This is an invitation only trip in Curacao for the ultimate pickleball vacation! You must be a 3.5 or higher player for this one.
Come improve your pickleball game while enjoying paradise!
This advanced level Sandals Royal Curacao vacation is a private trip curated for Pros Erica Love and Heather Babb and registration is by invitation only. This trip is designed for the 4.0+ player. With advanced techniques, skills, shots, plays, and strategies, this camp will be created to take your game to the next level with a 5-Day Camp and 15 hours of court time!! The curriculum will be designed by Sarasota Manatees Head Pro Erica Love with Heather Babb and possibly one other Teaching Pro at the helm. This will be the ultimate vacation with pickleball, sandy beaches, cocktails, and 5-Star Global Gourmet ® dining.
Pickleball in Paradise Vacations will help you decide which room category is best for you, and provide you with step-by-step instructions on getting through the airport, the resort transfers, what to pack, and tell you about all of the other fun activities you can enjoy in addition to pickleball.
Meet Your Pros
Erica Love
Erica Love is an IPTPA Certified Pro and Director of Pickleball hailing out of the beautiful, sunny beaches of Florida. From the first moment the plastic ball hit her wooden paddle on the gym floors of a YMCA, she was completely hooked. Since then, Erica has become a 5.0 player, a US Open Medalist, and qualified with a Golden Ticket for the APP National Championships for 5.0 MXD. In 2018, Erica began coaching and has found tremendous joy in working with her students. She is known as a strategic coach and specializes in helping people identify their strengths and opportunities by breaking down the mechanics of their movements, giving purpose to their shots, and developing team strategies. You can find Erica at Live, Laugh, Pickleball on Facebook.
Included in Your Stay
- Pickleball Instruction/Tournament
- 5 Star All-inclusive luxury resort accommodations
- Gourmet Dining: all food and beverages
- Unlimited premium drinks and cocktails
- Water and Land sports
- Fitness center
- Multiple restaurants
- Daily activities and nightly entertainment
- Transfers to and from the airport
- Private Cocktail Party
- Private Beach Farewell Dinner
- Most Gratuities
NOT Included in Your Stay
- Airfare
- Travel Insurance
- Gratuities for Butlers and shuttle drivers
Location and Accommodations
Nestled in the heart of the Leeward Antilles, on the coast of a tiny, beautiful island where natural and cultural wonders connect to create a beautiful mélange unseen anywhere else. Sandals newest all-inclusive resort in Curaçao is where the natural romance of this intimate island comes alive. You’ll see it in the line where the desert landscape gently slopes into the azure ocean. Waters that invite you to dive in and explore what’s beneath. You’ll experience it in the way the expansive pool extends into the endless Spanish Water, encouraging you to imagine forever. In the place where Tafelberg Mountain meets the horizon, inspiring peaks that beckon you to climb to new heights and absorb stunning sunsets. And how the wind catches a sail, propelling adventures yet to come.
Caraisa Luxury
These luxury rooms are settled within the second floors of buildings nine, eleven, and thirteen. The captivating tropical gardens complemented by peeks of ocean evoke a lush and tranquil ambiance from the privacy the balcony and bistro dining set. The expansive interior provides specially crafted fittings, a king-sized bed, large HD Smart TV, and cushy seating area. The lavish bathroom includes backlit mirrors, single vanity, recessed lighting, and a modern walk-in shower with see-through glass window looking into the bedroom. Sip on a selection of Robert Mondavi varietal wines or enjoy an always stocked refrigerator filled with bottled water, juice, soda, and local beer.
Prices $5200 ($2600 per person based on double occupancy) for a Caraisa Luxury Room
Optional Upgrades
- Room upgrades (based on availability)
- Butler service
- Private airport transfer
- Expedited airport services
- Extra nights at the resort at a discounted rate
- Island excursions
Private Lessons
Private lessons may be available. We will only schedule 2 hours of private lessons each day, so we encourage you to book in advance.
To get more details about all possible upgrades, pricing, and availability as well as to schedule private lessons, please email pickleball@straightawaytravel.com or submit the inquiry form below.
Trip FAQ’s
Do you want to improve your game from some of the best instructors around, watching as they demo a new skill or drill and then coach you while you attempt to model it? A clinic trip sounds like a good fit.
Our clinic trips feature three hours of scheduled pickleball activity each day except on arrival and departure days. On arrival and departure day, you are welcome to use the courts but there are no scheduled clinics. Clinic mornings feature a minimum of two hours of clinics taught by our fantastic Pros, followed by an hour of Open Play, with the Pros mixing in with clinic participants. The clinics are separated in the best way possible, determined by our wise Pros, to accommodate a variety of skill levels. Each Pro writes their own agenda for the clinic topics so we do not have that until approximately one month prior to departure . However, rest assured you will learn lots from our talented group of instructors! Go home with new skills to show off along with your tan lines!
The final full day of the clinic trip is a round robin. The Pros will divide you into groups and set you up in matches. Lots of fun rotating among the courts!
Yes! Many of our guests arrive early or stay late to enjoy all the amenities our gorgeous resorts offer. We are pleased to help you save some money, too, by offering you the group rate we have negotiated with the resort.
No! Vaccination requirements have been lifted for all of our current destinations.
Sandals Resorts offer only one king bed in all of their rooms. However, we can request a rollaway for your room. If two beds are important to you, please consider one of our trips to Beaches Turks and Caicos. Beaches Turks and Caicos rooms offer both king beds and double queen bed rooms.
We highly encourage you to purchase travel insurance. After you have made your deposit and completed your client tasks on our portal, we send you travel insurance quotes from Allianz, a highly respected agency.
Yes! The resorts we use are luxury resorts that cater to anyone who is looking for fun in the sun. There is so much to do at the resort that you can easily fill your day and night without stepping foot on the pickleball court. Those looking for some relaxing down time will find that here too! The lounge chairs throughout the properties, both on the beach and at the pools, offer plenty of places for some R&R.
Discounts are not offered to non-players for the simple reason that we do not charge anything extra for our pickleball clinics or tournaments. All of our guests get a fantastic rate with lots of extra special touches, such as a private dinner on the beach for our group, a private cocktail reception for our group, a Meet & Greet, and a Welcome Bag. Pickleball is included for FREE!
A deposit of $400 is required to secure your room for your Pickleball in Paradise vacation.
- In the event that you need to cancel your trip, $200 of the deposit is refundable 95 days before your departure. Or, if you are unable to keep the reservation for your originally booked dates but would like to change to a different trip, the full deposit amount may be transferred to another Pickleball in Paradise trip through Straight Away Travel in the same calendar year.
- 95 days before the trip – the full balance for the trip is due.
- 95 days before the trip – all payments are nonrefundable.
VIP Extras Included with Every Pickleball in Paradise Trip
- Discounted group rate for a luxury all-inclusive vacation
- Stress-free planning at no cost to you (when you book through Pickleball in Paradise we take care of every detail and you get discounted group rates that are cheaper than if you would have booked the trip online.)
- Meet & Greet with the Pros on the first evening of your trip
- Private cocktail reception with a selection of appetizers
- Private beach dinner for the group
- Welcome Bag for each guest with a Pickleball in Paradise T-Shirt, Pickleball in Paradise Luggage Tags
- 5 X 7 group photo
- and so much more!
