Sampling teams in Anaheim
California Food Handler Card holders who keep Expo West trays full and the aisle moving all day.
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Two crews for two cities: an Orange County team for Expo West and NAMM, and an LA team for the Auto Show and Anime Expo. Models, sampling staff, brand ambassadors and on-camera presenters who never spend show morning on the 5. $85 an hour, no travel fees.
Anaheim, golden hourBrand ambassador at a wellness exhibit
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Two cities, one look: sun-kissed, camera-ready and fast on the sample tray. Here is who we send.
California Food Handler Card holders who keep Expo West trays full and the aisle moving all day.
Ambassadors for Anime Expo, the LA Auto Show and street activations who bring real SoCal energy.
Spokesmodels for beauty, eyewear and fashion launches, styled to your line and ready for content.
Hosts who present on stage, on livestream and at press days without a teleprompter safety net.
Specialists for NAMM and MD&M West who learn your product and run hands-on demos.
Name the city and showAnaheim or LA. We crew each separately.
We match a local crewOC staff for Anaheim, LA staff for LACC.
They arrive camera-readyBriefed, styled and off the freeway early.
The two convention centers are about 28 freeway miles apart, and the shows, crowds and after-hours scene are different too. So we staff them with different people.
Wellness, music and fandom. High-energy sampling and demo crowds, families on the weekends.
Entertainment, auto and tech. Camera-ready presenters and on-camera talent are the norm.
Southern California runs two major convention centers 30 miles apart, Anaheim and Los Angeles, and Purple Exhibits staffs both from one local roster: trade show models, brand ambassadors, sales reps and demonstrators at a flat $85 per hour, per person. No flights, no Disneyland-week hotel bills. Book 4–6 weeks ahead for Expo West, NAMM and the LA Auto Show; rush requests in 72 hours.
SoCal at a glance
| Rate | $85 per hour, per person, every role |
|---|---|
| Travel fees | None in Orange, Los Angeles or Riverside counties |
| Main venues | Anaheim Convention Center, Los Angeles Convention Center, Long Beach Convention Center, Pasadena Convention Center, OC Fair & Event Center |
| Peak weeks | NAMM (Jan), Expo West (Mar), Anime Expo (Jul), LA Auto Show (Nov) |
| Book ahead | 4–6 wks for Expo West/NAMM/LA Auto · 3 wks otherwise · rush 72 hrs |
| Languages | Spanish on every booking; Korean, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Japanese on request |
| Sampling | California Food Handler Card holders for food and beverage booths |
| On camera | LA presenters for reveals, press days and livestreams |
Approximate minutes between the region’s show venues. Flip to the 8 a.m. rush to see why we never send an LA crew to Anaheim.
| Anaheim CC | LA CC | Long Beach | Pasadena | OC Fair | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaheim CC | — | 35the 5 | 25the 22 → 405 | 40the 57 → 210 | 20the 55 |
| LA CC | 35the 5 | — | 30the 110 → 710 | 20the 110 | 50the 5 → 55 |
| Long Beach | 25the 22 → 405 | 30the 110 → 710 | — | 40the 710 | 30the 405 |
| Pasadena | 40the 57 → 210 | 20the 110 | 40the 710 | — | 55the 605 → 405 |
| OC Fair | 20the 55 | 50the 5 → 55 | 30the 405 | 55the 605 → 405 | — |
Typical weekday estimates; real traffic varies. Green under 40 minutes, yellow under 70, red 70 and up.
Anaheim and the LA Convention Center are the anchors, but Southern California events happen everywhere from beach hotels to studio lots.
Mid-size trade shows, conferences and consumer expos.
We send: Booth staff, brand ambassadorsConferences, sales kickoffs and award dinners.
We send: Registration hosts, presenters, hostessesPop-ups, sampling and street teams.
We send: Brand ambassadors, sampling teamsProduct reveals, influencer events and livestreams.
We send: On-camera presenters, hostsClient dinners, launch parties and incentive trips.
We send: Event hostesses, emceesEvery major show in Anaheim, Los Angeles and Long Beach. Dates from organisers; confirm before booking.
