Peter X Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Does anyone know how well the hire boat businesses are doing in general, and is there overall an upward trend? In particular is there any anecdotal evidence that the recent Great Canal Journeys TV series helped them? It looked like pretty positive publicity to me. I've never been on a hire boat, having got interested in canals through crewing for my brother, but I suppose their fleets are the main way new people get involved, my brother started out by hiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiRSqwared Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Does anyone know how well the hire boat businesses are doing in general, and is there overall an upward trend? In particular is there any anecdotal evidence that the recent Great Canal Journeys TV series helped them? It looked like pretty positive publicity to me. I've never been on a hire boat, having got interested in canals through crewing for my brother, but I suppose their fleets are the main way new people get involved, my brother started out by hiring. Well I tried to find a holiday for a colleague and her family over the May half term. Found it quite difficult to find something suitable. Only Black Prince had any choice of availability which suited their needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceinSanity Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Does anyone know how well the hire boat businesses are doing in general, and is there overall an upward trend? In particular is there any anecdotal evidence that the recent Great Canal Journeys TV series helped them? It looked like pretty positive publicity to me. I've never been on a hire boat, having got interested in canals through crewing for my brother, but I suppose their fleets are the main way new people get involved, my brother started out by hiring. Shakespeare/Avante only seem to have two boats out this week and were very quiet over Easter. Aqua, otoh, look busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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