Apartments Amsterdam - Houseboats Amsterdam - Amsterdam Apartments

We had a realy nice stay at Thijs and Marias place. Freindly and helpfull :-) Nice and cozy breakfast with a view over the Amstel.

OK, very well
very clean but not windows in the berdroom. dammage !
beautiful town.

Very sympathetic people
Everything OK except the weather (it should be perfect if one can have breakfast outside with the ducks)
a bit far from the center but that is probably the reason why the price is lower and it allows to park a car for free.
Very good ratio price / quality

I stumbled across this house boat B&B while looking for a hotel room near the venue of the conference I was travelling to. It was a serendipitous discovery. The hosts were most charming, and where else can you be distracted from work by a family of ducks going about their business on the canal? I sincerely hope I will be able to stay here again if I return to Amsterdam.

Notre séjour a été très agréable, et les hôtes très accueillants.
La chambre et la salle de bains privative, très bien aussi.
C'est un peu loin du centre ville, mais facile avec les transports.
Une belle terrasse pour l'été.
Nous avons été ravies du séjour !

Nice and clean room and bathroom. The owner, who is also living on the boat, was very friendly and provided useful information. Although the room has a window, it is more a skylight because it is in a position that does not allow you to see through it. Location is about 30 min walking to the central station, but there is also a tram and train station not too far.

Sirs
herewith some inf as requested
Our hosts, especially Thys was very friendly and available and offerred coffee,umbrellas
Our room and bathroom was very nice and neat and clean.overall a nice stay.
BUT
Things u can look at.... maybe in the whole group....and ESPECIALLY for first time travellers...and people that is not demanding but rather keep quiet
1:Standardise a breakfast and dont let visitors ask for it,
we did not have because we thought it had to be paid for extra,we were asked if we wanted and if so our host had to go and shop first........ we declined
2:bikes should be available for daily go around,and some form of shuttle for problem situations at least....we had a situation where our plane left for UK 6am and no transport was available so early to get us to airport in time.But, our host did offer and did take as at an extra cost.
3:internet connection should be available, Everybody has contact necessaties or might have to make travelplan changes and check e-mails
4:"Tours and Ticket" with free city map and "Public Transport Guides" MUST be available...dont let stangers and private travellers try to find their way on their own....its expensive to travel against the Euro if half a day goes lost in finding your way.We travel at a cost of 10:1!
5:Our room had a fridge with cold drinks,but did not know if it was included or had to pay for.and the cost....indicate clearly please
6:If the room is "non smoking", one accepts also that the house is a non smoking area especially for non smokers
Lastly........I know its not your problem but look into it
For a traveller that was 9h on a plane over 8h time zone laps and luggage to carry and a companion,,,,,make sure he has a GPS because it is not a 5min walk the first time, like your brochure indicates
Hope above info helps to create a even better expierience.
JJ Odendaal

We were able to visit Amsterdam this April 2010. We wanted something different and special and chose to stay in a houseboat rather than a hotel. There are few places that you can do that! Our stay was very nice and our hosts could not be more friendly and helpful. They told us about some of the nicer things to do and how to get there easily. They also provide many little books about Amsterdam in the room (we borrowed two for the days we were exploring) they were very helpful too. The room was very nice and clean with a private bath including tub and shower.The bed was very comfortable and we even found that there's many channels on the tv in English. They have snacks available just outside the room and a bottle of wine as well! There's also a small fridge to keep your beverages and snacks in. We had a choice of breakfast on the boat or to have breakfast elsewhere. We had breakfast one morning looking out over the water, the service was wonderful and relaxing. The boat is walking distance to the train station just over the bridge and the boat within walking distance of restaurants, shopping and parks. We found it easy to get around Amsterdam sites without a car from the boat. Just look out for the bikes! We found the boat and the hosts wonderful and would love to stay there again. They even allowed us to book less than four nights (we stayed 3) and we felt very blessed as some of the boats wouldn't allow that and it's all we had! Thank you Theis and Maria for a wonderful stay and a great experience in Amsterdam! Blessings to you both. Linda and Bill Gandy

octobre 2009
Nous avons passé un très agréable séjour à Amsterdam et le choix de notre logement y a contribué:
Accueil chaleureux de nos hôtes qui parlent français et qui sont de bon conseil,appartement propre et confortable dont la décoration est soignée et de délicieux petits déjeuners qui mettent en forme pour la journée.

nous avons passé 5 journées très agréables. L'accueil a été parfait, la chambre et la salle de bain sont toujours très propres. Les propriétaires sont très discrets et toujours de bons conseils.
Le logement est près d'une station de metro, d'un loueur de vélos (obligatoires pour se promener en centre ville qui est très proche également). Le quartier est calme.
Rien à redire

It was so good to share their boat on the Amstel, the breakfast on the terrace with the ducks is a geat start to a day even though we did not venture far !! The colourful gardens are so welcoming !!
And when you just about recover from walking the market, the dogs are there with their toys and the play look in their eyes, who could resist. Hope their teeth are still intact !!! Luckily, I had plenty cans of beer to recover !!!!
George managed to fish from the terrace and catch one though Julie reluctant to swim with the fish never mind eat them !!!
Any of you wanting a great relaxing holiday you should stay with Maria and Thijs and enjoy Amsterdam more leisurely, than all the rush round central station..!!!!????.
good luck to them sharing this I do not think I would !!!!