"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
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A selection of hotel barge cruises
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Aurora
Belgium - France
France
Holland
Bruges to Haarlem
Rotterdam to Paris
Dutch Waterways
Île-de-France
Champagne
Bruges to Paris
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.
Linssen Yacht 36
and 2 children
Mystique
and 2 children
Cruiser Comfort XL 2 to 4 people
N DUO
Clipper
and 2 children
Cruiser Premium 8 to 12 people
N OCTO Fly 12
and 2 children
Pénichette Premium 6 to 7 people
Panoramic P.1180FB
and 1 child
Classique
and 2 children
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Guests have said...
Just a note to thank you for your assistance and wise advice with our cruise week before last. Everything was wonderful. We came away convinced...
Hi Emma
Just to let you know we finished our week on board the Saraphina this morning - and what a wonderful week it was! The boat is lovely, very...
Thank you to Alex, Nicole and Carls for an excellent trip. It exceeded my expectations. I would highly recommend it to anyone who loves French...
We appreciated the Cabin sizes and furnishings
Please rate the boat: 9/10
Would you book with us again? Absolutely! This is our third cruise booked...
We like the layout of the Penichette 1180FB, one toilet per cabin and no equipment failures.
Hotels Afloat is an excellent agent for Locaboat, and...
Words cannot describe the experience we have had on this cruise from Bruges to Paris. The excellence of service was the best part and then the...
Just arrived back from our fabulous holiday. We had a wonderful time and particularly wanted to extend our thanks and appreciation to you and the...
The Linssen was excellent. New boat and very suitable
We appreciated the newness and the bow thruster
Rating 10/10
The Midi canal worked well for us...
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