"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.
Why choose us
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.
Linssen Vlet 1030
and 2 children
Clipper
and 2 children
Cruiser Premium 6 to 8 people
N SIXTO
and 2 children
Cruiser Premium 8 to 10 people
N OCTO
and 4 children
Pénichette Comfort 6 to 10 people
Terrasse P.1260R
and 2 children
Haines Rive 34
and 2 children
Testimonials
Guests have said...
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...
We especially liked Savoir Vivre because they arranged dinner at local restaurants rather than all meals on board as the other Burgundy barges had....
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...
5* for the barge, destination, service from Hotels Afloat and the website!
The on board service was personal, professional, super friendly and...
Hotels Afloat's Emma Aldridge was extremely responsive and helpful during the planning and booking process and deserves our gratitude.
The boat was as expected, appreciated it's size & many bathrooms
We rate it a 9/10
The Nivernais route was better than we expected, and loved the...
High marks all around. Great pre-cruise advice. Efficient check-in. We ran into a couple of small problems--part of the experience!--which were...
“We thank you for your kindness and warmth. You made us feel like family from the first day. Lots of laughter all the week long. France will now...
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