D well kinda, as someone who has been to MANY shows and vend once or twice a year here is what I know and what I do
The first issue in shows like the repticon is people can bring their pet (yay), I have literately seen people puking mites out of their snake while walking around, that's right their animal have mites (and worse) and they bring them to the show, exposing other animals.
Not all breeders are clean or for that matter people I would call breeder so some bring animals with mites.
As a general rule a a visitor I do not touch any animal when I go to a show unless I am ready to pull the trigger and buy (which has happened once in 13 years).
So if you buy an animal have a tub/tank ready and pre-treated before you leave so you can place your new animal in soon as you arrive.
Once home strip down through your cloths in the washer, go and take a shower and wash your hair and beard.
If you have other animals (reptiles) which I know you don't do not go in that room until the next day (that an advice for the future as you will not just have one)
As a vendor I spray my table, spray my table cloth, pre-treat my display cases 24 hours prior, I don't let people touch my animals unless they are ready to buy (I am not a petting zoo and there are far worse to fear than mites (OPMV, Nido, Crypto etc))
When I go home my snakes go in a different room for the night and are sprayed with reptile relief which is a natural product. (That is why I only vend once or twice a year)
So far my paranoia has avoided me mites.
A little story a few years ago a person wanted to show me something they just hatched at a show (I did not touch anything) I spotted mites immediately, I walked back out of the show (I was visiting and just had arrived) went to my car and spray my cloths with Provent A Mite.
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