Wood­en hotel cards are the best type of key card for hotel rooms. They are usu­al­ly made of wood and have a unique look and feel. Wood cards are a supe­ri­or alter­na­tive to tra­di­tion­al plas­tic or paper key cards, offer­ing a more envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly and upscale option. Wood­en hotel cards pro­vide a nat­ur­al and upscale look, enhanc­ing the over­all image of the hotel. Made of sus­tain­able wood, Wood­en hotel card is the per­fect envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly choice for hotels that focus on sus­tain­able devel­op­ment. Wood­en cards are more durable than paper cards and are less like­ly to tear or become dam­aged.

Tips for mak­ing wood­en hotel cards
Choose the right wood:
Com­mon­ly used woods include cher­ry, bass­wood, wal­nut, sapele, beech and bam­boo. Con­sid­er the col­or and tex­ture of the wood when choos­ing.
Size and shape:
Wood­en hotel cards are usu­al­ly the same size as a stan­dard cred­it card (e.g. 85.5 x 54 mm), but can be cus­tom shaped to match the hotel’s brand­ing.
Print­ing and Engrav­ing:
You can choose to add your hotel’s logo, room num­ber and oth­er infor­ma­tion to the wood­en cards by laser engrav­ing, screen print­ing or dig­i­tal print­ing.
Pro­tec­tive coat­ing:
Con­sid­er adding a water-proof oil coat­ing to your cards to pre­vent wear and mois­ture dam­age and extend their life.
RFID or mag­net­ic stripe:
If the hotel uses an elec­tron­ic door lock sys­tem, an RFID chip or mag­net­ic strip can be embed­ded in the wood­en card to facil­i­tate access con­trol.

Fre­quent­ly used RFID chip for hotel key card:

The main types of RFID chip for key cards are High Fre­quen­cy (HF), which oper­ates at 13.56 MHz. Com­mon chips are NXP Mifare clas­sic 1k (for guest), NXP Mifare clas­sic 4k (for staff), NXP Mifare Ultra­light C, NXP Mifare Ultra­light EV1 and NFC Ntag.

Pop­u­lar brands of door locks

Ving­card, Salto, Saflok, Kaba, Oni­ty, Adel, Betech, Hefele, MIWA, Ilco, etc.