wow what a rip-off – Our Expos are about $500-$600 (Cairns, Far North Queensland) for a booth here where I am (population 150,000)
After now clocking up 17 years in the Wedding Industry basically in a nut shell they are great for PR (Public Relations) as people can see you stuff live, meet and talk to you in person.
However over the last 2 years I have stopped doing them as they have become a little stressful in the sense of when you set-up and pack-down trying not to get in the way of the 100 or so other suppliers of various services who think that they are all the No.1 supplier around and who have there fake smiles. Some are good though.
As you know for an impressive display you wanna bring out your big guns and that means more gear to bring & setup and pack down. In my case I have to drive 1hr to get there, take 2-3 hrs to setup if access to venue is good, spend 5 hrs at my booth smiling and looking motivated then another 1-2hrs to pack-down, then another 1hr drive home.
mmmmmm good fun – all of this and we have already lost $500-$600 for the entry.
Having said that all it takes is someone to book me on the day and that has paid the fee to enter a booth and that normally happens every-time which is great.
I have also found that alot of people who come and see you have already booked you or if you have no free days left during your wedding season then you say sorry but I am booked out.
That’s my 2 cents.
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