Tradeshows.FYI is a free library of practical guides for everyone involved in trade shows: the companies that exhibit, the people who attend, the organizers who run events, and the venues, hotels, and service providers that make them possible.
Why This Site Exists
Trade show information is scattered across exhibitor manuals, contractor PDFs, vendor blogs, and word of mouth. Most of it is written to sell a service. Tradeshows.FYI collects that knowledge in one place and explains it plainly, in the order people actually need it.
Who Writes the Guides
The guides are written and edited by people with hands-on experience in the trade show and exhibit industry. That experience shapes what the guides cover: the questions exhibitors, attendees, and organizers ask before, during, and after a show, and the problems that cost them time and money.
How Each Guide Is Made
- Researched from primary sources. Rules, deadlines, and costs come from exhibitor manuals, contractor documents, venue policies, and industry publications.
- Sources are cited. Every guide links to the sources behind its facts and figures so readers can check them.
- Written with AI assistance and reviewed by people. Drafts are produced with the help of AI tools, then fact-checked and edited before publishing.
- Kept current. Show rules and prices change, so guides are reviewed and updated over time. Each guide shows its publish date.
Independence
Guides are written to answer the reader’s question, not to sell a product. How the site earns money, and how that is kept separate from editorial content, is explained in the advertising and affiliate disclosure.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who runs Tradeshows.FYI?
Tradeshows.FYI is run by its own editorial team, which writes and reviews every guide. See Who Writes the Guides above.
Where does the information in the guides come from?
Each guide draws on industry research groups such as CEIR, event associations, organizer and venue documentation, and trade publications. Sources are listed at the end of each guide.
Is Tradeshows.FYI connected to any trade show or organizer?
No. Tradeshows.FYI does not run or sell space at any show. Some links may earn a commission, as described in the disclosure.
How do I report an error in a guide?
Send the page link and what changed through the contact page, and the guide will be reviewed.
Find a Show
Search upcoming trade shows, conferences, and venues in the Trade Show Event Directory.
Contact
Questions, corrections, or story ideas: use the contact page.
