ATLANTA BOAT SHOW 2027 · JANUARY 7–10 · HALL B

Four days of footfall.
Follow up on the ones who were actually buying.

MeetDrop is a lead capture app for trade shows. After each conversation you speak one sentence into your phone, and the follow-up email is written and sent before they reach the next aisle.

The Discover Boating Atlanta Boat Show runs four days at the Georgia World Congress Center — and in 2027 it moves to Hall B, a new location the organizer has flagged. At $15 a ticket the aisles fill with families; somewhere in them are the people who will buy a boat this spring. Here is how to leave Atlanta knowing which was which.

January 7 – 10, 2027 Thu 11am-8pm; Fri 11am-8pm; Sat 10am-8pm; Sun 10am-5pm Georgia World Congress Center, Hall B, Atlanta

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1 · You say it

Snap their card or badge, tap the mic, and say what you would have scribbled on the back. Seven seconds, in your own words.

Just met Jack from Northwind, wants the partner agreement, review Thursday.

2 · MeetDrop writes it

Name, company and what they asked for are pulled out. The email is written in your voice, with the right link already in it, and the lead is scored against the people you came for.

The partner agreement — as promised at the booth

3 · You press send

Read two lines, press Send, and it leaves from your own address. Nothing ever goes out that you did not press. Replies land in your inbox.

"So you’ll email me?" — "Already sent, Jack."

Seventy-three seconds, start to finish. The booth is a dramatization; every phone screen is the real app, recorded live. “Already sent, Jack. Take care.”

How four days at the Atlanta Boat Show actually go

Thursday, January 7 — 11am to 8pm

Nine hours, and the quietest of the four. The people who come on a Thursday are the ones who already know what they want — your best conversations of the week happen when the hall is least busy.

Friday, January 8 — 11am to 8pm

Another nine hours and the crowd thickens. Every serious conversation gets a card or a phone number, and by evening they are indistinguishable from the ones who were only looking.

Saturday, January 9 — 10am to 8pm

Ten hours and the busiest day by far. Families, the Kids Zone surfing simulator at booth 401, the golf simulator at A40A. Footfall is enormous and the signal-to-noise is at its worst.

Sunday, January 10 — 10am to 5pm, then it is over

Seven hours, breakdown, and a pile of cards nobody annotated. The buyer who asked about financing on Thursday is now indistinguishable from the forty people who asked what a boat costs.

With MeetDrop, the follow-up left with the conversation

After each person walks off, whoever spoke to them taps the mic and says what they would have written on the back of the card. On Monday you are not reconstructing four days from memory — the follow-ups have already gone and some have already been answered.

MeetDrop is free for the Atlanta Boat Show. Ten spots on each side of the aisle.

Ten Pro plans for people walking the floor, ten Team plans for booths. The price is one public post saying you are going.

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WALKING THE FLOOR

Pro, free through January 31 $99 / mo

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For brokers, buyers and anyone walking the show on their own ticket.

Unlimited AI follow-up emails for the show, not the 10 a month on Free
Follow-ups sent from your own email domain
Lead scoring, ideal-customer profiles and CRM sync
The show recap: who opened, who replied, who went quiet

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WORKING A BOOTH

Team, free through January 31 $199 / mo

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For the whole dealership team working Hall B, across every brand you carry.

Everything in Pro, for everyone on the booth
One shared lead pool with dedupe — three seats included
Assignment, so the rep who had the conversation sends the email
Team recap by rep, by day, by hall

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How to claim it

Post that you are going

On LinkedIn or X, public. Use ours or write your own — it has to say the Atlanta Boat Show and mention MeetDrop.

We're at the #AtlantaBoatShow 2027, January 7–10 — Georgia World Congress Center, Hall B, booth number. Come see us. This year every conversation on the stand gets its follow-up the same day, thanks to @MeetDrop. meetdrop.ai/events/atlanta-boat-show

I'll be at the #AtlantaBoatShow 2027, January 7–10 in Hall B. If we talk on the floor, expect an email from me before you're home — I'm running my follow-ups with @MeetDrop this year. meetdrop.ai/events/atlanta-boat-show

Paste the link to your post

In the form on the right, with the email you will sign in with.

