By: Melody Simmons

Sold-out, New England-bound buses carrying the Purple Nation are set to roll out of Baltimore early Saturday, tour promoters said.

The groups are heading north for Sunday’s AFC championship game between the Ravens and the Patriots – with a little partying along the way.

“We have sold 80 seats,” said Marc Komins, owner of Superior Tours in Pikesville, which will take two full buses to the Boston area leaving at 8 a.m. Saturday. “People can’t wait.”

The website for Canton-based Ravens Tours said the 60 packages offered on Monday that include a downtown Boston hotel room, game ticket and bar credits, but no transportation, were also sold out.

Nestor Aparicio, owner of the website WNST.net and WNST-AM, is also taking two buses to Providence, R.I., leaving Baltimore at 7 a.m. Saturday. His game packages, that include a hotel room, “purple pep rally,” upper deck game ticket at Gillette Stadium and liquid refreshments, sold briskly, he said.

Dubbed the “Miller Lite Festivus Roadtrip,” Aparicio said his total count is 100 fans. All are optimistic as they prepare to launch from Charm City.

“There’s a positive vibe about winning the game,” he said Friday afternoon.