"Carefully created cruises, just for you"™
Hi, I’m Emma James-Aldridge, and my company is dedicated to organising hotel barge and self-drive boat cruises in France, the rest of Europe and Canada, for clients from across the globe.
If you're a family, group of friends, couples or individuals, I have the perfect cruise for you.
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Self-drivesHotel barges
Our clients have awarded Hotels Afloat
★★★★ (4.9) stars
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Bodrag River
Hungary
River Saône
France
Canal du Midi
France
Île-de-France
France
Loire Valley
France
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The price shown is based on a 7-day cruise and indicates the lowest starting price, and excluding any special offer or discount.
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Guests have said...
We loved our trip. Wonderful food and wine selected for our Burgundy wine canal cruise and the staff were terrific!
Just a note to thank you. Every thing went fine all enjoyed the trip.
Regards
Fred Martin
"We all had such a lovely time on La Belle Epoque that we are now thinking of booking a cruise for next year. The Dolce Vita looks lovely: Which...
Thank you for all of your assistance with our cruise.
The 3 aspects of the boat we appreciated were:
1. Ease operation for beginner drivers ( never...
We have very much enjoyed our week of canal and river cruising on "La Vie en Rose". We had some fabulous food, cheese and wine and learnt a lot...
I can’t describe how wonderful the barge trip was. The food, the wine, the loving care. Everything was just exquisite! Karen R***s. PS. Steve and...
The boat was pretty well as expected but there were some shortcomings
It was easy to steer, responsive.
Boat rating: 8/10
Will book with Hotels Afloat...
The boat was bigger than I had expected. I rate it 8.5/10
We appreciated this very tranquil route.
Overall we enjoyed the experience, but on...
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