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!" 