We switch it on

A person checks the post and turns the plan on within one business day. You get one email saying it is live. Nothing else.

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Listed with permission, from the box on the claim form. Ask us and you come off the same day. After the twenty free spots are gone the wall stays open — post that you are going and you are listed, whether or not a plan came with it.

One app, both sides of the aisle

However you work the show, the follow-up is sent before the conversation cools.

Tell the buyers from the footfall

Thirty-five hours of hall over four days, most of it families. A ten-second voice note after a real conversation is what separates the two by Monday.

One dealership, one lead list

Several brands, several people, one shared pool with dedupe — so the couple who talked to two of your staff gets one follow-up, not two.

Nothing to rent, nothing to install

No scanner hardware and no laptop on the stand — just the phones your team already carries between the boats.

What we checked with the organizer

8 facts about Discover Boating Atlanta Boat Show, each with where it came from.

The 2027 edition moves to Hall B of the Georgia World Congress Center, flagged on the organizer's site as 'NEW LOCATION THIS YEAR'. source
2027 exhibit space rates are $13.50/sq ft booth for NMMA/MTAMA members and $14.65/sq ft for non-members; bulk space is $7.25 and $8.40/sq ft respectively. source
Adult admission (13 and up) is $15 online or $17 at the event site, with children 12 and younger free when accompanied by a paid adult. source
The show runs a '$5 AFTER 5' promotion on Thursday and Friday only, with $5 admission after 5 pm and drink specials. source
The show hosts a Boating Career Day whose attendees are invited to stay and explore the show free of charge when it opens at 11 am. source
A Kids Zone surfing simulator operates at Booth 401 with published daily schedules and required waivers. source
Exhibit space is sold by two named NMMA staff: Courtney Erhardt for bulk space and Nate Gaw for booth space. source
Show hours for 2027 are Thursday and Friday 11 am-8 pm, Saturday 10 am-8 pm and Sunday 10 am-5 pm. source

What you are actually setting up

Your links, your tone of voice, who you are trying to meet. Then the app writes each follow-up in your words and you press Send. Scoring, your own sending domain, CRM sync and the shared team pool come with Pro and Team — the whole walkthrough is on one page, with what each plan includes.

The capture screen: add a photo or a business card, then tap the microphone — Snap the card, tap the mic

A drafted follow-up email opening with the document the lead asked for at the booth — The email, in your words

Who is worth chasing

The events screen with a trade show set as the current event — One show, one lead list

The Today screen: counts for sent, opened and replied, and a lead who wrote back — Sent, opened, replied

The per-event recap: leads captured, follow-ups sent and who replied — The recap you fly home with

What it costs after the Atlanta Boat Show

You can start free today with no card. If the Atlanta Boat Show is the only show you work this year, the Event Pass covers it. The twenty free spots above are Pro and Team at no charge through January 31.

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Every lead you meet, kept

Unlimited leads, forever

10 AI follow-up emails a month written and sent for you
Unlimited captures: voice note, card scan, AI extract
Every lead saved, searchable, exportable to CSV
Basic counts
Emails carry a “Sent with MeetDrop” footer

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200 AI follow-up emails written and sent for you for one show. 30 days from the first one.
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FREE FOR THE ATLANTA BOAT SHOW

For people who work events all year

$99/ month

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Unlimited AI follow-up emails written and sent for you
Send from your own domain
CRM sync
Always-on adaptive follow-up
Drop a list
Lead scoring
Advanced analytics, priority support

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Ten spots, one public post.

Team

FREE FOR THE ATLANTA BOAT SHOW

For booths worked by more than one person

$199/ month

3 seats included, then $49 each

Everything in Pro for the whole team
Shared lead pool with dedupe
Drop a list for the whole team
Assignment and routing
User management
Team and per-rep analytics
Priority support and onboarding

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Questions people ask before the Atlanta Boat Show

What exactly is MeetDrop?

