Reviews

Excellent tour of Northern Holland. Guides Arie and Karen were wonderful and always seemed to be there to keep us on track! Food was good. Rooms were very comfortable! Evening entertainment in the lounge was lacking, although the evening walks were great!

What was great included the biking/ touring experience itself, the beautiful countryside, and the people we met including the amazing tour team.

Very organised with plenty of pre arrival information. Very detailed cycle instructions, maps and gos information. Extremely pleasant staff

Jurgen was a great tour director, full of enthusiasm. The trip included many surprise extras. We did have a few hiccups due to bad weather and broken locks. All of it was handled with humility and full disclosure. Just more adventure along the way.

Another exceptional experience with Boat Bike ( as with our previous 4 Boat Bike trips ). All of the bike rides were the correct length and the directions with interesting sights were perfect. The bikes ( e bikes ) were easy to ride, sturdy and in great condition. The guide, Michaela was so helpful, knowledgable, caring and friendly. The food on the boat was exceptional and plentiful. The boat was very comfortable. I cannot praise Boat Bike Tours enough, and we are looking to our next tour in June.

Exceeded our expectations! The crew, was very caring and really enjoyed their jobs which reflected in how they treated the guests.

The rooms were comfortable and clean, the food was plentiful and delicious, and the bike tours were wonderful, the destinations and information provided by the guides were great. The attention to detail on every level was superb. Everything was well thought out, would highly recommend this.

Fabulous staff / very professional tour. Clean well presented boat.Food lovely .Rides and sightseeing really enjoyable. Some confusion for me when I was in the planning stage as it was was not clear to me initially from paperwork that we were already organised by Boat Bike to stay in a Metz Hotel pre cruise and I had incorrectly made my own accomodation booking.

We had a wonderful trip on the de Holland from Bruges to Amsterdam. The cycling brought us through lovely landscapes and villages of Belgium and the Netherlands. Cycling there made me wish we could have such well thought out cycling routes everywhere in Canada, along with the positive mentality that the Belgians and Dutch have towards cyclists and cycling. The Riding with GPS app was quite good though improvements could be made to include more info on where to stop en route to see specific places of interest, or restaurants etc. The map of the routes with the numbers was at times not well explained at the previous nights info session or was incorrect, or the signs difficult to find or see. The concept though is brilliant! The food was fine, dinner portions were sometimes too large, and it seems that there was a lot of waste, especially with the salads at dinner, that were not as popular. Sadly, we learned that any leftover food was thrown out. Additionally, there was little variety with breakfast or the assortment of “make your own sandwich” foods for lunch. Perhaps skipping the lunch idea altogether and providing people with the names of restaurants and eateries along the route, where they can support the “buy local” idea would be more suitable. The dessert and tea/coffee time in the afternoon was much appreciated. The staff were quite nice and worked hard at their jobs. Asking for group tips at the end of our trip was awkward and left me wondering if they weren’t being paid well enough. Is there another way to look at compensating them for a job well done? Finding the ship at the end of a ride was problematic on occasion. A better way of informing cyclists of the location of the boat might be considered. The bikes, both regular and e-bikes were good. As was the locking mechanism and handy pannier. The tour leader was available to help with any bike problems, though thankfully we did not need his help. The rooms and bathrooms were great. Comfortable beds, hot water for showers etc. The other cyclists on board were so nice to meet and enjoy this shared experience with. There were Canadians, some Brazilians, Americans and Germans. Overall, it was a great trip and I would recommend Boat Bike Tours to others and we will likely do another trip.

Just finished my second boatbike tour on the Fleur & it was fantastic! Just the right size boat and flexible rides & impressive chef! Great guides. Can’t wait to schedule next year! I’ve done the Paris to Montigue and Brugge to Amsterdam.