"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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Our clients have awarded Hotels Afloat
★★★★★ (4.9) stars
Discover rivers and canals
Top cruise destinations
Selected of hotel barge trips
Check out the best hotel barges
A selection of self-drive boat rentals
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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.
Dancer 2 (Tango)
and 1 child
Cruiser Comfort 8 to 10 people
N1170
and 2 children
Pénichette Premium 8 to 12 people
Panoramic P.1500FB
and 2 children
Elegance
and 2 children
Corvette B
and 2 children
Cruiser Premium + 8 to 10 people
N OCTO Fly C
and 4 children
Royal Mystique A
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Guests have said...
Your service was excellent!
We enjoyed it very much. Very likely to book with Hotels Afloat again, rated 5/5 *
Rated barge 4/5 *; rated region 4/5 *
Hi there Emma ,
Just to let you know that we had a great time on our barge. We miss it and the life style. We are looking at other places such as...
The chef was fantastic, and the food was great. Loved the intimacy of travelling with a smaller group which is invaluable for pax travelling...
Thank you all so very much for an absolutely marvellous week! Your hospitality, flexibility, understanding and company were wonderful! You shared...
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 really enjoyed our trip....it was just a bit short!!
We liked the sundeck on the N900DP: We did not know what to expect as it was our first time!
I'd rate the boat a 6/10
We expected to stop at villages...
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