Trade fair travel made simple.

Flights, venue hotels, visas, and hot Indian meals. All in one clear quote for your team.

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On-ground team in China & Europe

Popular Exhibitions

Fixed-departure packages with verified hotels near the venue.

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Factory & Sourcing Trips

Source directly from Chinese hubs with Hindi-speaking on-ground guides.

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How It Works

Three simple steps to your trade fair trip.

1

Choose your fair

Select your exhibition, dates, and group size.

2

Get a quick quote

Itemized package in your inbox within 4 hours.

3

Fly & do business

Transfers, hotel, visas, and Indian meals taken care of.

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Field Guide

Trade fair travel, explained for Indian export teams

Straight answers to the four questions procurement, finance and travel ask before booking an exhibition delegation.

What is trade fair travel, and why do Indian exporters need a specialist for it?

Trade fair travel is end-to-end logistics for business delegations visiting international exhibitions — flights, venue-adjacent accommodation, business visas, airport and venue transfers, badge pre-registration, and on-ground language support. Indian exporters need a specialist because a generic online travel agency books a holiday, not a delegation: it will not block-allocate hotel rooms within shuttle distance of a convention centre, will not coordinate a single M-visa invitation across a 40-person team, and will not issue the GST-compliant invoice your finance department needs to claim input tax credit. HolidayMitra exists to close exactly that gap, packaging every line item into one itemised quote that procurement, finance and travel can all sign off on.

How does a Canton Fair trip from India actually work, end to end?

A Canton Fair trip from India runs on three fixed departures per edition — the China Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou is held in spring and autumn phases across the Pazhou exhibition complex. Indian delegations typically fly from Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru or Ahmedabad into Guangzhou (CAN), stay in a venue-adjacent hotel, and attend one or two phases. The operational sequence is: confirm your phase and delegation size, receive an itemised quote within four working hours, submit passport copies for the M-business visa invitation, complete VFS appointments in India, and travel on a fixed departure with the on-ground Hindi and English desk already in place. Badge pre-registration before you fly avoids the on-site queue at Pazhou.

How does GST input tax credit work on a trade fair travel invoice?

Indian businesses can claim input tax credit on the GST charged for international business travel when the trip has a clear business purpose and the invoice carries a valid GSTIN. HolidayMitra issues a single consolidated GST invoice against GSTIN 27EWGPS5076C1Z8, itemised by flights, accommodation, visa services and ground logistics so your chartered accountant can apportion the credit cleanly. This is the single biggest reason export teams move off consumer travel portals: an OTA issues a booking confirmation, not a tax invoice, and a booking confirmation cannot be used to substantiate an input tax credit claim during an audit. Ask for the GST compliance SLA before you commit to any provider.

What visa do Indian business travelers need for China exhibitions, and how long does it take?

Indian business travelers attending a Chinese exhibition need an M-business visa, supported by an invitation letter from the exhibition organiser or a Chinese trading partner. The practical sequence is: secure your exhibition badge or invitation, submit your passport with the visa application, attend a VFS appointment in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru or Chennai, and collect the stamped passport once processed. Lead times move with consulate load, so treat four to six weeks as a planning floor rather than a last-minute errand — and note that a group delegation can be processed far more efficiently than twenty individuals applying separately. HolidayMitra coordinates the invitation letter and tracks every passport through the queue.

Frequently asked questions

How fast will I receive a trade fair travel quotation?
HolidayMitra returns an itemised quotation within four working hours of a complete brief covering your exhibition, departure city, travel window and delegation size.
Can you handle delegations larger than 50 people?
Yes. Corporate and association delegations from 10 to 200+ members are handled as a single logistics operation with one point of contact and consolidated invoicing.
Do you arrange factory visits as well as exhibition travel?
Yes. Private factory and wholesale-market sourcing trips to Yiwu, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are arranged with Hindi and Mandarin-speaking escorts and verified supplier lineage.
Is hot Indian food really available during the trip?
Vegetarian and Jain dinner arrangements are built into the ground package for China and Europe itineraries, alongside daily venue shuttles.