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Hertz Rents Cars, Electric Bikes, RVs and Now...Boats

August 2, 2012 at 8:30 AM | by | Comments (2)

If you've ever been to Amsterdam you've seen them—the groups of young tourists who think it'd be cool to rent a boat and explore the city's canals, but then just end up blithely pedaling their way up one or two before giving up and hitting a "coffee shop" the rest of the afternoon.

Well, the embarrassment of the cheapie pedalboat is nearing its end as worldwide car rental giant Hertz has announced that Rent A Boat, an Amsterdam-based rental service for non-sucky watercraft.

That said, it won't come cheap. Craft options on the official site range from 8 Euros per person, per hour for this metal one, to 18 Euros per person per hour or a flat 215 Euros per hour for this 1897 fully restored wooden boat. Obviously there is no good reason not to spring for the 18 per hour when a reviewer claimed this: "We felt like English aristocrats in this boat :-)."

And by the way: yes, that rental price does include a captain to do all the mooring, maneuvering and muttering of Dutch curses as necessary.

[Photo: Hertz Rent-A-Boat]

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Boat Rental is Great!

I am just back from Amsterdam and a highlight was in fact renting our own boats! But I suggest skipping Hertz and renting from a local. We used MokumBoot and they were great! For about 36 Euro per hour per boat, we rented 2 boats that hold up to 6 people. It was so fun driving around the canals, having cocktails and snacks, and even our own on board "dance party".
Phamer55 on August 2, 2012 at 11:58 AM #Permalink

Why not expand?

If they would just do this in Venice!
Robert Watkins on August 2, 2012 at 12:41 PM #Permalink

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