Cincinnati Pedicab is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Cincinnati Auto Expo, the Greater Cincinnati Automobile Dealers Association or First Financial Center.
Put Your Brand Outside the Show Floor
Branded cabs and sponsored rides through the surrounding convention district.
Plan an Auto Expo CampaignPlan Auto Expo Transportation
Exhibitor, dealer group and hospitality movement around downtown.
Plan Auto Expo TransportationYour Booth Has Four Walls. Your Campaign Does Not Need Them.
The Cincinnati Auto Expo brings manufacturers, dealers, automotive brands, lenders, accessory companies and car shoppers into downtown for one of the region's largest recurring consumer shows. Inside First Financial Center, the competition for attention is obvious. Outside the exhibit hall, it gets a little less crowded.
Auto shows are built for comparison. Attendees move from manufacturer to manufacturer, sit in vehicles, collect information and absorb a lot of branding in a very short period of time. A pedicab campaign gives an exhibitor or sponsor another way to stay visible after the attendee steps outside the hall.
Branded pedicabs can circulate through the surrounding convention district, support sponsored transportation and connect the campaign to nearby hotels, restaurants, parking and downtown activity. Instead of ending at the booth boundary, the brand gets another place to live.
There are already plenty of cars inside. The pedicab is unlikely to be mistaken for booth inventory.
Branded Pedicabs for Automotive Brands
For larger programs, Cincinnati Pedicab can deploy up to 20 branded pedicabs. The fleet can create a focused presence around First Financial Center or a broader downtown campaign where access allows.
Manufacturers, dealer groups, lenders, insurers, aftermarket brands and other automotive advertisers can use the vehicles as moving street-level media, sponsored transportation or both. QR or offer integration, promotional distribution, ambassador support and route tracking can be added when the campaign needs more than branding alone.
Your display vehicle may have 500 horsepower. Ours has a driver who can talk to people.
Sponsored Rides: Extend the Test-Drive Mentality
Auto Expo attendees are already thinking about transportation. A sponsored ride gives an exhibitor or sponsor an immediate way to turn that theme into something useful outside the show floor.
The brand funds the ride, the pedicab carries the message and the attendee gets help moving between the convention center, nearby hotels, parking, restaurants or other accessible downtown destinations. Programs can be designed around defined operating areas and hospitality goals based on the actual event footprint.
No sales manager needs to chase them into the parking lot. We are aiming for a gentler experience.
Sampling + Ambassador Programs
Not every Auto Expo advertiser is selling a vehicle. Finance companies, insurance brands, accessories, technology products, car-care companies and consumer brands can use the weekend for direct engagement outside the exhibit hall.
Cincinnati Pedicab can support promotional product distribution, sampling, offers, QR engagement and ambassador-style activation alongside branded vehicles. The pedicabs create the moving visual layer while the people around them give the campaign a human one.
Exhibitor + Corporate Transportation
The Auto Expo sits inside Cincinnati's downtown convention district, with hotels, garages, restaurants and nightlife within a compact area around First Financial Center. That creates short-distance transportation needs for exhibitors, invited guests, dealer groups and corporate hospitality programs.
For organized corporate groups, Cincinnati Pedicab generally focuses on groups of 20 or more. A fleet can move guests in waves, support a defined service window or handle the short urban part of a larger transportation plan.
Because after standing next to cars all day, walking six blocks back to the hotel feels unnecessarily ironic.
Campaign Specifications
- Maximum fleet scaleUp to 20 pedicabs
- FormatsBranded cabs, sponsored rides, sampling
- EngagementAmbassadors, QR offers, distribution
- Minimum group size20 or more for corporate
- FootprintCincinnati + Northern Kentucky
- ReportingTracked campaign routes
Just Trying to Catch a Ride?
Public street rides may be available around the broader show environment, subject to where the fleet is operating and what downtown access allows.
We do not promise guaranteed individual pickups at exact times through this page. If you see a Cincinnati Pedicab working nearby, ask the driver where they can take you and confirm the price before the ride begins.
Where to Next
A Show About Transportation Leaves Room for One More Kind
Tell us the brand, the exhibitor objective and what you want the campaign to accomplish. We can build the pedicab component around the convention district with branded vehicles, sponsored rides, sampling, ambassadors and tracked routes.
The cars stay on the show floor. The campaign does not have to.