1. Plan ahead. As early as possible, you should have a clear and straightforward idea of how you want to exhibit your products and services. This involves getting into the specifics of installing your trade show booth, Powerplex plexiglass shields or safety barriers, trade show displays, banners, and many more. Once you have these things laid down, it will be easier for you to communicate details with your logistics company. Apart from that, knowing everything you need on the onset prevents you from making last-minute shipments, which can completely be a hassle when the event comes just right around the corner.
2. Find a trustworthy trade show company. It would save you so much time, effort, and trouble if you partner with a reputable company that can lift a weighty burden off your shoulder. Here at Gateway, we can seamlessly take care of your trade show needs. Gateway offers exhibit services that includes designing and managing your overall booth for you. We also offer full-service logistics services so you don’t have to deal with the headache.
3. Get in touch with your carriers regularly. To avoid any kind of delay during the event, it’s important that you keep your logistics company up to speed with updates leading up to the trade show. Event coordinators will often send you critical instructions or changes that might have something to do with your shipment, so don’t forget to relay those to your carriers as soon as possible.
4. Legitimize your shipment. Every aspect of a business has a legal side to it, which means you have to abide by the laws and regulations if you don’t want to run into issues. This is especially true if you are shipping to another city or across the border. Do the paperwork and hand in the right documents to ensure that nothing gets barred.
5. Track. Remember to ask the tracking number from your shipper. You need it to monitor the progress and movement of your shipment and to make sure that it will arrive right on schedule. In case something goes awry, you will immediately know through tracking. This way, you can come up with a strategy to address the issue.

If you think logistics is already stressing you out, remember that it’s just one part of the equation. So, if you want to skip all the hassle of planning and preparing for your trade show, try calling us at Gateway and we might be able to help. We offer full-service logistics services so you don’t have to deal with all the headache! Give us a call and we’ll figure it out for you.

Navigating the troubled waters of this pandemic is not easy but all we can do for now is help each other out and muster up all the courage and acumen to keep our businesses and our economy alive and thriving.

Note: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, some carriers have limited their shipping services to certain areas. Right now, USPS has paused shipments destined for over 70 countries around the world. Others like FedEx have also taken measures to curtail human-to-human contact by temporarily suspending signatures required for deliveries within the U.S. Contact your logistics company to know more about their guidelines.