Register for Travel Fest for a Chance to Win a Dreams Resorts & Spas Vacation!

3/11/25 - By Anna Fader

If you’ve been to a Mommy Poppins event, you know they're packed with unique and creative activities and lots of big fun for kids! Now, we’re excited to announce a brand new event for the whole family, our first NY Family Travel Fest, presented by Dreams Resorts & Spas, is coming to Atlantic Center on Saturday, May 31, 2025, and is sure to wow! 

Join us for a world music dance party, cultural activities that transport to distant destinations, talk to family travel experts about travel planning and destinations, and participate in a MasterChef Junior-inspired Mystery Box Challenge with our sponsor Dreams Resorts & Spas—who is also giving away an all-inclusive family vacation to one of their resorts. Read on for more details for this free family event!

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Cultural Activties and World Music Dance Party

Whether you have international travel on the horizon or not,  get ready to travel the world at Travel Fest. Each child will receive a passport to take to each of our international cultural stations where they can participate in cultural activites from around the world and receive a stamp.

On the dance floor, kid favorite DJ Marc Bars will be spinning tunes and leading families in a world music dance party. And we have so much more fun and games planned!

All Your Travel Questions Answered

Family travel is a big investment and traveling with babies and kids brings extra logistics to consider. You'll have the opportunity to talk one-on-one with family travel experts to learn about family travel planning, destinations, and meet services that make family travel easier and more fun. Overwhelmed with planing a Disney vacation? Not sure how to get a car seat at your final destination? get all your travel questions answered!

Mystery Box Challenge

For a limited time, the hit culinary competition series MasterChef Junior is bringing exclusive, kid-centric culinary programming to select  Dreams Resorts & Spas across Mexico and the Caribbean. Lucky kids will get a taste of the excitement at Travel Fest to try their hand at a Mystery Box Challenge where famed contestants Bryson and Ivy will lead the challenges and be available for meet and greets! More information about this activity will be shared in the RSVP confirmation. Find out more about MasterChef Junior at Dreams Resorts & Spas

Dreams Resorts & Spas Sweepstakes

As if that wasn’t enough excitement, everyone who registers to attend NY Family Travel Fest presented by Dreams Resorts & Spas, will be entered for a chance to win an all-inclusive trip for a family of 4 to a Dreams Resorts & Spas, with a chance for additional entries at the event. Find all the prize details, terms and conditions, and enter on the NY Family Travel Fest event page.

NY Family Travel Fest is presented by Dreams Resorts & Spas, part of Hyatt's Inclusive Collection, offering luxury all-inclusive vacations for couples and families in ideal beachfront settings. Spacious, well-appointed rooms and suites are complemented by Unlimited-Luxury inclusions such as gourmet à la carte dining, bars and lounges serving premium spirits, 24-hour room service, and endless activities and entertainment. The Explorer’s Club for Kids and Core Zone Teens Club provide fully supervised programs for kids and teens.  For a limited time, select resorts throughout Mexico and the Caribbean will offer exclusive MasterChef Junior-inspired programming including Mystery Box Challenges, poolside treats, and an exclusive "For-Kids-by-Kids" menu.

Additional Sponsors: 

HomeExchange, the global leader in home exchange vacations, offers authentic, sustainable, and affordable vacations to everyone. With 215,000+ members across 155 countries, HomeExchange makes vacations on a budget possible.

Travel Fest is from 11am to 2pm on Saturday, May 31st at Atlantic Center, a shopping destination and major transit hub, accessible by 9 subway lines, as well as the LIRR.  Register here

About the Author

Anna Fader

Founder of Mommy Poppins

A fourth-generation Brooklynite, Anna started Mommy Poppins in 2007 to help families find the best things to do with kids in NYC, with a particular emphasis on sharing activities that are free, affordable, and enriching. The site, used by millions of families, has grown to become the ultimate resource for parents in the major US cities, plus travel guides for 100s of destinations.

Anna is a believer in the magic of summer camps, traveling with kids, and that you can raise kids on a budget and still have a rich life full of amazing memories. Anna's first Mommy Poppins book, The Young Traveler's Journal and Activity Book, published in 2025 and co-written with her daughter, Amelia Eigerman, brings that ethos to life, in addition to this website.