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Join us in May for a Family Travel Expo

March 13, 2012

If you love to travel and are in the New York Tri-State area, you will not want to miss Macaroni Kid's Family Travel Expo and Conference.

On Sunday, May 6, you and your family will have the chance to explore destinations near and far, plan your next vacation, check out great travel products and dream a little.  A terrific group of exhibitors includes:

There will be activities for the kids and great prizes to win.  Tickets are $9 for adults (free for kids under 16) and can be reserved here.  But we've got 10 tickets to give away this month!  To be entered, simply leave a comment below letting us know your favorite place to travel.  On March 20 at exactly 3:00 p.m., we will select five lucky winners, each of whom will receive two tickets to the Sunday Expo.

But that's not all!  Do you like to write about family travel?  Do you blog or wish you did?  Then join us on Monday for Macaroni Kid's First Ever Family Travel Blogger Conference.  You will hear from the ultimate leaders in family travel, travel writing and social media:

Richard Weise, the host of ABC TV's Born To Explore and the youngest ever president of the Explorer's Club will give you a taste of adventure and share tips for traveling and adventuring with kids.

Rainer Jenns, former Publisher of National Geographic Kids, will share his year-long, around the world journey with his wife and two kids and remind us all that adventure and families go together. 

Susan Farewell will share knowledge gleaned from decades as a leading travel jouralist and blogging.

Ted Rubin, one of the nation's leading social media gurus will explain the secrets of ROR ("Return on Relationship") and teach you how to put them into play.

Carol Cain, one of the nation's leading travel bloggers and all-around great gal, will ask a panel of PR personnel the questions you've always wanted to ask ... everything from should you expect a free trip to how do you review it if you hates it?

It will be an intimate group of 100 family-travel enthusiasts sharing wisdom, conversation, connections and a whole lot of fun.  Join us!