Le Boat is offering one reader and five guests the chance to travel a waterway of their choice for up to seven nights on a modern cruiser.
Boats on the Canal du Midi near Toulouse
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The experience
Specialist tour operator Le Boat has been helping travellers self-captain modern boats along some of Europe’s best waterways for more than 50 years. In France, the company operates in nine regions, as well as the UNESCO-listed Canal du Midi, which connects the Atlantic to the Mediterranean via iconic wine regions. Other options include following the River Lot, with its dramatic limestone cliffs and hilltop villages, or the curve of the Mediterranean, alongside the pretty beaches of southern France and lagoons of the Camargue, where white horses and pink flamingos roam free.
The prize
Courtesy of Le Boat, Europe’s leading provider of self-drive river and canal boat holidays, one prize winner and five guests can travel to any of Le Boat’s French destinations on board a Horizon 1 or Horizon 2 boat for up to seven nights. The prize includes a return crossing to France with one en suite cabin on Brittany Ferries from Portsmouth, Poole or Plymouth, valid for six people travelling with one car. The prize is valid from 5 April 2025 to 6 June 2026, excluding bank holidays and blackout dates (27 April to 10 May 2025; 31 May to 7 June 2025; 8 July to 31 Aug 2025), and must be booked at least eight weeks in advance. The prize could be substituted for another of similar value should the original offer not be available.
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Terms & Conditions
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The Promoter
The Promoter is APL Media Limited, Highgate Studios, 53-79 Highgate Road, London NW5 1TL.
The Prize
There is one prize consisting of up to seven nights to any of Le Boat’s French destinations on board a Horizon 1 or Horizon 2 with up to five people with ferry crossings with Brittany Ferries with cabin on any UK-France routes.
The prize includes:
- A return crossing with Brittany Ferries for six people with their car from Portsmouth, Poole or Plymouth to France. Subject to availability.
- Le Boat: A return journey on a Horizon 1 or 2 with up to five people in any French destinations. Damage Liability Reduction (DLR) & fuel included.
- Once confirmed the booking is final and cannot be amended.
- Winners can book a one-way cruise, but a one-way supplement is payable.
The prize excludes: Insurance; the cost of any passports, visas, or travel documentation required for the prize winner to travel to France; airport transfers between the prize winner’s home and the departure airport; petrol between ferry and base, personal spending money; tips; or any food, drink or activities not mentioned in the prize description. Any additional taxes, costs and expenses incurred during the trip will be the responsibility of the prize winner.
Upon collection of the boat, you must pay a refundable Damage Deposit.
Ferry: Additional travel expenses are not included, and any other expenses not included with the prize will be charged at full price
The prize is valid for travel from 22 March 2025 to 31 October 2025. Blackout dates of 6th March – 5th April, 27th April – 10th May, 31st May - 7th June, 8th July – 31st Aug apply.
Le Boat's standard Booking Terms & Conditions apply to the use of the prize.
It is the winner’s responsibility to check all visa, passport, travel insurance and health requirements are fulfilled.
The prize must be booked at least 8 weeks in advance of the intended date of travel.
The prize is subject to availability, non-exchangeable, non-transferable, non-refundable and has no monetary value. The prize for this Prize Promotion will be given to the winner as set out in these terms and conditions. The winner must accept the prize in that form. There is no cash alternative. No alternative will be offered.
In the event of cancellation by the winner, for whatever reason, no alternative prize will be given.
The prize provider and Promoter retain the right to substitute the prize with another prize of similar value in the event that the original prize offered is not available.
The Promoter will not be held liable for a prize if it does not reach the winner for reasons beyond its reasonable control.
The winner uses the prize at their own risk.
The Promoter shall not be liable in any way for any failure, liability or breach by any third party in connection with this Prize Promotion or prize and accepts no responsibility for any loss, property damage or personal injury suffered by the winner relating to this Prize Promotion or the prize, except in the case of death or personal injury caused by Promoter’s negligence or fraudulent misrepresentation and, so far as permitted by law, the Promoter its associated companies and agents exclude responsibility and all liabilities arising for reasons beyond its control including any act or default of any third party supplier.
Entrants
Entrants must reside in the UK and be aged 18 or over.
Employees and agents of APL Media Limited (APL) or any company connected with the production or distribution of a promotion or any of their associated companies are not eligible to take part in the applicable promotion, nor are their relatives or members of their families or households.
Entrants can enter the Prize Promotion only as specified in these terms and conditions.
The winner may be required to provide the Promoter with the form of proof of identity as Promoter in its sole discretion requests before receipt of any prize. Failure to produce sufficient evidence as to identity may result in disqualification.
No entries from agents, third parties, organised groups or entries automatically generated by computer will be accepted. No incomplete, illegible or corrupted entries will be accepted. Failure to comply with any of these terms and conditions (including instructions) will disqualify any entrant from taking part in the Prize Promotion and the entry will be invalid. The Promoter retains sole discretion to refuse entrants the right to enter if it feels that these terms and conditions are not being complied with or for any valid and justifiable reason.
The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any entrant and/or winner and/or amend these terms and conditions at any time in its absolute discretion.
Entries and Prize draw
To enter the prize draw, entrants must fill in the entry form available at:
The Prize Promotion closes at 11.59pm GMT on 31 January 2025. All entries must be received before this time. Only one entry per named entrant and email address will be accepted.
The winner will be drawn at random from valid entries received before the closing date.
The winner will be notified by email within 14 days of the Prize Promotion closing. The winner will be contacted using the email address provided at the time of entry. Once notified, the winner must reply within 10 days.
If the selected winner is unreachable, ineligible, disqualified or fails to claim the prize within 10 days of notification being sent by the Promoter, that winner automatically forfeits the prize.
The Promoter’s decision in this Prize Promotion is final and legally binding and no correspondence will be entered into.
Prize Promotion
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Miscellaneous
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