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May 2024

Debut UKIPT Malaga set to attract huge numbers

A real treat is in store for sun-lovers next month with the debut of PokerStars’ UKIPT Malaga event.

Portugal is the Perfect Location for a Poker Playcation this Summer!

Book a Playcation in Portugal this Summer with MainEventTravel.com and enjoy sun, fun, and poker along a 13km stretch of pristine sands and crystal-clear waters.

There are two ways to avoid Vegas FOMO this Summer!

If you want to avoid LVFOMO this Summer, either get your skates on and ook your Vegas trip now, or just book yourself a trip to one of the many fantastic poker festivals taking place in Europe, or elsewhere around the world!

Pay When You Stay

The MainEventTravel.com team is continuously working behind the scenes to enhance the booking platform to offer the best experience for poker travelers, including Pay When You Stay Hotel booking options

Vegas – The 2024 Summer Tournament Lowdown!

The World Series of Poker is the standout highlight of the Vegas summer season and is often the main reason people head to Nevada every year. The 2024 series will run from May 28 to July 17, 2024, offering nearly 700 tables, many new events and, of course, the highly-coveted WSOP Main Event Bracelet.

Book Vegas Travel Using Luxon Pay and Get 5% Back!

With the WSOP Main Event just 8 weeks away, take advantage of MainEventTravel.com's fantastic rates and offers in Vegas baby! 

DTD hosts the first UK EAPT this month, and we have a Package to giveaway to get one of you to this event!

The EAPT schedule offers major cup events and satellites, as well as side turbo tournaments in the evenings. Running Friday 17th - Monday 27th May, 2024, UK poker fans will be treated to an extensive 11-day series of poker events at one of the country's top poker clubs

Vegas on a Budget

For a city full of so much glitz and glam, there are a surprising number of things you can do totally for free in Las Vegas, as there are plenty of free attractions dotted throughout the city.

Lon McEachern is the Voice of MainEventTravel.com

You can watch the video clips featuring the Voice of Poker AND the Voice of MainEventTravel.com across the MainEventTravel.com media platforms.

MainEventTravel.com featured in PokerNews as Vegas Poker Travel Experts!

MainEventTravel.com has been featured in PokerNews as The Trip Leader If You're Heading to Vegas for the 2024 WSOP!

Las Vegas Hotel Lowdown

It’s said that there are more hotel rooms in Las Vegas than in any other city in the world –130,000 and counting – so you’ll be spoilt for choice when you head to Sin City

Chris Johnson wins GUKPT Luton for £48,570

 Chris Johnson has won his second GUKPT title after taking down GUKPT Luton for £48,570.

April 2024

All change at the Vic!

With events being relocated due to refurb, MainEventTravel has your back with great accommodation options near all the Grosvenor Casinos selected.

Geraghty wins 888poker LIVE UKPL Manchester

Scottish player Jamie Geraghty has won the 888poker LIVE UKPL Manchester Main Event for the biggest cash of his live poker career. Geraghty won £30,610 after outlasting a 328-entry field – and beating Josh Radley heads-up.

Win a Portugal Adventure Package including Accommodation + Main Event!

We are so excited about the festival that MET has organised a 5-Night hotel + Buy-in Playcation Package to Giveaway! 

Book a Playcation in Portugal this Summer!

Book with MainEventTravel.com and enjoy sun, fun, and poker along a 13km stretch of pristine sands and crystal-clear waters.

Mcaulay wins GUKPT Edinburgh

Huge congratulations to Scottish player Paul Mcaulay who has won GUKPT Edinburgh for £34,110. Mcaulay, who runs a flooring company near Glasgow, beat 2022 Player of the Year Matt Davenport heads-up to secure his first major tournament victory. There were 184 entries creating a prize pool of £153,980.

It’s All About Cyprus as MET Gets Players to EAPT & MPP with Hotels, Packages, Flights, AND a Giveaway! 

MainEventTravel.com has a $2200 Value Luxon Pay Mystery Bounty Package Giveaway for you! 

The GPI Nominated Malta Poker Festival is 2 weeks away!!!

MainEventTravel.com offers exclusive VIP Packages and Room Rates, ATOL Protected Flights, Buy-ins, and Off-the-Felt Activity tickets.

MainEventTravel.com offers EAPT Cyprus & MPP Packages, Hotels & Buy-ins at the Luxurious 5* Merit Hotel & Spa

With nearly $10,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools, this event is expected to exceed all expectations and MET is here to offer players the trip of a lifetime!

Win a Package for the 'FLIGHT TO MPP' at DTD with MainEventTravel.com

 The £340 Buy-in Flight To MPP plays as a Mystery Bounty where all players who make Day 2 will be playing for bounties, which include MPP Cyprus Packages and cash prizes, as well as a standard payout. 

2024 Irish Open Breaks Records

Players traveled from far and wide to attend Europe’s longest-running and largest poker festival.

March 2024

Main Event Travel.com Offers IPT's Portugal Adventure Travel this Summer!

MainEventTravel.com is excited to extend some fantastic offers on Packages, Hotels, and ATOL-Protected Flights as well as Buy-ins for this festival set along a 13km stretch of pristine sands and crystal-clear waters.

Malta Madness is in effect, get 5% back when you book a Malta Hotel using Luxon Pay

Book a Hotel in Malta to stay 4 nights or more in April using Luxon Pay at checkout between now and the 27th of March for the Malta Poker Festival, EAPT Malta, or Battle of Malta and get 5% back in future travel credit.  

Geilich becomes two-time champ at GUKPT Blackpool

Grosvenor sponsored pro Ludovic Geilich has sensationally won a second GUKPT title, taking down the £1,250 buy-in Main Event in Blackpool for £56,150. His victory comes only two months after he joined Team Grosvenor and less than four months since finishing fourth in Blackpool last November.

Main Event Travel.com teams up with The Irish Poker Tour to Offer Portugal Adventure Travel

The tour and brand prides itself on timely, well-organized, relaxed, and player-friendly tournaments across Europe. And The Irish Poker Tour is about to embark on another exciting festival to offer players the perfect mix of sun, fun and top-class poker action with the Portugal Adventure, in Partnership with Paddy Power Poker

April's #FinalTableFreeroll Eligible Events!

April is shaping up to be another exciting month of many poker tournaments that are included in our exclusive promotion - #FinalTableFreeroll. The tournaments for April span not only the UK and Europe but also worldwide!

Nominate a Gal Pal to Win a Malta Poker Festival Ladies First VIP Package

MPF has teamed up with MET to GIVEAWAY a 5* Malta Poker Festival Ladies First VIP Package for Two as part of an ongoing initiative to promote, elevate, and celebrate women in poker around the world.

GUKPT Blackpool Schedule, Hotels & FTF

The third leg of Grosvenor’s GUKPT tour starts this week in Blackpool with an action-packed schedule.

Win Your Way to MPF this Spring at The Hippodrome London

Hippodrome Casino London will be hosting the first ever MPF Grand Event Remote Day 1 on Saturday 16th March as part of the March Madness mini-festival.

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