Christmas Lunch Cruises
Christmas Lunch Cruises
Join the Bywater team for a Christmas cruise this year!
Step aboard our traditional narrowboat which you’ll find moored at the Saltisford Canal Trust just outside Warwick center. You’ll be welcomed with a mug of mulled wine and homemade mince pies and the glow of our solid fuel stove.
Your cruise begins at 10:30 as we make our way down the locks around the Cape of Good Hope. An hour of lock free cruising takes us through the countryside between Warwick and Leamington Spa, with views of the River Avon as the canal crosses over.
As we turn the boat for the return trip, you’ll begin your four course Christmas feast, arriving back in Warwick, around 2:00pm, as you finish your after lunch coffee with homemade Christmas fudge.
This is a four hour cruise along the Grand Union canal, from the Saltisford Canal Centre in Warwick to Royal Leamington Spa and back. The cruises commence at 10:00 am and finish at 2:00 pm. The cruises are for six to eight people and cost £85 per person. The cost includes a welcome drink and mince pies, a four course lunch with a glass of fizz and your trip along the canal. Car parking is available at the Saltisford Canal Centre for a small extra charge.
Booking Conditions
1. A 25% non-refundable deposit is required for all bookings.
2. The balance must be paid seven days prior to the cruise date. Failure to pay the balance with result in the forfeiture of the deposit and the re-allocation of your cruise.
3. A booking has been made when Bywater Hotelboat Cruises (herein after called the company) have received a booking with the deposit/ full remittance and you have received written or email confirmation. Once your booking is confirmed you are responsible for the total charge not just the deposit.
4. If you cancel your booking you will forfeit all sums paid to the company at the effective cancellation date, and you shall pay to the company the balance of any sums due should the company make a request in writing for payment of the full amount due in respect of the booking. If the company re-lets the cruise to a new customer the company will return the sums which you have paid after deducting an administration fee of £50.
5. The company’s advertised prices are in pound sterling and include VAT and any other applicable government taxes. If the rates of VAT or other government taxes are changed so that a different rate of applies to your booking any difference will be refunded or charged to you as the case may be.
6. The company reserves the right to refuse bookings without assigning reasons. In such cases, you will, if possible be offered alternative dates. Otherwise, any sum received from you will be returned in full, but you shall have no claim on any account against us.
7. The company makes every effort to keep the advertised time-table but shall not be liable for any loss to the passenger occasioned by delay, mechanical breakdown, failure to keep time, or any cause whatsoever.
8. In the event of the closure of the canal, due to weather or infrastructure failure, your lunch will be served on the boat at the Saltisford Canal Centre and you will receive a 20% refund of all money paid. This situation will not be considered grounds for cancellation of a confirmed booking.
9. The company reserves the right to terminate a passenger cruise, should the person in the opinion of the company or its servants have placed the boats / equipment / passengers or property belonging to the waterway company in danger of damage or injury by ignoring the advice or restrictions imposed in order to protect against damage or injury to persons or property belonging to the waterway company. The company also reserves the right to expel any person who in the opinion of the operative of the vessel behaves in a manner disruptive to the group. No compensation will be given for cruise time or facilities cancelled due to this action and the person may have no further claim on the company.
10. No responsibility can be taken by the company for any consequences of not being informed regarding health problems of any guest.
11. The conditions of the bookings are covered by English Law and the parties submit to the jurisdiction of the English Courts.