Can you answer teton’s question about Luggage?:

I have a friend who travels. He has a business laptop and a personal laptop. He wants one bag for both. Does anyone know who offers this type of product?

Luggage Tips

There are dozens of styles, designs and kinds of promotional bags out there in the market. It comes as no surprise for anyone to be utterly confused as to which promotional bag to choose.  Some marketers go with cost and personal aesthetic preference but they are treading on dangerous ground.  Although those are valid factors to consider, sometimes such strategy puts quality, value and customer preference at the backseat which can definitely hurt your brand building tactic.  Just imagine a dismayed customer carrying your damaged promotional bag or a client tuned off by your promo item’s crazy colors.  Those mistakes are hard to fix and they are definitely hard to explain to the bosses.  So, how do use the perfect one for you then?  As a guide, here are 3 simple questions that can make your job of choosing a lot easier:

Who is your target audience?

It is very important to consider the recipient of your promotional product.  You should take into consideration their preferences and their behavior.  It is important that what you are giving would be something they find appealing and usable.  Golf bags, for example, are perfect gifts for important male business clients or big time executives but they are not really suited for female executives or for your everyday customers.  Female executives would appreciate a classy laptop bag or cosmetic case more and a tote bag filled with goodies would be perfect for your loyal customer.

What kind of impression do you want to make?

Don’t forget your purpose for giving away promotional bags!  The kind of promotional item should coincide with your brand building strategy.  If you are a sporting goods store, giving away tiny pink purses will obviously be a terrible idea.  A navy blue or black duffel bag would be more suitable in communicating a strong brand message.  The same with having a bright and fun travel bag giveaway for travel agencies or resorts.

Where are you going to give away your promotional bag?

Trade shows, conferences, parties, anniversaries, holiday celebrations, and the list can go on and on.  Promotional bags are so versatile that they can be given in all sorts of events and brand building endeavors.  But these events also limit the kind of bag that you can use, in terms of budget or logistics, etc so it is important to take them into consideration while choosing a promo bag.  For example, trade shows would require smaller, lighter and cheaper (but definitely not low quality) bags while you can go and splurge more for celebrations and anniversary gifts. 

After answering these 3 questions, you are now ready to choose the kind that is perfect for you from BLANK’S wide selection of promotional bags!



Thanks to Remy LeBeau for contributing this article to our Luggage blog:

Luggage Backpack With Wheels

When families shop on the internet, they are able to find the most popular choices in luggage for every person traveling that season. The internet is a great access point to discounted prices on all choices of luggage and families can but typically do not just buy one particular style. Trips would not be as thrilling if all luggage items in the automobile looked the same. With the different choices, people can have great fun selecting a different texture if they want to.

The popular choices in luggage materials come from bags made from fabric, vinyl or real leather. Whichever choices a family finally decides on will ensure that most trips taken that year will turn out to be very colorful. Men and women can consider the choices in luggage that is handheld and carried on an aircraft very easily. This luggage style is very popular among travelers because the travel bag is designed to fit under the aircraft seat and still small enough to stow away in the overhead compartment.

These features will continue to make carry-on luggage a very popular choice among all people that travel, no matter how far they go. People can use electronic devices while traveling too and the popular choices for the younger generation are the backpacks designed to hold personal computers. The new style luggage choices for these electronic devices are presented in wheeled backpack models but the other popular choice for protecting laptop computers while traveling is the standard luggage that can be carried on by hand.

All choices in luggage on the market today are equipped with large zippers and inside pockets that are easy to access while traveling. The luggage that is fashioned with these features is very popular among the people who work for Homeland Security and are tasked with inspecting carry-on luggage before it reaches the aircraft. A security force that works behind the scenes will come to appreciate the new styling for luggage, because the easy access zippers on luggage permit luggage to be inspected at any time.

Some travelers can be kept quite busy while deciding the most popular size of luggage to buy for a trip. They can be assured of ease of use because the most popular luggage type features four wheels. These spinners can be placed on a piece of luggage with room to pack clothes for a trip that lasts a day, or the traveler must make the decision to buy the larger model that will have room enough for clothes to wear during a two week stay at a popular travel place.

Some travelers will determine the popular choices in the luggage that they use by the number of inches that each piece will be. For carry-on luggage, a seasonal traveler will know that they need luggage that is 23-inches or less because that is the width of the aircraft seating. For luggage that provides extra storage capabilities, the size choices will be extra large, large, or medium. As long as the luggage arrives at the same airport as the traveler, people do not mind spending money on the popular luggage selections they make.



Thanks to Jim Brown for contributing this article to our Luggage blog:

Luggage Backpack With Wheels

Can you answer pezheshk’s question about Luggage?:

It is hard to find a garment bag on wheels which you can take it along.

Samsonite Wheeled Luggage