A lead capture app for a four-day consumer show where the serious buyers are a small fraction of the footfall. You photograph a card or type a name, say one sentence — which boat they walked back to twice, what they tow with, when they want it on the water — and MeetDrop writes the follow-up in your voice and sends it when you press Send. It runs in your phone's browser and there is nothing to install.

When and where is the Atlanta Boat Show 2027?

The Discover Boating Atlanta Boat Show 2027 runs Thursday, January 7 to Sunday, January 10, 2027 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Note the change for 2027: the show moves to Hall B, which the organizer has flagged as a new location this year — worth checking your directions and your stand paperwork against.

What are the Atlanta Boat Show hours?

11am to 8pm on Thursday and Friday, 10am to 8pm on Saturday, and 10am to 5pm on Sunday. That is about thirty-five hours of floor across four days, with Saturday by far the busiest.

How much does it cost to get in?

Adult admission is $15 online or $17 at the door. Children 12 and under go free when accompanied by a paying adult — which is part of why the aisles are as busy as they are, and why telling a buyer from a visitor matters so much on this particular floor.

How do I exhibit at the Atlanta Boat Show?

Exhibit sales are handled by NMMA directly — 502.753.1441 or ngaw@nmma.org. The organizer also publishes a boat-brand table pairing each brand with its exhibiting dealer and booth number, so buyers arrive knowing which stand carries what.

What else is on the floor in 2027?

Alongside the boats there is a golf simulator at booth A40A and a surfing simulator in the Kids Zone at booth 401. Attractions like these are why a consumer boat show draws the crowd it does — and why capturing the handful of real conversations properly is worth more here than at a trade-only show.

Does the Atlanta Boat Show have an official badge scanner for exhibitors?

Consumer shows rarely badge-scan the way trade shows do — most of the people walking past you have paid $15 at the door, not registered as buyers. That is exactly why a voice note beats a scan here: the thing worth recording is not who they are, it is that they asked about financing on the 26-footer and are selling their current boat in spring.

What does MeetDrop cost?

Free to start: unlimited leads, with 10 AI follow-up emails a month written and sent for you. An Event Pass is $49 for one show: 200 AI follow-up emails, for 30 days from the first one, with replies coming back to your own address. Pro is $99 a month, or $79 billed annually, for unlimited AI follow-ups, sending from your own domain, lead scoring and CRM sync. Team is $199 with three seats, which is usually the right one for a dealer running several brands across a hall. Ten Pro and ten Team plans are free for this show through January 31.

How soon should I follow up after a boat show?

Before the weekend is out, and certainly before the next one. A boat is a considered purchase made by somebody who visited several dealers in four days; the email that lands while they are still talking it over at home is the one that gets a reply. Waiting until the stand is packed away costs you the week in which the decision is actually made.

Can attendees use MeetDrop at the Atlanta Boat Show, or only exhibitors?

Mostly exhibitors, honestly. This is a consumer show, so the people in the aisles are buying a boat rather than building a prospect list. If you are a dealer, a broker, or selling finance, insurance, docks or electronics on that floor, it is for you. Ten free spots each side all the same — some of the best conversations at a boat show happen between two people who both paid to get in.

What does free for the Atlanta Boat Show include and how do I claim it?

Ten attendees get Pro and ten dealers get Team, free from the day they claim through January 31, 2027. Post publicly on LinkedIn or X that you are going to the Atlanta Boat Show and mention MeetDrop, then paste the link in the form on this page. A person checks it and switches the plan on within one business day. No card. On February 1 the account returns to Free with every lead still in it.

Do I need to install anything?

No. It runs in your phone's browser, which is the point on a floor where your team is spread across a hall and moving between boats all day. Sign in with Google or an emailed code, set the Atlanta Boat Show as your event, and the capture screen is ready. There is an iOS app if you prefer one.

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