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Skyrocketing Costs Squeeze Event Budgets

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Travel costs are rising due to strong demand (led by the leisure sector). According to a recent survey by The Exhibitor Advocate, exhibitors are seeing increased labor rates and material handling and shipping costs between 20-30% since 2017. As the cost of jet fuel and gasoline increases those costs are borne by the meeting organizer.

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AV Quotes Essentials: Top 5 Things You Need To Know (And Top 11 You Need To Clarify)

Endless Events

The post you’re about to read is all about AV quotes essentials. Our hope is that one day, AV quotes will not need to be clarified and you will have a flawless AV experience every time. But until then, we want to share some small details that can make a BIG difference, especially from a cost and headache perspective.

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How to Get Approval to Increase Your AV Budget

Endless Events

If you’ve come to this blog looking how to increase your AV budget you are in the right place! There are many reasons you might feel you need to increase your AV budget. Finally, you might be tired of settling on your current provider and want a more professional AV Company. Let’s get started! .

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The Ultimate Event Planning Checklist

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Look into associated costs like food and beverage, AV, and parking – are these included, where can you negotiate? Start creating a budget, adding in income and costs. Share details of any AV or event tech to be used. When can the AV team have access for set up? Check venue availability and pricing.

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10 Best Tips to Make the Most of Your Event WiFi

Endless Events

Just like event AV terms, WiFi terminology can feel like a foreign language. If you have ever tried to google WiFi Terms you will find most WiFi terminology blogs are written by engineers and the definitions can be just as confusing as the term themselves. Just like removing AV restrictions to get the best WiFi possible negotiate!

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7 Reasons to Consider Hiring an Outside AV Provider

Meeting Tomorrow

With so many in-house AV companies consolidating recently, it’s easy for event and meeting planners to feel like the AV company at the hotel is the only option they’ve got. On our blog, we talk all the time about things like stage inspiration , event technology , and other event tips. Next venue?

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We’ve All Sat Through Horrible Presentations: Don’t Be That Presenter!

Endless Events

AV Terms: Production Schedule And Show Flow: What Is The Difference? ? This article from Kaitlin Colston explains 10 tips on how to make the most out of your event WiFi. ?? We created a quick survey to ask planners questions about AV! We plan on creating a future blog post analyzing the responses.

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