

At load-in you will receive: – Staff badges for the weekend – Parking passes for the weekend – Unless you have ordered additional parking passes, vendors receive one pass per booth/per day. – Thank you in advance for your understanding and patience. – Once unloaded, we will ask you to move your vehicle to the nearest parking lot. – Do not block load-in doors with your vehicles. – Please be familiar with your booth location. – Parking passes are not needed for load-in. Vendor LOAD-IN: – When entering EXPO NM inform the parking attendant you are a vendor loading-in for the Chocolate and Coffee Fest.

if you have staff arriving without a Staff Pass over the weekend, direct them to WILL CALL located by the Box Office. STAFF PASSES: Staff passes are picked up at load-In on Friday. We will not reimburse parking fees if you fail to pick-up or bring your parking pass. If you are not able to stop by on Friday, let us know so we can make alternate parking pass arrangements. PARKING PASSES: Are provided at load-In on Friday. BOOTH DECOR: You may bring any and decor and signage for your booth, including additional tables, chairs, etc. Be sure to review the Health Department Guidelines. HEALTH PERMITS: You will be given your temporary health permit by the health inspector on Saturday morning, once they have inspected your booth. Our box office is not able to accommodate requests for small bills. CHANGE/ATMs: Be prepared with plenty of change for cash sales. It is NOT available for disposal of coffee grounds or any other materials. An on-site janitor closet is available to fill hand-washing stations. SALES TAX AT EXPO NM IS 7.875% FILTERED WATER/GRAY WATER: We will have filtered water hoses available both indoors and outdoors to fill coffee brewers, hand washing stations, or for any other needs you may have. The State of NM expects all NM based sales to be filed with sales taxes paid to the state. TAXES: You are responsible for the collection and payment of any applicable sales tax.

SECURITY: We will have overnight security Friday and Saturday nights. All liquid waste and coffee grounds must be disposed of in the the gray water tank. Please empty your trash into the large receptacles located throughout the event. TRASH: Event staff does not empty vendor booth bins. DRIVING MAP ICE: We will have an ice vendor on-site by 8am each morning. CLICK HERE for a GOOGLE MAP to the EXPO NM entrance gate Click For Vendor Load-In, Driving Map Vendor Parking Permit (this is not a parking pass). 6PM – 10PM (everything must be removed Sunday evening.) HELPFUL MAPS, DOCUMENTS, & INFORMATION All vendors and staff must use Gate 6, located near the south-east corner of Lomas and San Pedro, across from McDonalds. 7:30AM – 9AM (event starts at 10am) – LOAD-OUT: Sunday, April 3rd. 7AM – 9AM (event starts at 10am) – Sunday, April 3rd. 2022 VENDOR LOAD-IN INFORMATION LOAD-IN and OUT HOURS – Friday, April 1st.
