"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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★★★★★ (4.9) stars
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Cruiser Premium Steel 4 to 6 people
Linssen 34.9 GS
and 2 children
Espade Concept Fly
and 3 children
Cruiser Premium 6 to 8 people
Europa 500
Cruiser Premium+ XL 6 to 8 people
N SIXTO FLY C
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Guests have said...
How would you rate your boat? 5 stars
How would you rate your cruise destination? 5 stars
How would you rate the Customer Service from Hotels Afloat?...
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...
Dear Emma,
I am sending this email to share with you our experience with Locaboat and the penichette. All was perfect!! It was a very nice...
Dear Emma
We all thoroughly enjoyed our holiday with Locaboat. Thank you so much for helping to organise it all.
The boat was great and we enjoyed...
The Clipper was spacious and easy to handle. We'd rate it 8/10
Our route from Castelnaudary - Homps and back was as expected and we loved the...
Hi Emma,
We just returned home from our barge trip and have had time to let the experience sink in. For as long as I can remember, our trip to...
We appreciated It's small size, fabulous crew, and the opportunity for our family to be together. I rate the boat 9/10
The Nivernais Canal was quiet...
The boat was as expected, we rate it 8/10: Liked the sliding sunroof
Canal de Burgundy:The villages were a bit more deserted than expected and the...
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