Boat Bike Tours Reviews 

Yes, this was my third time joined,
My next will be 6th September,
happy to see Boat & Bike getting improve their
boats and service

The boat was first class and the staff were amazing. It was a great experience

I have just finished a boat bike tour on the Claire d'eToile. I loved the cycling, the guides were wonderful and the boat perfect. However I was dissapointed with the food. Just a tip for anyone with dietary needs, you are charged more, but actually get less. Also salads were not fresh and breakfast did not usually include eggs and bacon.

Very fun tour in the Netherlands! GPS easy to navigate and ability to choose routes.

Fantastic biking holiday! Hugo, could not have done any more to guide / motivate our group and inform us on all aspects of the Netherlands history and culture. The boat crew and captain did a superb job in making sure we got to every destination on time, delivered really excellent meals for breakfast /dinner as well as keeping the rooms tidy and clean!

Boat/Bike Tours was very helpful to arrange our family trip of eleven, including 4 children. They were great with communication to us in arranging rooms and payments etc. They were also fair in a refund as our trip route changed due to water levels in the Danube. The partner company treated our family very well and we thoroughly enjoyed every day on board and on the bikes. If you do have children along ( our youngest was nine) make sure everyone involved with providing the bikes knows critical information of your needs.
The accommodation was great, the service and meals were excellent on board. The routes were manageable for a family with biking experience. We made wonderful memories with three generations of family!
Thank you for your service and we look forward to our next adventure!

Guide was great!

The entire experience was awesome. Every member of the crew were exceptional and special recognition for Joel the chef whose meals were .Michelin worthy. Jill and I will definitely be taking another cruise in the future. Thanks for the experience of a life time!

I enjoyed the experience, however felt the amenities were lacking, most notably the cabins---very sparse bedding. The appearance of the Ave Maria was less than expected. It's dated and needs refurbishing. The crew always did their best to see we were comfortable and that was appreciated.
Personally, while cycling, there were times I was concerned about my safety and the safety of others navigating busy city streets. I felt the group was too large and the varying skill and fitness levels of the participants were a factor.
It was difficult to see our guide at the front of the group while biking. Perhaps guides could wear a colored vest or place some kind of marker/flag on their bikes for better visibility. I would potentially take another trip but not on this boat. I did not have "Four Star" accommodation expectations by any means, just a few more amenities would have gone a long way.

Taking care of all the little things that make the trip special

First off the booking process was very easy. The boat the Lena Maria was first class. Rooms wear great everything was like new. Meals were awesome all staff were very friendly. I did the Friesland tour it was the perfect mix of farmland cities and water. Like every way you looked there was water. Lots of waterfowl geese ducks sea birds We even seen storks. Trip of a life time. Thanks so much. See you in the spring. Yes I have already booked the ship flora for the tulip touring April. A cycles dream vacation

The boat/bike staff was excellent, smiling, kind and helpful. Very knowledgeable of the area we were touring. Accommodations were comfortable and clean.

The personnel on our boat, without exception, were wonderful. They were friendly, took personal interest in us, and bent over backwards to make our experience positive. However, I feel the company was unfair and unreasonable in its pricing policies. Due to low water levels on the Danube River, the company was forced to reduce the distance the boat traversed the river to a quarter of the originally planned distance. Despite this substantial decrease, the company only offered a 10% discount on the original price. The company also offered an additional incentive of free drinks. That incentive was of little worth to us, because we do not drink alcohol. Also, the company only decreased its assessed fuel surcharge 33% despite the mileage decrease of 75%.

Great trip. Despite not being able to get to the Iron Gate due to historic low water in the Danube, the itinerary was revised ahead of time and agreed to before the trip. They offered a reasonable compensation with an no-cost opt-out if we didn't want to do the revised trip. Instead, we traveled on the boat from Passau to Bratislava and back on our two-week cycling excursion.

The boat was fantastic-crew was awesome and attentive. Meals were 4-7 course gourmet-quality with meat, fish or veggie options at each meal.

Our tour guide Jurgen was a nice fellow, however his briefings (in English) left us lacking in details (or actually WRONG!) about specific locations of attractions he recommended, and plenty of frustration when trying to find the boat after a long hot ride day.

On our last tour day, he sent us on a 20 mile trail along the Inn River which neither the tour guide nor his office staff had ever ridden. Unfortunately this trail was mostly a mountain biking trail rather that a bike path like we'd ridden all throughout the tour to that point. I was happy that some of our more "careful" riders had decided to take the day off from riding and skipped that trail. There is no way that this trail should have been recommended by the tour director.

Despite the record heat and low-water levels, and some snafus with the biking directions, I continue to recommend Boat-Bike Tours for their wonderful holiday adventure offerings.

4.9 out of 5 stars from us.

The dinners were exceptional. The breakfast/lunch was not as plentiful and diverse as our last boat and bike tour trip. The biggest concern we had was that the group of 31 wasn't divided into two groups for cycling. This caused several safety issues when in high traffic areas.

The food and staff that served were very congenial, the chef was amazing,the ladies that were guides paced a little slow but taught us well a long the way, The captain servicerd the tandem so at least we could cycle

This was a great staff for our trip
From the captain to the servers. The ship was the perfect size. Service was outstanding and very professional
You should be proud of that group. Guide were also great with information during touring. All was great

Our experience on the Magnifique III was wonderful. We travelled from Amsterdam to Bruges, e-biking along the route between berthing stops for our ship. The countryside was beautiful, and the attention to detail by the entire crew and the guides was impeccable. The food was amazing, and the bikes were dependable and comfortable. Having the opportunity to explore on our own, using the Ride GPS app, was great.

Leslie and the crew on the boat provided excellent service throughout the cruise. The bikes were in top condition and fit us perfectly. Even though we couldn't go to Budapest, the crew did everything they could to make our trip a success. The cabin was good although rather than two separate beds, we would have preferred one bed or a piece in the middle to make it like one bed. The food was great with lots of variety. We enjoyed Vinne who provided the music, We especially liked the Latin dancing and 70's and 80's party. The app with the location was very helpful on the bike rides.

Great time on bicycles, making it an adventure and vacation in one. The tour staff and those on the ship were super accommodating and friendly to ensure that we would have a wonderful trip.