"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.
Cirrus A
and 2 children
Pénichette Comfort 4 to 6 people
Terrasse P.1120R
Cruiser Premium 6 to 8 people
Europa 500
Pénichette Comfort 6 to 7 people
Panoramic P.1165FB
and 3 children
Cruiser Comfort 6 to 8 people
N1010
and 2 children
Cruiser Premium 6 to 8 people
N SIXTO
and 2 children
Testimonials
Guests have said...
Dear Emma: It was GREAT
A few things not good otherwise we absolutely loved it.
The boat was as we expected: appreciated that it floated and that...
Dear Emma
We've just returned from Burgundy.
Many thanks for arranging the booking with Heidi & Stefan. Everything went very well indeed. The boat...
We rate the barge 8/10: Liked the convenient layout - attention of crew - excellent food
We appreciated the interesting features on the canal,...
5* for the barge, destination, service from Hotels Afloat and the website!
The on board service was personal, professional, super friendly and...
It was the best boat we have had, having done three of these canal cruises previously. The area was pretty . Plenty of room good outside steering.
Emm...
Alegria was just as expected: Spacious, confortable, clean and impeccably well maintained. The captain runs a 'tight ship' and is present all while...
What a magic and memorable time we had on Magnolia. Never imagined the variety of things we would do in a short time! Magali's knowledge of the...
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...
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