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QUALITY IN TOURISM ASSESSMENT RATING
The Ashby Boat Company is a relatively small hire company, with fifteen narrowboats offered for hire.
Twelve of our hire boats received assessment (March 2009) by the organisation Quality in Tourism.    
And, we confidently predict that Hawkesbury, currently under construction, will meet, or even exceed the four star rating of its sister boat Bosworth.
The two dayboats do not come under this scheme.
We are therefore proud to report that of the twelve boats put forward for assessment, ten received a four star rating, one received a three star rating, and one boat, Badger was awarded a two star rating, more on Badger later.

Note that all our weekly and short break hire boats have "Quality in Tourism" ratings.

Full details are presented below :-

Weekly Hire Boats (Saturday to Saturday)

SHENTON  (2) *****
CARLTON  (2 + 2) *****
MOIRA  (4) *****
MEASHAM (4 + 3) *****
SHACKERSTONE (4 + 1) *****
OAKTHORPE (6 +4) *****
HAWKESBURY (6 +4) *****

 

Short-break Boats (Friday to Monday or Monday to Friday)

BADGER (2) *****
ASHBY (2 +2) *****
GOLDING (4 +3) *****
AMBION (5 + 3) *****
WILLOUGHBY (4 + 2) *****
BOSWORTH (6 + 4) *****

We feel it necessary to point out that due to the defined procedures for assessing narrowboats for hire, Badger was unable to achieve higher than a two star rating because it does not have central heating, but it does have a solid fuel stove, and it does not have fixed sleeping accommodation.
The quality of the interior was not in question, and Badger is priced to account for its design.
It is a fact that Badger is a very popular lower priced short-break hire boat, especially amongst younger and "young at heart" couples. 

Further information on the assessment criteria of narrow boats offered for hire can be accessed by downloading the "star quality" leaflet (in .pdf format) from the Quality in Tourism website.

Links are provided above, via the boat names, to web pages relating to each individual boat in our fleet, offering comprehensive views of the interiors.


Ashby Boat Company Limited,
Canal Wharf,
Stoke Golding,
NUNEATON,
Warwickshire
CV13 6EY
Tel. 01455 212671

Email - sales@ashbyboats.co.uk
 

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