Boat Escort Amsterdam · Canal Cruises and Harbour Charters
Boat Escort for Your
Charter in Amsterdam
Few evenings in Amsterdam compare with one spent on the water, and Minuit Models can arrange a companion to join your private boat on the canals or out on the IJ. A memorable setting: a private saloon boat or open sloep winding through the canal belt, a day yacht chartered on the IJ harbour, or a sunset cruise on a summer evening. Any length you like, from a three-hour evening on the canals to eight hours aboard a yacht. Room for a group, with several companions available for larger charters. An easy next step, since the evening can carry on ashore with dinner or an overnight at your apartment or hotel. The busiest season runs from April to October, while heated saloon boats sail all year. Each companion is €180 per hour, with no extra for being on a boat and full discretion throughout.
A Boat Escort in Amsterdam: Companions on Private Canal and Harbour Charters
Chartering a private boat is a signature Amsterdam experience. The city is built around water, with 165 km of canals running through it and the IJ harbour along its northern edge, and private charters are a well-established business here. Visitors and residents mostly choose between three types of boat. Canal saloon boats have a heated, enclosed cabin, are comfortable in any season, suit a dinner cruise in the evening and usually carry 4 to 12 passengers. Open sloeps are open wooden boats used from April to October, perfect for a sunset cruise, taking 6 to 10 people. IJ harbour day yachts are larger vessels chartered for half a day or for eight hours, carrying 6 to 20 guests and well suited to longer group outings. Minuit Models can either add a companion to a boat you have already booked or organise the boat and the companion together for you.
Two Ways to Book: Your Own Charter or a Complete Package
Option 1: we add a companion to your charter. You book the saloon boat, sloep or IJ yacht yourself with the operator. We arrange for your companion to meet you at the departure dock at the agreed time, and she stays aboard for the whole trip. Most guests do it this way, because Amsterdam has plenty of reliable charter firms: an evening on a saloon boat typically costs €400 to €800, a sunset sloep €350 to €600 and a day yacht €1500 to €3000. Her time is then added at the normal rate per companion. Option 2: we organise everything. Our team books both the boat, through operators we work with, and the companion. You receive one quote covering both, all within a single WhatsApp conversation. A handling fee is charged for arranging the boat.
Canal Cruise, Sunset Sloep or Day Yacht: Which Charter Suits You
An evening saloon boat (3 to 4 hours, typically 18:00 to 22:00). The option chosen most: a warm, covered cruise through the historic canal belt with your companion beside you. Many guests add dinner served on board by the operator, or start with drinks at a canal-side bar. Available in every season. A sunset sloep in summer (3 hours, typically 19:00 to 22:00, April to October). The signature summer outing: an open wooden boat gliding through the canals as the light turns golden, with your companion aboard from sunset into the evening. Weather limits it to the warmer months, making it a natural fit for King's Day, summer weekends and holidays. An IJ harbour yacht for half or all of a day. The longest option, on a larger yacht usually taking 12 to 20 guests, heading out across the IJ toward the IJmeer and Markermeer. Group charters often book two to four companions for these bigger boats. A private dinner on a saloon boat. Dinner date and canal cruise in one, with the operator catering the meal and your companion joining you at the table.
Where Your Companion Meets the Boat
Charters in Amsterdam leave from three main areas, and she reaches any of them in 45 to 60 minutes. Docks in Centrum and the canal belt: around Centraal Station along Damrak and Prins Hendrikkade, the jetties on the Singel, Herengracht, Keizersgracht and Prinsengracht, and the moorings along the Amstel. The Eastern Docklands and Java-eiland, where many sloeps and saloon boats moor along the IJ. The IJ harbour marinas, home to the bigger yacht operators, including Houthavens and the Eastern Docklands. The rate per companion is the same at every dock, with no surcharge for meeting at the water.
Companions Who Suit a Day or Evening on the Water
Relaxed, warm and sociable companions are a natural fit on a boat, above all for a summer sunset sloep or a dinner cruise. Guests ask most often for companions from Brazil, whose easy warmth suits a festive cruise, Colombia, Venezuela, Spain, whose late-evening rhythm matches a sunset trip, Italy, a natural fit for an elegant dinner on board, and France, a stylish choice for a yacht on the IJ. For a refined saloon boat dinner, British and Dutch companions are popular, the latter especially at home on the canals. For groups with several companions, mixed pairings of Latin American, Mediterranean or multilingual European women are often requested.
