"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 Small ships
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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 10 people
Terrasse P.1260R
and 2 children
Cruiser Premium 6 to 8 people
Europa 500
Tarpon 49 Quattro Prestige S
and 2 children
Cruiser Comfort 6 to 8 people
N1010
and 2 children
Pénichette Premium 6 to 7 people
Panoramic P.1180FB
and 1 child
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Guests have said...
Hi Emma
We had a great trip. The arrival, boat familiarisation and boat hand-back service at the yard were excellent. The boat was fine. We went...
Emma,
I just wanted to thank you, again, for saving our vacation!The barge cruise on the Clare Du Lune was fantastic! We loved the family!Thanks...
Deb************ Sar******, Canada 1/10/2019
5 stars for the Alegria barge, cruise destination and website.
We enjoyed our time immensely and would...
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.
In all of my travels, Hotels Afloat is the best organisation that I have used. They provided me with all of the information that I needed but...
Dear Emma, The boat was very comfortable and in first class shape. The rental agency was very helpful.
All-in-all very satisfactory. Kind regards, Bob
Hi there Emma ,
Just to let you know that we had a great time on our barge. We miss it and the life style. We are looking at other places such as...
All the crew were incredible, food was out of this world, the service the best and everyone spectacular
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