Reviews

This was our second trip aboard the Zwaantje we rode through the tulip fields and were delighted with the visits to the cheese makers in Gouda The Keukenhof Tulip Garden and Hortus Bulborum (horrid-bulborum.nl)where tulip bulbs are preserved for future generations. The Flower Market was well worth the timeThis trip was in April and preparations for Dutch weather is important your rain coat will keep you dry and your e-bike will tackle the wind for you. Martin the Captain,Karin the hostess, Frank the Chef, and the guides Hetty and Jeroen made the trip made the trip very special. Thank you to Brando for all your behind the scenes support. The soon to be skipper Hugo was a delight. Thank you. traveling on a barge with 24. passengers beats a large ship cruise any day

The entire crew, guides, and experiences were outstanding!! Marcel and Janneke were a great team. Marcel did an amazing job of coordinating all the interesting stops and visits during the day. Karin was a superb Mate who was always so helpful and Erik was a great captain. The meals by Talya were on par with a Michelin restaurant. And Jokke and Yitse were also a great team who took care of all our needs when on the boat. Looking forward to booking another trip with Boat and Bike in the future!!

This was our first bike and barge and we are already planning to go again! The crew was fabulous from the moment we stepped on board, welcoming us and showing us to our cabin. The food was exceptional, with the chef, Frank, explaining each course at dinner. Allergies were meticulously monitored. The guides were knowledgeable and a pleasure to bike with each day. They even showed us around each town in the evenings. Every crew member and all 22 guests were delightful. A truly wonderful experience.

Fantastic crew and guides. Great food. Excellent itinerary

We had a great week traipsing across the French countryside from town to town. Great food, great staff. GPS app was a great help. Bring a bike/phone mount.

Staff was pleasant and accommodating!

Everything was up to my expectations. The staff and tour guides were excellent and genuinely interested in providing good service

Great company, perfect staff loved them all. Loved the tour, learnt so much.

On the Zwaantje Great crew & ride leaders. Having a leader on the ride took the anxiety out of the ride as we could trust them to provide great guidance, take us to interesting locations, cross the language barrier when needed, and get us back to the boat at the end of the day. The boat was great however there is room for improvement with the WiFi speed/ capacity, coffee (prefer real and not instant) and some extra hooks in the rooms for helmets and jackets. Meals were excellent. A good chef can easily accommodate gluten free meals so the extra €160 was too much so I took this off my tip. The instruction on tips, written on the back on the cabin door, did not go down well and was the subject of much discussion. Australians like the Dutch do not have a tipping culture and get paid appropriately to do their job well. I didn’t get the impression BBT staff were being underpaid. This is a thing in American where hospitality staff rely on tips to make up their pay so I couldn’t see why they would expect a tip. This was a big negative to me and others. Just raise the price if you need more money to run the cruise and we can decide up front whether to book, or not.

Overall a very happy experience. In particular staff were excellent and very supportive of the program. The very small cabins are a challenge and particularly on a share basis… Food was consistently very good.