"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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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.
Comfort Premium XL 4 people
Europa 400
and 2 children
Cruiser Comfort 6 to 8 people
N1000
and 2 children
Tarpon 32
and 2 children
Tamaris
and 2 children
Pénichette Premium 8 to 12 people
Panoramic P.1500FB
and 2 children
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Guests have said...
Great friends + Great Captain and crew + Beautiful French countryside = Wonderful trip
Hotel afloat and Emma were fantastic. They gave great service with no hassle booking and very quick response to any queries. Highly recommend and...
Emma, We arrived home a week ago from a most memorable vacation and cruise down the Yonne and the Nivernais. What a great time! Everything about...
Dear Emma
We all thoroughly enjoyed our holiday with Locaboat. Thank you so much for helping to organise it all.
The boat was great and we enjoyed...
We appreciated It's small size, fabulous crew, and the opportunity for our family to be together. I rate the boat 9/10
The Nivernais Canal was quiet...
Our experience could not have been better. Everything was perfect!
Rated barge 5/5
Appreciate all the efforts by the crew to give us a relaxing and enjoyable vacation
Hello Emma, our 'captain' Mike Reynolds and his wife came up with some things to provide you that we concur with:
1) bowthruster (made navigating...
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