About Us & Our Partners
Our Poker Vacations
When we designed our poker tournament vacation concept we wanted to create something fun for poker players and their families alike, but most importantly we wanted to make it affordable for everyone to participate in.
We INCLUDE our Main Event in your Ante Up player price, Our complete travel packages are less than many tournament main event buy-in's. Our cruise packages include: The cost of the cruise, food, great entertainment day & night and access to our PRIVATE poker room just for our guest,
A $150.00 per person deposit will hold your package which includes your Main Event At Sea tournament seat. BOOK EARLY as we are only allowing 200 players to participate per trip. We are capping the tournament field to keep with our player friendly concept.
Our Poker at Sea Main Event will have player friendly blinds and 40 minute levels; it’s going to be like a big home game with friends….. that happens to have a $50,000.00* prize pool.
*Based on 200 players.
Our Booking Agency
For 35 years Village Cruise and Travel has been helping people in the Beverly area of Chicago and from across the country plan their vacations. Our office is at 2418 West 103rd Street, Chicago, Illinois 60655.
They specialize in trips to Hawaii, the Caribbean, Mexico and Europe and have booked thousands of honeymoons and hundreds of destination weddings. Another specialty is cruises, whether to the islands, the Mediterranean or even a European river cruise. We truly are your one-stop shop for all travel needs.
The most valuable thing they offer: service, expertise and “thinking outside the box”. They know the travel business inside and out and when you travel with them you are never alone — they are just a phone call away 24-hours a day. Not many companies can offer that level of service.
Let them make your dream poker vacation — or any vacation for that matter — a reality for you and make travel memories you’ll never forget. The world is waiting!
Our Host
Joe & Elle Scales will be our host poker vacation.
Joe is President of Ante Up and is the host the weekly podcast. He has spent over twenty years calling himself a marketing professional, honing critical experience from print campaigns to radio and television. With Ante Up Poker Media LLC., Joe has been able to merge his love for poker and passion for marketing.... and now he is combining his love of vacations into the mix.
Elle hails froma background in teaching visual arts and technology both domestically and abroad. The game of poker may be new to her but travel and socializing is not! She enjoys playing at new tables and meeting the folks that frequent them.
Our Cruise Line Host
Carnival Cruise Lines has been sailing and making vacation dreams come true for 50 years. Onboard there is something for everyone. Carnival has more ships and leaves from more ports than any other cruise line. Carnival is proud to be the host ships for Village Cruise and Travel's Poker Vacations.
The host ships offer a wide range of dining, drinking and entertainment options. You run out of time before you run out of things to do.
