Floating Hotel
About
Julian Reed
Over the past twelve years, I have stayed in more than seventy floating hotels, converted barges, and harbor botels across Europe, the Americas, and Southeast Asia. I started this site because glossy booking photos consistently gloss over noisy diesel generators, tiny berth dimensions, weak Wi-Fi, and the realities of gangways and harbor swell. My aim is to share field-tested numbers, cabin layouts, and unvarnished logistical details so you know exactly what to expect before stepping on board.
Categories
- Urban Botels 2
- Floating Resorts 1
- River Hotels 1
- Houseboat Stays 1
- Cabin Living 1
- Booking Advice 1
- New Openings 1
About the site
Independent English-language guide to floating hotels around the world, written in the first person by a traveller who has stayed in dozens of them: hotel boats and botels (Amsterdam, Prague, Stockholm, Paris, Berlin), floating hotels and resorts (Salt & Sill in Sweden, Good Hotel London, Dubai and the Gulf, Halong Bay, Kerala backwaters, Amazon and Mekong river hotels), houseboat hotels, floating villas and pods, converted barges and ships, overwater bungalows versus truly floating rooms, river cruise ships used as hotels, floating hotel projects and new openings. What it is actually like on board: cabin sizes, noise, motion and seasickness, heating and Wi-Fi, mooring locations and how to get there, real nightly prices and booking tips, seasons and weather, families and accessibility, honest comparisons with land hotels, safety and what to pack. Practical, numbers-driven advice without brochure language or affiliate hype.