"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.
Why choose us
Self-drivesHotel barges
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
Discover the offers and discounts
The price shown is based on a 7-day cruise and indicates the lowest starting price, and excluding any special offer or discount.
Pénichette Premium 4 to 5 people
P.1020FB
and 1 child
Cruiser Comfort XL 2 to 4 people
N DUO
La Péniche P
and 2 children
Dancer 4 (Salsa A)
and 2 children
Cruiser Comfort 8 to 10 people
N1160N
and 1 child
Mystique
and 2 children
Cruiser Comfort 8 to 10 people
N1160
and 1 child
Testimonials
Guests have said...
We loved our trip. Wonderful food and wine selected for our Burgundy wine canal cruise and the staff were terrific!
Vive la France, Magnifique. Tres bon. To old friends, new friends and wine, wine, wine. Thank you all so much, crew and friends, for an experience...
Roomy cabins, nice outside deck space (Renior Junior suite & Sisley Stateroom)
Beautiful countryside on the Burgundy Canal
We rate Hotels Afloat a...
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...
Dear Emma
We've just returned from Burgundy.
Many thanks for arranging the booking with Heidi & Stefan. Everything went very well indeed. The boat...
The boat was as expected, appreciated it's size & many bathrooms
We rate it a 9/10
The Nivernais route was better than we expected, and loved the...
Tournus to Lyon with a short trip up La Seille canal.
Though I have never piloted a boat before this was an experience not to miss. The time of year...
Hi Emma
It was fun, would do it again.Boat and destination: 4*
Hotels Afloat Customer service 5*
Website: 4*
We are likely to cruise again, via...
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