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Travel reimbursements explained

Find out what we'll reimburse hosted buyers for, including reimbursement limits, what's not covered, submitting your travel reimbursement claim and payment.

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Travel, transfers, accommodations and visas

Details on flights, accommodations, extras, shuttle bus transfers and visas for hosted buyers.

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Program and attendance dates

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Terms and commitments

Review your terms and commitments if you'd like to attend IMEX as a hosted buyer.

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Travel reimbursements

Make your own travel arrangements to IMEX America and we'll reimburse the cost of a round-trip flight to and from Las Vegas. Your travel reimbursement limit is based on your home airport


Book your flights as soon as you’ve been accepted onto our hosted buyer program to get the best prices.  Book your flights to meet the terms and commitments of our hosted buyer program. We do not book travel on your behalf.


Our itinerary feature makes the travel reimbursement claim process simple. It allows us to see your travel plans throughout your trip to IMEX America. Amend your itinerary by requesting extra hosted nights, adding fam trip nights, or nights you’re paying for (you need to book these yourself). You can also remove any nights you’ve added if your plans change. Even if you’re not submitting a travel reimbursement claim, we need you to complete your itinerary and submit your travel details so we can book your transfers and your accommodations.


*Important: This does not apply to hosted buyers on the IMEX individual long-haul program. We do not cover their travel costs.

Travel reimbursement limit table


Itinerary and travel reimbursement guide


Essential reimbursement information

Flying to IMEX Las Vegas

Why do you need my travel plans before or after IMEX?

We will not reimburse the cost of:

Submitting your travel reimbursement claim

Fam trips/non direct travel to/from Vegas
Driving to IMEX America
Payment

Travel, transfers, accommodations, visas

Enjoy free travel and accommodations on our hosted buyer program. (Excludes hosted buyers based outside North America who register direct on our individual hosted buyer program, who receive free accommodations only.)


Before you make any travel arrangements read the information below. As an IMEX hosted buyer, you need to meet our terms and commitments, including attending the show for the duration of your program and arriving at the show by 10am each day.

Essential travel, hotel and visa information

Flying to America

Arrival in Las Vegas and shuttle bus transfers

Driving to IMEX America

Hotel accommodations

Hotel FAQs

Changes to your accommodations

Extras

Attending Smart Monday

Departure from Las Vegas

Visas

Program and attendance dates

Find your hosted buyer group program dates in your IMEX account. Program dates are particular to each hosted buyer group.
When you register into a hosted buyer group, you agree to attend that group’s specific program dates.
You should not make any changes to your program dates without discussing this with your group leader and IMEX.

US/Canada hosted buyers


Monday to Wednesday program

Arrive Monday at leisure and leave after the show closes on Wednesday.

You must attend from 10am to 5:30pm on Tuesday and Wednesday

For buyers traveling from the US East Coast or Canadian East Coast who want to avoid the red eye, we'll host Wednesday night. Wednesday night is hosted on the understanding that buyers commit to attending the show (at a minimum) on Thursday morning.


Tuesday to Thursday program

Arrive Tuesday and leave after the show closes on Thursday. You must attend from 10am to 5:30pm on Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday to 10am to 4pm.


If you’re traveling from the US or Canadian East Coast and need flexibility with your travel dates, your options are:


a) Attend a full day of education on Smart Monday, powered by MPI. Arrive by 11am and avoid the red-eye flight home on Thursday by taking a flight Friday morning. We’ll host you for four nights*


b) Arrive at leisure on Monday. We host you on Monday night, and you take a red-eye flight home after the show closes on Thursday (4:30 pm)


c) Arrive on Tuesday morning, attend the full show day on Thursday and take a daytime flight home on Friday*


*Thursday night is hosted on the understanding that you return directly home during the day on Friday.

For any US and Canadian hosted buyers who’d like to attend Smart Monday:

We will host you on Monday night. This is based on you attending the full day of education and arriving by:

11am—East Coast/Midwest flights


10am—West Coast flights


You can request extra hosted nights in your itinerary in your IMEX account.

Non-US/Canada hosted buyers


Monday to Thursday

Arrive Monday at leisure and leave after the show closes on Thursday*


You must attend all three days of the show: Tuesday, Wednesday (from 10am to 5:30pm) and Thursday to 4pm.


*If you cannot find a suitable flight that departs after the show closes on Thursday, contact us and we can look into hosting you on Thursday night.

Monday to Friday program


Non-US/Canada hosted buyers

You must attend all three days of the show: Tuesday, Wednesday from 10am to 5:30pm and Thursday to 4pm.


*Thursday night is hosted on the understanding that you return directly to your home during the day on Friday. We offer this option as there are no flights departing for your home country after the show closes on Thursday.

Review your terms and commitments if you'd like to attend IMEX as a hosted buyer.


Program and attendance dates

Commitment to attend

Program inclusions

Program exclusions

Travel terms and conditions

Reimbursement terms and conditions

Hotel terms and conditions

Our legal terms

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