From time to time there are small, detail items that help save us time, money, effort or all three. One of those small things we should sweat is staging freight.

If you arrive at show site before your work starts and before your freight is unloaded, you have a great opportunity to stage your crates and your shipment. By placing the crates and goods around your space before you start set up, you’ll be putting hings where they can be unloaded with the most efficiency. Be sure to think about: Read More...

Where do you keep your exhibit when it isn’t being used? Have you budgeted for the cost to store and handle your booth between shows?

Most of us overlook this less-than-trivial expense when planning our total cost of program budget. No matter the size of your booth (or booths) you need to consider where it’s going to live when it isn’t either on the road or at a show. You can store you exhibit in one of several places: Read More...

It is always a good thing to show up early to the show floor. You can see if your frieght has arrived, among other things, but basically get the “lay of the land.”

Once you get past the usually who-ha of wrist bands and where things are, you get to the booth space to see what awaits you. For example, when I arrived at the space at NACStech at the Gaylord in Grapevine, Texas, I was greeted with a few surprises. Not what I wanted, but not insurmountable. Read More...

When ordering electrical service in your exhibit, remember that watts and amps are not equal.

1 amp = 100 watts Read More...