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Exhibiting at Kistamässan: Getting Your Team and Kit There

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Kista's fair venue hosts a steady stream of tech events, and exhibiting there is a different logistics job to simply attending — beyond getting your team from Arlanda, there's usually equipment, display materials or a full stand's worth of kit that needs to arrive at the right entrance, at the right time, in a car that can actually take it.

This guide covers booking a load-in trip separately from staff arrivals, choosing the right car for equipment, and how receipts work if the stand is billed to more than one part of your company.

On this page
  1. Getting your kit to the right entrance
  2. Choosing a car that fits the kit
  3. Separating the load-in trip from staff arrivals
  4. Receipts across a stand's costs

Getting your kit to the right entrance

Venues like Kistamässan usually route exhibitor load-in through a specific loading entrance rather than the main visitor doors, and that detail comes from the venue or the event organiser, not something to guess. Confirm the exact load-in address and any access instructions with the organiser before you book, then enter that specific address as the drop-off — the building's general address is often not the same as the loading bay.

Choosing a car that fits the kit

Exhibition equipment doesn't fit the usual suitcase-and-cabin-bag arithmetic — a stand's crates, banners and display units are a different kind of load, and it's worth describing what you're bringing in the booking notes so the right vehicle category is confirmed before pickup rather than discovered short at the kerb. The SUV / XL category (10-unit luggage budget) or the Minibus (18-unit budget, up to eight large cases) generally give more room for a genuine exhibitor load than the Standard category.

Separating the load-in trip from staff arrivals

Book the equipment load-in and your team's arrivals from Arlanda as separate transfers — a team member landing on a normal flight with normal luggage doesn't need the same vehicle as a load of stand equipment, and keeping them separate means each is priced and sized correctly rather than compromising on one car for both.

Receipts across a stand's costs

If the load-in and staff transfers are billed to different budgets — marketing for the stand, travel for the team, for instance — choose the company receipt option on each booking with the relevant company or department name, so each transfer produces a receipt that matches how the cost is actually tracked internally.

What every Förare booking includes

The fixed price you see before booking is the price on your receipt — 6% VAT included, whole car, not per person.

  • Flight tracked — pickup follows your live arrival
  • 45 minutes free waiting, from your driver's confirmed arrival
  • No terminal fee
  • No surge pricing, ever
  • Free cancellation up to 12 hours

Questions people ask before booking

How do I find the correct load-in entrance for Kistamässan?

Confirm it with the venue or the event organiser before you book — the loading entrance is often different from the building's general address, and isn't something to guess.

What vehicle category fits exhibition stand equipment?

Describe what you're bringing in the booking notes so the right category is confirmed in advance. The SUV / XL (10-unit budget) or Minibus (18-unit budget) categories usually suit a real exhibitor load better than the Standard category.

Should equipment and staff travel in the same booking?

Better to book them separately — a team member's normal arrival and an equipment load-in have different vehicle needs, and separate bookings let each be sized and priced correctly.

Can the load-in and staff transfers be billed to different budgets?

Yes — choose the company receipt option on each booking with the relevant name, and each produces its own receipt.

Is there a fixed price for a load-in trip even with a large amount of kit?

Yes — the price is fixed and shown before you book, based on the vehicle category and route, for the whole car regardless of how it's loaded within that category's limits.

Book your Arlanda pickup

Enter the address and you will see the price for the whole car before anything is paid. No account needed. The company receipt is preselected for you.

  • One fixed price for the whole car, 6% VAT included, shown before you pay.
  • Choose the car by passengers and luggage — every category is priced before you choose.
  • Cancel free of charge more than 12 hours before pickup, refunded in full.

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