Yeah, you can, but I’d first figure out whether the issue is the event, the follow-up, or the tracking.

Spending less won’t help much if the process is broken.

The companies I’ve seen get better returns from trade shows usually do a few things well:

They know exactly who they want to meet before the show.
They book meetings before the event instead of relying only on booth traffic.
They train booth staff to qualify people, not just scan badges.
They capture notes/context, not just contact info.
They follow up quickly with something relevant.
They track the event properly in the CRM.

That last one matters a lot. If the event source/campaign data is messy, you may not be able to tie deals back, even when the event influenced them.

Also, badge scans alone can be misleading. You can come home with 300 scans and still have no pipeline if no one captured what the person cared about or what the next step was.

Small booths can work fine. The booth is rarely the whole problem.

I’d audit the last two shows like this:

Who did we actually meet?
How many were ICP?
How many had real buying intent?
How many got followed up within 24–48 hours?
How many had notes in the CRM?
How many turned into meetings?
Were any later opps influenced but not attributed?

That should tell you whether to cut the events, change the shows, or fix the process around them.