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Trade Show Rental Exhibits Can Save You Money

Trade Show Rental Displays

Nine reasons for renting a trade show display instead of purchasing one.

1.Rental Exhibits provides the flexibility to bend with the prevailing marketing winds without abandoning long-term goals.

2. Trade show rentals allow exhibitors to change their look from show to show or to reinvestment their brands as their product focus shifts.

3. Good rental display inventory help maintain a cutting-edge appearance in the short term without making huge capital investments that could haunt a company down the road.

4. A trade show rental display costs 25-35 percent of a similar built-to-own booth. Graphics cost about 20 to 40 percent of a typical rental price. Since clients usually buy and reuse graphics, those renting for multiple shows can often cut those costs considerably. Given those figures, three or four rental exhibits cost roughly the same as buying a comparable exhibit.

5. Rentals allow exhibitors to be a little braver. You can take a risk and do something different.

6. Combination rental displays and custom options provide flexibility. More and more people are seeing rental as a cost-effective way to enhance a booth property they already have.

7. As companies attend more shows, it’s almost inevitable that two shows will run back-to-back or at the same time. It doesn’t make sense to buy a new exhibit.

8. A company may attend numerous shows with its own booth but once a year wants to do something dramatic at the industry’s premier event.

9. Exhibit rentals can open the door to new exhibitors. The prospect of buying a booth can discourage first time exhibitors. A rental can help make their first outing both affordable and productive.

Tradetec Skyline

Chicago’s Best Exhibit Rental Source

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Trade Show Gear Check List

Trade Show Gear Check List

Do you have what you need for your next trade show or event? You can never be too
prepared. Here’s a list to checks against when you are exhibiting at a trade show or event.

Oh, yes, remember that first one. Don’t forget your exhibit. That happens.

Essential

  • Trade show exhibit
  • Business cards (lots)
  • Literature and brochures
  • Product samples, if any
  • Computers, as required
  • Pens (Highlighters)
  • Lead sheets, log book or lead scanner, recorder
  • Notepads or paper (for visitors too)
  • Stapler or paper clips (Staple remover)
  • Give away items, if any

Personal

  • Good shoes
  • Aspirin/Pain relievers
  • Antibacterial water-free hand wash
  • Facial Tissues
  • Bottled Water
  • Band-Aids
  • Energy Bars/Candy
  • Breath Mints

General Travel

  • Confirmation nos. (hotel, rental car, airline)
  • ID, credit cards and cash
  • Clothes and required personal items

Repair and Cleanup

  • Duct tape
  • Scissors
  • Cloth or paper towels
  • Recommended cleaning agent for your exhibit, Bestine etc.
  • Screwdrivers or appropriate wrench
  • Folding allen wrench set
  • Extra fasteners (screws, nuts, etc)
  • Extra extension cord
  • Extra power strip
  • Extra light bulbs

Shipping

  • Emergency contact information for display house or shipper
  • Shipping labels and bills of lading for return shipment
  • Package sealing tape, shrink wrap
  • Instructions for return shipment

For more trade show information you can visit our main site at Tradetec Skyline Displays

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