WEBSITES
The official website for the Convention is Barbieconvention.com. We will have all the relevant forms and schedules available on the site. The official website for the Online Store is BConventions.com.
2025 CONTACT EMAILS
The official email contact for the Convention is: 2025bcon@gmail.com.
For Registration inquiries email: 2025regchair@gmail.com.
For Hotel inquiries email: 2025bconhotel@gmail.com.
DISABILITY-RELATED ACCOMMODATIONS AND/OR MOBILITY ASSISTANCE
If you will be using a wheelchair, mobility scooter or cane or have other mobility assistance needs and did not check it on your Registration form, please email: 2025regchair@gmail.com.
VEGETARIAN MEALS
If you have not noted on your Registration form that you require a vegetarian meal, please email: 2025regchair@gmail.com. We cannot guarantee alternate meals, but we will do our best to accommodate your request. Be sure to alert your Table Host of your request.
PETS
Pets are not permitted at any Convention function. The only exception is for service animals required for assistance. Don’t leave your family behind just because they have fur! The Galt House Hotel is pet-friendly and allows up to two dogs, 45 lbs or less per room, for a fee of $50 per dog. If bringing your pup, you must request to have your room cleaned and accompany your dog while the room is being cleaned.
CONVENTION GIFTS
In order to receive Convention package gifts, including but not limited to the Convention doll, attendees must be present at the Convention event at the time Souvenirs are distributed.
CONVENTION LOGOS AND GRAPHICS
All Convention logos and graphics are for the exclusive use of the 2025 National Barbie® Doll Collectors Convention and B Convention a Nonprofit Corporation. They may not be reproduced without written permission from B Convention a Nonprofit Corporation and Mattel.
CAMERAS AND RECORDING DEVICES
Taking pictures and recording video is encouraged at the Fashion Show, in the Competition Room, as well as of the awesome Live and Silent Auction one-of-a-kind creations. Please note that photographs, video and audio recording devices are prohibited during the Mattel presentation and during the viewing of any other movies, slide presentations or live entertainment. All other pictures, video or audio recordings of the 2025 Convention are for your personal and private use only and may not be otherwise shown publicly or offered for sale. Your entry into the Convention shall constitute your agreement and acceptance of these terms.
JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP
A special Facebook group has been set up for the 2025 Convention. Join in on the fun and meet people, banter about the upcoming Convention and share the excitement with fellow Conventioneers. This will also be the place to preview Prize Room items, Silent and Live Auction items that will be available at the Convention. Only registered Conventioneers will have access to the Facebook group.
GO WITH THE THEME
This Convention is all about taking you back to the different eras of Barbie® fashion. Dress up in your favorite fashions! It’s all about having fun. We will have a theme at each event for you to accent your wardrobe. Embracing the theme is a fun way to get into the spirit of the Convention.
BE IN THE FASHION SHOW
The Fashion Show is always one of the most colorful and memorable events of the Convention, where Conventioneers showcase a Barbie® or Ken® doll outfit. The show is about fashion from any era. Outfits must replicate an actual Mattel Barbie® doll, friend, or family fashion. No outfits will be duplicated, though, so we encourage you to complete the form in the Online Store at BConventions.com by April 30, 2025. We hope you consider being a part of the Walk Lively Fashion Show!
TABLE HOSTING
Each table has one assigned “Host” who is in charge of the table and extends hospitality to all of the table guests. If you are interested in being a Table Host, submit your name for consideration beginning January 12, 2025, at the Online Shop at BConventions.com.
TABLE SEATING
You’ll be sitting at the same assigned table of 10 at each of the three major Convention meal events. This gives you the opportunity to socialize and get to know your tablemates better. Each table has one assigned “Host” who is in charge of the table and extends hospitality to all of the table guests.
FINDING A TABLE
If you don’t know anyone who has been selected as a Table Host, don’t worry! Any individual may choose to receive a table assignment on-site at Registration. In the months before Convention begins, you may also see some Hosts posting in our Facebook group online about open seats at their tables. You could also post about looking to meet and sit with collectors who share your interests.
VIP
Skip the lines! VIP status gets you: preferred seating at events, early access to the Souvenir Shop, early access to the Prize Room, early access to the Salesroom, and a special viewing for the Competition Room. (Preferred seating is for VIP status only—sorry no saving seats for non-VIP status). VIP access goes on sale for $75 in the Online Store on January 26 at noon CST.
FIRST TIMER’S ORIENTATION
If you’ve never attended a Barbie® Doll Convention, plan on attending the First Timer’s Orientation, on Wednesday June 25, 2025, at 11:00am.
BEST BUY SALESROOM SHOPPING
The Best Buy Salesroom will have an incredible collection of items for purchase from the top dealers and doll artists to collectors thinning their own collections. You may just find exactly what you have been looking for all year long!
ROOM SHOPPING
Room Shopping will be open in the days before the convention and ending Wednesday evening. We will attempt to group the majority of people selling from their rooms on several floors as a convenience for shoppers as well as other guests of the hotel. Check the bulletin boards on each floor to see who is selling where. Room Shopping is not an officially sponsored convention activity and is open to non-attendees.
SIGNS/ADVERTISEMENTS
Please do not post sales information on walls or elevators. Bulletin boards throughout the hotel will be available for anyone wishing to post advertisements. Posting of sales information anywhere except designated bulletin boards may result in removal and/or damage charges to the advertiser.
BE KIND TO VOLUNTEERS
The Steering Committee and Committee Chairs are 100% volunteers who have worked hard to make this Convention an enjoyable experience for you because, like you, we love our hobby. Our volunteers are from many doll clubs and from the local charities who are involved with the Convention. This is not a corporate or commercial enterprise that is designed to make money; our event is designed to delight you! Rest assured that we will do our best to meet your needs as our guests. We hope that you enjoy yourself to the max and will take a moment to express your appreciation to any of our volunteers. It will make their day!
DOWNLOAD THE YAPP APP
A special Yapp app will be available June 20, 2025, to 2025 Conventioneers to use. Here you will find schedules, announcements and other items to keep you organized.
PRIZE ROOM PINS
Each year the Prize Room features a variety of dolls, outfits, accessories, gift baskets and unique items. Preorder your Prize Room Pins with free tickets (including your name and Registration # pre-printed) in the online store January 12 through April 20. Prize Room Stickers with free tickets will be available onsite as well. We recommend you make things easier for yourself by bringing your own address labels that include your Registration # to place on the back of your Prize Room Tickets.
