What we will not print on a wristband

A child's name and a parent's phone number

This is the most frequent request on the list and the one we argue about most. A band printed with a child's name lets a stranger address that child by name, and a band printed with a parent's mobile number publishes it to everyone who walks past the pool. The pattern that works is a large reference code and one instruction — found child, take to reception — so identity stays inside the property's systems and the finder needs no judgement. We will produce that version immediately, and we will keep explaining why before producing the other one.

Unqualified environmental adjectives

We do not print "eco", "green", "natural" or "biodegradable" as bare claims, and we do not put a recycling symbol on a band that ordinary municipal streams will not accept. Our cork faces are agglomerated with a polymer binder, so a cork band is not compostable and we will not describe it as such. A claim that collapses when a guest reads the small print does more damage to a property than never having made it.

Certification marks we cannot evidence

Certification marks belong to the bodies that issue them and mean something specific about how a material was tracked from source to finished goods. We offer certified material options with supporting production documentation, and that is the extent of what we will say. We will not print a licence code, we will not imply that the company or the full range is certified, and we will not let a marketing line do work that a document should be doing.

Third-party brand names

No chip family names, no lock vendor names, no hotel brand names on a band or anywhere on this site. Those marks belong to their owners, and using them — even accurately, even as a compatibility statement — puts a relationship in a reader's mind that does not exist. Where a distinction genuinely depends on a proprietary product, we describe the behaviour and say that the name has to come from the property's own documentation.