UK Hotel Boat For Sale - Travel the UK's Canals and Earn a Living!

The UK has over 2000 miles of canals and rivers.

Many people hire narrowboats or barges for week long holidays.  In the UK the lock-system (the system that takes boats up and down on the canals) is manually operated by the boat-owners.  The canals wind through some of the nicest countryside and also through the centre of cities (including travelling through London, beside London Zoo).

There are a handful of hotel boats in the country - these take paying guests on week long holidays with a crew of 4 or 5 people on board. They travel all over the country between May and September, allowing them not only to travel the UK at walking pace, but also allowing the owners to travel for the rest of the year, or find other paid work or volunteering jobs.

Duke and Duchess is a pair of hotel-boats.  There are only 2 pairs of hotel-boats left in the country. The idea is that that font boat (motor) tows the rear baot (the butty).  One boat carries the paying guests in single and twin cabins and the other has the lounge, kitchen (or galley) and crew accommodation.  

Ali set the business up with no canal boating experience at all - she simply had a love for the outdoors and for meeting and hosting people. Many of their customers come from the UK, but they have a growing interest from the USA and Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and elswhere in Europe.

Their 2017 season is just starting and is almost full. They are now taking bookings for 2018, but they would like to hand this over to the new owners.  Ali is very happy to assist all she can in the transition of the business, which has been profitable since her first season and profits have increased year on year ever since.

To get an idea of their schedule take a look at their website - https://www.hotel-narrowboats.co.uk/

Since Ali is so busy with the running of the boats from now until  September, prospective buyers are asked to contact Mark Bratt on 07584 122609.  More details are also available on the following website: http://www.lifestylebusinessforsale.co.uk/

The business is for sale for £95,000 which includes the two 70 foot narrowboats, website, 2018 bookings, social media channels and transition of ownership.  Everything you need to turn the key and go.