"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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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
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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.
Pénichette Comfort 6 to 7 people
Panoramic P.1165FB
and 3 children
Corvette B
and 2 children
Cruiser Premium 6 to 8 people
N SIXTO Green
and 2 children
Cruiser Comfort 8 to 10 people
N1160
and 1 child
Tarpon 49 Quattro Prestige S
and 2 children
Pénichette Comfort 4 to 6 people
Terrasse P.1120R
La Péniche P
and 2 children
Pénichette Classic 4 to 7 people
Classic P.1107W
and 1 child
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Guests have said...
We loved our trip. Wonderful food and wine selected for our Burgundy wine canal cruise and the staff were terrific!
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...
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...
The Clipper was as we expected, I rate it an 8/10
It was easy to handle.
Cruising from Port Cassafieres on the Midi was a good beginner route
My...
We will not soon forget the week we spent on La Vie en Rose. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Merci encore!!! Laurie and gang.
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...
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.
We had a lovely time, Emma. Thanks for all your help with making it so.
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