Archive for June, 2008

6/162008

Drayage

Drayage….even if you haven’t heard the word before, it seems a bit ominous by it’s sound.

Drayage, or material handling, is the cost the general contractor of a trade show charges exhibitors to move goods from the dock to the exhibit space on the show floor. Charged by the hundred weight (CWT), it is a fee that grows as the weight and size of your exhibit grows. Read More...

It’s up for discussion: how much should you pay (or be charged) to have someone as an on-site supervisor for a trade show?

This might be a specialized situation, but what I’m talking about is those cases where a company or program doesn’t have a dedicated trade show manager or has a show conflict where you need a second pair of arms and legs to make sure things go well on set up, during the show and at the tear down. Read More...