Canal Boat Hire Agencies - UK & Europe

An agency is a representative for one or more boatyards. Agencies often do the advertising for the boatyards they represent, as well as handle reservations (bookings).

Last minute bookings

• Hireboats2go - England and Wales - last minute hireboat and hotelboat offers

• Latelink - last minute boating holidays

Agencies - for boats in the U.K. and Europe

• U.K.-based Agencies

  • boatingeurope.com - France, UK, Ireland, Holland, Italy, Germany, Belgium
  • Boating Holidays - agency for hire boats in Europe; sister to Canal Holidays
  • Blakes U.K. (now part of Wyndham Worldwide)
  • Canal Holidays - agency for hire boats in the UK; sister to Boating Holidays
  • Drifters U.K.
  • Hoseasons Canal Boat Holidays U.K., Ireland, and mainland Europe (now part of Wyndham Worldwide)
  • Holidays in the UK U.K., Ireland
  • WaterwaysHolidays.com U.K., Ireland, France (also trades as hireboat.com)

• Agencies based in Austria

  • Houseboat Böckl - agency; Austria (de); also location in Germany and Czechoslovakia (de cz)
    
  • ifsec Hausbootreisen Baier - Website not working (Deutsch)
  • Terramarin - agency, representing Le Boat, Locaboat, and Nichols; Austria (de)
    

• Agencies based in France

  • France Passion Plaisance - France Germany Belgium Holland Czech Republic Italy Spain Poland England Ireland; (en) (fr) (de) (es) (it) (ho) (czech)

• Agencies based in Germany

  • Der Freizeitkapitän - Ihr Reisebüro für Hausbootferien (Deutsch)
  • Ferien auf dem Wasser (Deutsch)

• Agencies based in Ireland

  • Shannon River Boat Hire Ireland
  • Worldwide River Cruise - Ireland, France, Germany, Portugal

• Agencies based in the Netherlands

  • "Holiday Boatin" - (Hollandisch; Deutsch)
  • holidayboat.net - France, Italy, Spain, Germany and Belgium (English; Nederlands)
  • Yellow & Blue boating holidays (English; Nederlands)
  • House-Boat Amsterdam - fixed-location houseboats (i.e. you can't move them)

• Agencies based in the U.S.A.

  • Barge Lady Cruises: - France, Holland, Belgium, British Isles - hotel boats. Also trades as CanalBargeCruises.com
  • French Country Waterways, Ltd.: - France - hotel boats.
  • The Barge Connection: - France, England, Holland, Scotland and Ireland - hotel and self-drive boats.
  • France Cruises: - France - hotel boats.
  • Special Places Travel - hotel boats - all Europe - very comprehensive France list
  • Barges in Europe - hotel boats - US-based agency
  • BargeCharters.com - hotel boats - US-based agency

• Agencies based in New Zealand

  • France - The French Way - France (represents Locaboat Holidays) - self-drive boats.

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