Choosing conference bags for your professional conference can seem intimidating or overwhelming. So many different types of promotional conference bags available, so many styles on offer, each of them supposedly the best, or the most useful or the least costly. While the success of your conference doesn't hinge on your choice of promotional conference bags, the choice that you make will be part of the impression that your conference attendees carry home with them. The promotional conference bags that are handed out to those attending are often the most tangible reminder that they'll take home with them when the conference is over. In other words, the choice of promotional conference bags that you make isn't earth-shattering ? but it is one more decision you need to make that can affect the way that your conference is remembered.



When your conference attendees are drawn from the top echelons of administration, the executives of firms in your line of business, you want to impress them in every way possible. The conference bags that you choose work together with other factors like the location you choose for your conference and the catering for the event to create an image for your conference ? and for your organization as the organizers of that conference. Here are some of the things you should consider in choosing the promotional conference bags for an executive conference.

Will a name brand help your image?

There are several makers of high quality sporting equipment and luggage who make their product lines available for promotional imprinting. When you align your conference with one of those brands, it could be a very positive thing for your image. A Slazenger bag or Samsonite executive travel bag is a promotional gift that most conference attendees will recognize and truly appreciate. On the other hand, it's important that the brand name chosen should not be in direct competition with one of your major sponsors. It wouldn't make your sponsors very happy to have their competitors? names on the products handed out at your conference.

Order the best quality you can find

Nothing looks as good for you as high quality promotional items throughout your conference. That means your signage should be screen printed by professionals, your tables and centerpieces chosen to coordinate and work with the venue of your conference and any promotional items should be of the best quality you can afford within your budget. That includes the promotional conference bags, which will probably be the most used and remembered promotional item from your conference. Opt for conference bags in high denier polyester or nylon, or in natural materials like leather or canvas.

Logo sense ? prominent or discreet?

How prominent should the logo or promotional message be on the conference bags for a professional level conference? The decision is yours, of course, but the general wisdom is ?the more expensive/high quality the piece, the more discreet the logo?. Your conference attendees are far more likely to continue using promotional conference bags when the product logo is relatively discreet ? and to appreciate the gift far more. There are always exceptions to this, of course, and you'll have to be the judge of just how big and bold you want the corporate logo to be, but in general, the more value there is to the gift, the less important the logo becomes to the overall memorability.