Jones Family Cruising

What a wonderful experience our family have just endured on board the Maddison, Brevic and Michelle are lovely people who explained everything to us before we departed on our journey for the weekend of relaxing and enjoying the scenery along with meeting friendly boaters on the canal system. It was a pleasure to be on board a lovely boat equipped with bedding and towels for all, there was plenty of space to accommodate our family, Thankyou to Brevic and Michelle for renting out their treasure a good time was had by all…

Our one week stay aboard narrowboat Maddison as a family of 5 was without doubt one of the best holidays we've been on.The boat itself is modern, spacious and clean. Extremely well equipped it affords most of the comforts of home, packed efficiently into the space of a narrowboat. Once you start your trip and begin to spot other boats using the canals you'll realise what a good decision it was to have hired this boat. The generic fleets of hire boats out there pale in comparison to Maddison.The owners are both friendly and professional and communicate well in terms of making the necessary arrangements for payments, arrival and general advice in terms of routes etc. They were always a text or phone call away when we needed advice during our trip.There's some beautiful routes to navigate around the area. Hazy summer days pottering down the waterways, feeding the ducks and swans and BBQs on the towpath - truely idilic. We were reluctant to hand the boat back at the end of our trip!We found the hire pricing for this boat to be excellent value for money. Watch out for the extra charges other hire firms impose for fuel and insurances.Thanks to the Jones family for an exciting and pleasent stay.

The family were not sure about this, so we did the taster day, that was great, food was brilliant, only made one mistake, we forgot to bring a bottle of vino to go with lunch. We had the boat for 10 days for our break. it's well equipped, comfy, the only expense that we incurred was for a toilet pump out, but that was not a lot (£16), so no issue. We found some smashing pubs on the canals as well. This was the most relaxing and tiring holiday I have been on for years. BRILLIANT. The Jones family have this SPOT ON! GREAT VALUE, GREAT BOAT, GREAT FAMILY. We did have issues when we went home though, I thought the bed was still rocking when we got home and my wife walked into the wardrobe wondering why there were clothes in the bathroom.

Had a fantastic time aboard narrowboat Maddison. Brevic and Michele were very friendly and made our experience very pleasurable. The interior of the boat is better than most 21st century hotels! Very modern and comfortable. I would definitely recommend to anyone wanting to experience the canal network and I shall definitely be booking again!

Our family have just spent a wonderful 5 nights onboard Maddison. Our daughter-in-law was apprehensive about spending 5 nights on a canal boat but she now thinks she could live on one! Maddison has everything you need and more. Brevic and Michele are brilliant owners who have gone the extra mile to make sure anyone who hires Maddison won't be disappointed. We loved the little extras like teabags, coffee, sugar, cooking oil. Maddison is spotlessly clean and so obviously loved and cared for. We'll definitely be back and possibly try out a different route. Thanks for everything. The Grainger family

We have enjoyed our family weekend on Maddison very much. Brevic and Michele made us very welcome on arrival and gave an invaluable introduction to the boat and how to manage locks and bridges. The boat is immaculate and very well appointed. They also gave us great advice on where to travel to, and which restaurant to dine in for a special occasion meal. The standard of Maddison was even commented upon by other boaters we encountered in our travels. A very big THANK YOU to Brevic and Michele.

I can highly recommend booking your dream canal holiday with Jones Family Cruising. Great people, fabulous boat + affordable. We had a wonderful, memory making break.

I was really apprehensive as a friend who was joining me and my son for the cruise had cancelled late on, but the orientation and cruising/ lock operating tuition before we were let loose was excellent. We soon looked almost like we'd been doing it all our lives and had no problems. The accommodation on board is very comfortable and worked perfectly for us - we had our own space, including bathrooms. And he even got to play on the play station in the evening. Would highly recommend.