"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
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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.
Haines Rive 34
and 2 children
Cruiser Comfort 8 to 10 people
N1160N
and 1 child
Cruiser Premium+ 8 to 10 people
N OCTO FLY
and 4 children
Nicols 1310
and 4 children
Cruiser Comfort XL 8 to 10 people
N1350 B
Pénichette Comfort 8 to 9 people
Panoramic P.1400FB
and 2 children
Magnifique
and 2 children
Cruiser Premium Steel 4 to 6 people
Linssen 34.9 GS
and 2 children
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Guests have said...
For our trip on the Canal du Centre in July of 2013 we used a Quattro Prestige 49. We liked how spacious the boat was and the kitchen so we could...
Good layout for our group.. we rate the boat 8.5/10
Cruising from Trebes to Narbonne, we liked the small villages, beauty of the canal and...
We have very much enjoyed our week of canal and river cruising on "La Vie en Rose". We had some fabulous food, cheese and wine and learnt a lot...
Dear Emma,
I am now back home; but, wishing I was still in France on "L'Art de Vivre". The trip was fabulous, from start to finish. The...
Emma made the whole process very easy, from payment schedules to helping us organize transportation to and from the staging area.. We asked many...
We rate the boat 9/10. The scenery in the forest was great.
We heard about Hotels Afloat by word of mouth and will book again.
Merci, merci, merci. Thank you to our Captain Chris and crew for a wonderful, perfect trip. We did not know what to expect and this week far...
The Crew were fantastic!
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