Wednesday, April 28, 2010

I've Decided To Blog...

I have decided to start blogging…so I figured I would start with what I do.

What do I do?

I book travel for a living. Wow, that doesn't sound like much, but I’m busy all the time. To be more precise I book a cruises and vacations to terrific resorts and specialize in booking poker cruises. I know that many people have never heard of a poker cruise…so this is what I tell them, “My company books group space on board a cruise ship where we set up a full service, professional poker room. We travel to exotic locations on board a floating palace and play poker any time the ship is at sea.” What could be better than that? I’ll have to tell you, not much. Over the past three years I have been able to meet people from all around this country and the world and it has been a fabulous experience. I am now to the point that I can’t wait until the next cruise to see all of my “family” again, we add clients every cruise and many of them become close personal friends, and yes family… I think that is something very special about the atmosphere in our card room, we are a family, and it seems like the new players each cruise get into the swing of things and like the way we operate. It may stem from the fact that our business is truly a family affair; my business partner is my mother-in-law, Deb Wohle. I think we make terrific partners, I run the travel agency side of the business and she runs the poker room, which couldn't be a better arrangement. Deb is a terrific poker player, she has played in the World Series, won numerous tournaments through out her poker career and has owned her own card room in California. She runs a very professional card room and only highers professional dealers – from all around the country. I get to play hostess on board the cruises, I love it, I get to mingle with the players and play poker… couldn't be better! Yet there is still more family involved in our business, my husband Rob works floor, and aunts – Ginger and Suz work as cashiers, my boys even make brief appearances to check in - not old enough to put to work yet, but boy you should see the little one spread a deck! Watch out dealers!!! We have a terrific time working together and I think that reflects in the laid back and friendly atmosphere of the card room. We love to show beginners the ropes and definitely love to give the hard core players a good game! We would love to show you why our motto is: “We treat our PLAYERS like ROYALTY!” For more information on our business – Crown Poker Cruises – check out our website – www.CrownPokerCruises.com. We would love to meet you on our next cruise and add you to the “Family”!