Online booking and Airbnb!

Posted on 27th October 201910th April 2020 by admin

If you are looking to book a short break you can now do it through our website. Simply click the “Book a short Break” Button top right or on any of the short break pages, this will take you through to a booking page have look at the instructions, the system is based around a hotel booking system, so is not a perfect fit for boat hire but does a good job and it is free so we don’t have increase our cost to cover it.

Have a look here – Booking Page

You can also pay you deposit and balance online, we have teamed up with a company called FabPay, fear not they utilise SagePay as there payment gateway, it has the highest level of card data security (PCI DSS Level 1) and is 100% secure.

Fear not, if you do not want to book online we can still get you sorted either over the phone or in store, give us a call on 01925 265129 or email us bookings@thornmarine.co.uk and we will get back to you.

We have also sorted out pricing for next year, we have had to raise the prices a little £20-£40 for a midweek break BUT we have decreased the weekend prices by as much as £170! We have also added an automatic discount to the system, if you book a weeks break you get a 10% Discount and for 10 days or more 15%

Cheshire Cat

Home James

If you are planning a trip to Cheshire or you have friends or family coming to Stockton Heath and are looking for some where different to stay? You can now book to stay on Home James for as little as 2 nights, It is currently only available during our low season November to February but if it works we will offer this all through the year when we have space available!

AirBnb

This is for static hire only, if you wish we can arrange a short trip at an additional cost, or if you wish to take the boat out for a break please book this through out website HERE or you can call us on 01925 265129 or email us at bookings@thornmarine.co.uk.

End of an era at Claymoore Navigation.

Posted on 6th April 201910th April 2020 by admin

For over 40 years Claymoore Navigation have been on the Bridgewater Canal offering great affordable boat hir.

Sadly last month they closed their doors for the last time, the boats and most of the equipment were auctioned off and the site is now empty.

We have always worked very closely with them as we were in the same line of business, including hiring out each others boats and helping their customers when on holiday. They will be missed on the Bridgewater.

We are still in regular contact with some of the staff and they have found new jobs or are taking a well deserved break.

In November of last year we were asked to take over the running of Cheshire Cat, please follow the link for more information, she is what is known as a sponsored boat as in the boat is owned by a private individual who uses the boat occasionally but the rest of the time is let out on hire, manged by us. We still have space available through the summer if you are looking to book your break.

We are aware of some of their customer who booked in advance will unfortunately not able to take their holidays, as mentioned above we do have availability on Cheshire Cat, but our Dayboat is booked up weekends until Mid October and we have very few weekdays available.

We will have a second short break hire boat operating in the near future (in time for the summer), watch this space!!!!!!!!