inside so it was useless. And the little plastic protector that went over it was totally removable and easily movable. It often got lost or thrown out.

As you can see, the supplied tags on luggages have so many issues with them that you just have to buy your own ones. You want quality and privacy and a really good usage out of them and the old school ones just do not compare at all.