Lower Your Trade Show Handling Costs

We are preparing to attend the TS2 Show in Philadelphia, PA.  The show is TS2 or TS squared, which is the trade show about trade shows.  As I made my final show preparations I got to thinking about managing show costs such as drayage.  As many of you know, drayage is the cost of moving your trade show materials from the dock door/advance warehouse to your booth space and back onto the truck after the show.  Your drayage costs are based on the weight and size of your shipment, but one mistake that many exhibitors make is when they ship multiple pieces on different days to the advance warehouse or show site, each shipment received at the advance warehouse carries a minimum charge.  If you ship a variety of small pieces into the advance warehouse from multiple vendors, you could be looking at hundreds of dollars in extra costs.  Just something to think about for future events.