"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
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
Grand Classique
and 4 children
Cruiser Premium + 8 to 10 people
N OCTO Fly C
and 4 children
Horizon 5
and 2 children
Pénichette Premium 4 to 5 people
P.1020FB
and 1 child
Cruiser Premium 4 to 6 people
N QUATTRO S
and 2 children
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Guests have said...
The space inside was great & the upper deck; we rate the Mystique boat a 10!
Having never cruised before we never really had any expectations. But...
Meant to email sooner but got distracted— just wanted to say again that we had a wonderful time on the Aurora. Thank you so much for alerting us to...
Thank you for all of your assistance with our cruise.
The 3 aspects of the boat we appreciated were:
1. Ease operation for beginner drivers ( never...
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...
Thank you for a memorable week of cruising on a barge. The experience was everything we had hoped for
The boat was as expected. Appreciated it's size. I rate it 8/10
We cruised on the Canal du Centre... easy to deal with the locks
We rate Hotels...
Hello Emma,
We came back from the cruise and it was perfect.
So perfect that my mother in law and her husband are asking for more...
They want to...
5 stars for the boat and for Hotels Afloat! Superb. We will definitely book again and have recommended you
Thank you very much for arranging...
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