After you’ve been to a few funeral director conventions, you begin to notice specific vendors use their favorite enticements for drawing visitors to their exhibit booths at the expo. Here are photos from the 2016 NFDA convention in Philadelphia that illuminate this phenomenon.
Astral Caskets always brings in the Unspeakable Joy living statue man, who always delights and generates lots of picture-taking.
LoveUrns provides a barista preparing espresso and other caffeine delights.
Precoa pre-need planning always offers flavored popcorn.
Messenger tempted visitors with Philadelphia pretzels and photo ops with a Rocky look-alike.
FuneralOne featured the fun activity of getting your picture taken with these Flower Girls.
Several exhibitors offered free shoe shines if you came and sat a while.