Chronolio for Trade Shows & Expos
A trade show runs on two clocks at once: the show organiser's floor schedule, and your own booth's staffing, demos, and meetings inside it. Chronolio keeps your half legible and current for everyone working the stand.
The problems you know too well
Move-in windows are non-negotiable and easy to miss
Exhibitor move-in is a fixed slot set by the organiser — miss it and setup happens in a rushed final hour before doors, in front of arriving attendees who are forming their first impression of your booth while you're still unpacking crates.
Booth staff rotate, but the schedule doesn't explain itself
A three-day show with six staff means someone is always arriving fresh to a stand they haven't worked yet — and a spreadsheet of shift times tells them nothing about demo slots or scheduled meetings, so they spend their first twenty minutes just figuring out what's already happening.
Demos and meetings collide on the same booth
A scheduled client meeting and a public demo slot both claim the same ten square meters at 14:00, discovered only when both parties show up expecting the booth to themselves — and one of them leaves without what they came for.
How Chronolio handles it
One timeline, the whole show
Move-in, staff shifts, demo slots, scheduled meetings, and move-out all live on one schedule instead of scattered emails and a shift spreadsheet nobody has opened since the show started.
Learn more about AI Timeline Generator →Categories keep the booth legible
Color-code demos, meetings, and staffing so anyone glancing at the timeline instantly sees what is happening at the booth right now and what is next, without asking a colleague who just walked in mid-shift.
Learn more about Categories & Icons →Assign each shift to a real person
Put staff names on their shift blocks so the schedule answers "who is on the booth at 3pm" without a phone call to someone back at the office who also doesn't know.
Learn more about Contact & Vendor Management →Every staffer sees it on their phone
Share the live link with the whole booth team before the show. Anyone can check their shift, the next demo time, or a client meeting without asking a colleague.
Learn more about Sharing & Participants →Sample timeline: Three-day expo, booth #412
Generate a timeline like this for your own event in seconds — try it free.
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Common questions
Can I schedule booth staff shifts and demos on the same timeline?
Yes — assign staff to shift blocks and add demo or meeting slots alongside them, color-coded by category. The whole booth team reads one schedule instead of separate documents.
How do I avoid double-booking the booth for demos and meetings?
Because every commitment lives on one shared timeline, a client meeting and a demo slot at the same time are visible to whoever is scheduling — the collision shows up before the show, not during it.
Can I reuse the booth schedule for the next show?
Yes — save the structure as a template and adjust dates, staff, and demo times for your next event in minutes instead of rebuilding the whole show plan.
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