Natural Products Expo West runs three exhibit days in March. A 10×20 sampling booth needs four people: two in the aisle with trays, two inside telling the brand story and scanning badges. Here is that team, local versus flown in.
| Expo West, 10×20 sampling booth | Cost |
|---|---|
| Purple local staff | |
| Travel, hotel, per-diem | $0 |
| Your Southern California total |
| Typical fly-in agency, same team | Cost |
|---|---|
| Staff hours at $85 | |
| Round-trip flights ~$360 each | |
| Hotel Anaheim resort area, Expo West week · ~$340/night | |
| Per-diem ~$79/day | |
| Fly-in total |
Compared on what actually changes your results and your invoice in Anaheim & Los Angeles.
| Purple local crew | Fly-in staffing agency | General temp agency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you pay per hour | One flat $85, models to reps | Day rate plus travel costs | Cheap, but not booth-trained |
| Travel and hotel | $0. The team lives in Southern California | About $360 flight plus $340/night per person | $0 |
| Local knowledge | Halls, transit and shortcuts | Arrives with a map | Depends on the person |
| The Southern California edge | OC staff for Anaheim, LA staff for LACC. | Not local | Not specialised |
| Trained on your product | Briefing call and cheat sheet | Sometimes, for a fee | No |
| Lead capture | Qualifies and tags every scan | Varies | Not part of the job |
| Backup staff | Standby crew in town | Flights don’t happen same day | Unknown |
| Exhibit and staff together | Design, build and staff | People only | People only |
Fly-in costs use the same typical Southern California rates as the budget above. Other agencies’ pricing varies.
Anaheim and LA are 30 miles and 90 minutes apart in show traffic. If you exhibit at both, you need two local teams. We book by county.
Anaheim hotels during Expo West and NAMM sell out and triple in price. Out-of-town agencies pass that on. Our talent live in Orange and LA counties.
A 7 a.m. call at ACC means leaving Irvine at 6:15. We give call times that assume the 5 and the 57 are crawling.
Expo West brings 65,000 attendees and every sampling-trained ambassador in SoCal is booked by early February. Reserve 6 weeks ahead.
Expo West and NAMM are hands-on shows. You need demonstrators and sampling-trained staff with food-handler cards, not just models.
NAMM artist deals and Expo West distribution deals close at the Hilton Anaheim bar and downtown LA rooftops. Brief hostesses for the evening.
We match each booking to the crew closest to the venue. These are the neighborhoods our Southern California staff come from.
Three minutes. No deposit.
We’ll email your quote within 24 hours, usually much sooner. Need it now? Call (800) 994-8030.
Call (800) 994-8030 and ask for Southern California.
$85 an hour per person, four-hour minimum, the same for models, brand ambassadors, sampling staff and presenters. Our Southern California crews live in Orange County and LA County, so nothing is added for flights, hotels or per-diems.
Yes. Expo West fills the Anaheim Convention Center every March and is our busiest Southern California week. We send sampling teams with California Food Handler Cards and product-literate brand ambassadors, and we book them five to six weeks ahead.
No. We book an Orange County crew for Anaheim and an LA crew for the LA Convention Center. Without traffic, the drive is about 35 minutes; at 8 a.m. on the 5 it can top 80, and no one should start a show day like that.
Natural Products Expo West, the NAMM Show, VidCon, WonderCon, MD&M West and the OC Auto Show in Anaheim; the LA Auto Show, Anime Expo, the Los Angeles Art Show and Adobe MAX in Los Angeles; plus events at the Long Beach and Pasadena convention centers and the OC Fair & Event Center.
Two to three people: one handing out samples in the aisle, one or two inside telling the product story and capturing leads. Expo West aisles are packed, so plan shorter 4-hour shifts and rotate.
Yes. Our LA roster includes presenters and hosts who are comfortable on camera and on stage, for Auto Show reveals, press days and livestreamed product demos.
Yes. In Anaheim we staff hospitality at the Disneyland Resort hotels and Downtown Disney; in LA, rooftops and venues around L.A. Live and the Arts District.
Spanish is available on almost every booking. We also have Korean, Mandarin, Japanese, Tagalog and Vietnamese speakers in the region with a little notice.
Our Southern California coordinator gets a briefed replacement to your booth within two hours, or that shift is free. Teams of four or more get a working lead.
Yes. We design, build, install and staff exhibits at both convention centers, so the booth and the team arrive under one plan.
Send the show, the city and the dates. A SoCal price within 24 hours.
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