Boat Escort Prices: The Normal Rate per Companion
Your companion is charged at the standard Minuit rate, with nothing added because the booking is on a boat. It is €180 per hour for each companion. Four hours on a saloon boat with one companion: 1 x 4h x €180 = €720 for her time. Three hours on a summer sloep with one companion: 1 x 3h x €180 = €540. Half a day (5 hours) on an IJ yacht with two companions: 2 x 5h x €180 = €1800. Eight hours on a yacht with three companions: 3 x 8h x €180 = €4320. The boat itself is booked separately, either with the operator under option 1 or through us under option 2, with a handling fee. No dock surcharge applies, wherever you set off from. She meets you at the dock at the agreed time.
Privacy at the Dock and on Board
A boat booking follows the same discreet approach as every Minuit booking. She arrives at the dock dressed for the type of boat: smart casual for a saloon boat, a light summer dress for a sloep, elegant evening wear for a yacht on the IJ. Nothing about her signals an agency, and there are no logos. At the dock she looks like any guest joining a couple or a group, and charter operators, used to all kinds of passengers, record only the name of the person who booked. If you would like to continue ashore with dinner or an overnight, the booking simply runs on from the moment you step off, at the usual hourly rate.
More Pages to Plan Around a Charter
Formats often combined with a boat trip: a dinner date before or after the cruise, an overnight once you are back ashore, two companions for a group yacht, and a 24-hour weekend. Guides for related occasions: VIP companionship, a romantic date such as a sunset sloep, stag parties on a group yacht, and birthday celebrations on the water.
Companions From Many Countries
A roster drawn from many cultures, with companions who speak your language, and a single rate for all of them. Message us on WhatsApp to arrange outcall at any hour.
Boat Escort Questions Answered
What guests planning a charter ask us most often. For anything not covered here, message us on WhatsApp and you will hear back within minutes.
Ask Us on WhatsAppThere are two ways. Most guests book the boat directly with a charter operator, and we arrange for the companion to meet them at the departure dock. Alternatively, our team organises both the boat and the companion as one package, for which a handling fee applies. Send us your charter details, the time and your companion preference on WhatsApp.
Every common charter in Amsterdam: an evening saloon boat with a heated cabin (3 to 4 hours, all year), an open wooden sloep at sunset (3 hours, April to October), a larger IJ harbour yacht for 12 to 20 guests (half a day or eight hours), and saloon boats with dinner served on board. Group yacht charters with several companions are possible too.
Each companion costs €180 per hour. One companion for four hours on a saloon boat is €720, one for three hours on a sunset sloep is €540, two for half a day on an IJ yacht is €1800, and three for eight hours on a yacht is €4320. The boat is booked separately with the operator, or through us with a handling fee. There is no surcharge for meeting at the dock.
From any of the main departure points: the Centrum docks near Centraal Station and Damrak, the canal-side jetties on the Singel, Herengracht, Keizersgracht and Prinsengracht, the Amstel moorings, the sloep and saloon boat docks in the Eastern Docklands and on Java-eiland, and the IJ yacht marinas such as Houthavens. She reaches them in 45 to 60 minutes.
For a festive mood, Latin and Mediterranean companions from Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Spain, Italy or France. For a more refined charter, British or Dutch companions, the latter feeling right at home on the canals. Groups with several companions often ask for a mix of backgrounds.
Yes. The booking simply continues once the boat docks, charged at the usual hourly rate. A popular combination is a three-hour sunset sloep, then a three-hour dinner date and an overnight, which carries the booking from the sunset cruise through to the next morning.
Only the open sloeps are seasonal, sailing from April to October when the weather allows. Saloon boats with a heated cabin run all year, as do IJ harbour yachts, though some operators sail less in winter, and dinner saloon boats. We check what the operators have available when you book.
Yes, and we arrange it regularly. Larger IJ yachts for 12 to 20 guests usually have two to four companions aboard. Each is charged at €180 per hour, and we can put together a group of companions from different backgrounds.
Yes. She comes to the dock dressed to suit the boat, with nothing that suggests an agency. Charter operators welcome all kinds of guests and only note the name of whoever booked. We confirm on WhatsApp only.
Yes, all of them. Each woman is met by our team, has her identity confirmed and has her photographs checked as real and current before she can be booked for any charter.