Boating holidays by Emerald Star

Our phone lines are extremely busy at the moment. To avoid waiting on the phone too long, we recommend contacting us in one of the following ways:

For new bookings: If you are able to please search for and book your holiday on our website, search by destination, by date availability or also by boat.

For balance payments: You can pay all or part of your remaining holiday balance online.

For existing bookings: If your existing booking departure date is not within the next 4 weeks, please consider calling nearer to your departure date or;

For non urgent enquiries: Please view our Frequently Asked Questions, if your enquiry is unanswered please use our contact form and we will endeavour to respond to your enquiry within a few days.

We really do appreciate your patience and understanding at this time.

Market Leaders

Together with Le Boat, we're the No:1 provider of boating holidays on the beautiful rivers, lakes and canals of Europe and Canada. We have the world’s largest fleet of self-drive boats and the widest choice of fabulous boating destinations to choose from!

50 years of boating experience

We've been doing this for a long time, so you can rely on us to offer exceptional service and a wealth of helpful advice and knowledge to ensure you have the best time on the water!

No licence or experience required!

Not many of our new customers have driven a boat before. However, they quickly realise how easy it is and soon become confident navigating the waterways. Our base teams will show you everything you need know!

Boat Ownership Programme

With a variety of benefits, if you have money to invest and enjoy canal boating more than once each year, our Boat Ownership Program is too good an opportunity to miss!

 Wonderful way to see the countryside. You can't be in a rush on a trip like this, so we just cruised down the canal and stopped whenever and wherever we wanted. Excellent food and wine and all the people we met were great! 

 The receptionist was very friendly, helpful and accommodating. Instructions and explanations easy to understand. The manual and route information very good. We were made to feel welcome and nothing was too much trouble.