Booking sites that sell London boat hire by the hour, the half day and the charter.

Slots by the hour or half hour for each boat type, with seats per boat, turnaround time between hires and blackout periods for maintenance. Walk up sales from a tablet at the basin draw from the same pool, so a boat is never sold twice. Groups larger than one boat are split across several boats automatically and kept together on the booking.

Thames charter customers rarely book in one click. The site captures date, guest numbers, route, catering and timing, your team prices it in the admin, and the customer receives a quote page with terms and a pay button. Changes to guest numbers or extras create a new version of the quote rather than a confusing email chain.

Charter departure times below Teddington often depend on tide and on access to a particular pier. We let your team set bookable windows per day and per pier, so the site only offers times you can actually run, and notes the chosen pier on the confirmation. Port of London Authority notices stay with your skippers; the site simply respects the windows they set.

Card payments with Strong Customer Authentication handled by your payment provider, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay so a visitor on a phone pays in seconds. Overseas cards go through their own bank's check, and the checkout copes when that check opens in another window. Prices are shown in sterling with VAT treatment set up as your accountant advises.

The price on the boat page already includes every fee a customer must pay, such as a booking or fuel charge, in line with the drip pricing rules in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024. Optional extras such as picnic hampers, bottles or a photographer are offered as clear add ons with their own prices before payment.

Charters can take a deposit at booking and the balance on a date you set, with automatic reminders. Self drive hires can carry a refundable damage amount, either taken and refunded or held on the card where your provider supports it. Card holds expire after a limited period, so we match the method to how far ahead customers book.

Your own cancellation terms, shown before payment and attached to the confirmation. When high winds or river conditions stop sailings, staff cancel a whole session in one action and customers choose a new date or a refund from a link. Refunds go back through the original payment method and every one is logged.

Charters cannot be sold without a qualified skipper. The platform holds crew availability and the certificates each person holds, so a boat that needs a licensed skipper only appears bookable when one is rostered. Crew see their sailings in a simple staff view that works on a phone.

City firms and agencies booking summer parties or client events often need a purchase order number, a VAT invoice and payment by bank transfer rather than card. Company accounts let you approve invoice terms for chosen clients, issue invoices from the admin and mark them paid when the transfer arrives.

Each boat, route and departure point gets its own page with structured data, location detail and photography that loads quickly on mobile data. Pages are built for searches such as canal boat hire near a particular basin, and booking stays on your own domain so the traffic and the data are yours.