Boating holidays mean many different things to many different people. However, whether you are cruising the waterways of France, sailing the sunny Aegean or just pottering along in a narrow boat on the Norfolk Broads there's no doubt that boating holidays can be an incredibly rewarding and relaxing experience.

Boating holidays - tranquility away from the crowds
Boating holidays offer a unique way of exploring wonderful countryside and many waterways will take you through stunning landscapes that cannot be seen from the road, or beautiful coastal vistas not visible from the shore. Boating holidays, whether inland or at sea, provide the huge benefit of tranquility away from the crowds, they also present ever changing scenery and offer a variety of waterside dining. However, perhaps the best thing about boating holidays is that you have the freedom to set your own pace. If you are considering a boating holidays then you have found the perfect web site. AITO is the Association of Independent Tour Operators and, included within our membership of over 160 companies, are many of the UK's finest independent boating holidays specialists. The boating holidays offered by AITO members include yacht charters around the world, skippered and fully crewed charters, bareboat sailing holidays, leisurely cruises on Europe's scenic rivers flotilla sailing holidays in the Mediterranean and much, much more.

Search for boating holidays by destination or activity
To make it easy for you to access the web sites of our members that offer boating holidays we have a searchable database. This database allows you to search for the boating holidays of your choice by destination, activity or by company name. You can access our database of operators offering boating holidays here. Whether you are looking for a sailing holiday in the Caribbean, or simply a gentle cruise along an the waterways of France, you will be able to find the boating holidays you are looking for on this site.

The UK's finest independent operators of boating holidays
AITO brings together some of the UK's finest specialist operators of boating holidays, all financially vetted and bonded in compliance with UK and European regulations. Between them, AITO members publish over 300 brochures and take over 2,000,000 satisfied people on holidays throughout the world every year. For more information about AITO please click here, alternatively, go straight to our searchable database of members that offer boating holidays.