Charter Hotelboat ' Willow ' is a fully licensed hotel narrowboat, providing a true private charter service, cruising the English canal system.
If you holiday with us, you will be exclusively chartering Willow, along with your crew and hosts. There will be no other guests aboard. Whatever the charter option, the accommodation is fully en-suite with a full-board (all meals included) tariff - there are no hidden extras.
This ‘Private Charter’ service is a very different service to traditional Hotel Narrowboating. Different because, rather than inviting customers to join a pre-defined cruise, we design each cruise to each client's own private requirements - whether the cruise charter is a full holiday, a relaxing short break, or a narrowboat handling and consultancy cruise.
One of the advantages of our service being private charter is that a particular cruise can be anything from 3 to 14 days in duration. Often we are building full blown holidays for clients - but equally we can, and will, provide just a short break cruise of 3 days duration.
Short breaks are booked in just exactly the same way as longer cruises. We have a deliberate policy of 'first come first served' with our bookings - ie we won't exclude a short break in the summer season just because we might get a longer more lucrative charter option. And the daily rate - even in mid summer - is just the same as any of the rest of our cruises
We are very serious in our desire to provide a genuine private charter service,.so why not contact us to chat about organizing that short break - it might cost you a lot less than you think. 07702 242100
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Training & Consultancy Courses
Want to live aboard your own narrowboat, and/or extensively cruise the English Canals? Perhaps you would like a taste of what living aboard a private boat (as opposed to a typical hire boat) is really like, before putting in a lot of money and effort. We can help! Our training and consultancy courses are a very cost-effective option for those wannabe liveaboards.
True ability in narrowboat handling only comes with ongoing practical experience built on a sound understanding of the principles involved. Our canal boating is greatly effected by the way the boat reacts to the canal water around it, which is itself curtailed within the channel of the canal. Our boating is very different to boating on sea or estuary. Many of the techniques we use come from the methods used by traditional boatmen. Without proper understanding you will not become truly proficient.