"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 on the inland waterways, canals and rivers of France, other European countries 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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The price shown is based on a 7-day cruise and indicates the lowest starting price, and excluding any special offer or discount.
Cruiser Premium 6 to 8 people
N SIXTO Green
and 2 children
Tarpon 49 QP
and 2 children
Cruiser Premium 8 to 12 people
N OCTO Fly 12
and 2 children
Tarpon 32
and 2 children
Cruiser Premium+ 4 to 6 people
N QUATTRO FLY C GREEN
Cruiser Comfort 4 to 7 people
N900 DP
and 1 child
Testimonials
Guests have said...
The cleanliness and reliability of the boat overall: 9/10
The cruise in the Lot was generally as expected: One or two of the locks were a little...
We enjoyed Alex's captaining of the barge and the great vineyards, castles that he took us to. We appreciated Nicole's care, her cups of tea and...
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...
To call the voyage perfect is not enough. Perfection has to include the crew and our Captain Chris. Thanks for all the kindness
Thanks for all your help in organising our recent holiday.
I am sure we will holiday with you again at sometime in the future.
Hi Emma
Here we are back home after a terrific trip to Europe, the highlight of which was our Locaboat cruise from Briare to Dompierre.
We cannot...
High marks all around. Great pre-cruise advice. Efficient check-in. We ran into a couple of small problems--part of the experience!--which were...
We had an amazing week with Linzi, Simon and Richard on the Savoir Vivre. Celebrated my 70th birthday on the barge cruise and want to thank all of...
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