Start off right, with a boat where you stay dry regardless.

A tour of the Amsterdam canals always sounds like a good plan. Until Buienradar gets involved. Fortunately, you don't have to worry about that. Prestige Boats Amsterdam No need to worry. After all, here you’ll be cruising in a classic wooden Venetian saloon boat, complete with a roof and heating. And if the sun does come out? Then the roof simply opens. With a maximum of twelve people, you’ll cruise through the canals in complete privacy, while the skipper does the work. Drinks included, perhaps a charcuterie board on the table, and otherwise just sit back and relax. This is also a great idea during the Amsterdam Light Festival, when the canals are fully illuminated again. See, that’s how even a typical Dutch rainy day becomes enjoyable.

Go for something simple, like a whisper boat.

Don't feel like the hassle? Then a rent a boat amsterdam with which you can quietly sail through the canals is a good idea. These things are so quiet that you can even hear your mother-in-law, if for some reason you want to take her with you. You arrange it easily online, get an explanation at the quay and sail away as if you do this every weekend.

No food on board

Sailing without snacks is like going to the movies without popcorn. So order a picnic basket on a houseboat. Really, you don't even have to get out. You'll just be handed a basket full of goodies as if you're in a romcom. Prefer warm snacks? Then just order some bitterballen at a café on the canal. Dock, eat, move on. Do you prefer to go fancy? Then choose one of the best restaurants from the city, so you can be sure you're eating well.

Pizza on a boat

Around dinnertime, the stomach starts to growl and no one wants to fumble with cutlery. So pizza. Period. You pick it up at a pizzeria along the water, sometimes even through a hatch under a bridge. Seriously, that alone is an experience.

Floating is fun

Do you find just cruising around a bit boring? Then the sloop puzzle tour is for you. Solving puzzles, discovering things, annoying people on the sidelines with your loud cheering, and by the end, you'll feel smart too.

Plan it smart, nobody wants to spend fifteen rounds of texting

Just use a date picker. Saves a lot of frustration and no one can say that they “just didn’t have their agenda with them”. And you choose what time you get on. Breakfast on the boat? Possible. Night trip with disco? Also fine. You call, the skipper turns.

Expect rain and it will always be fine

The Netherlands, right? Expect rain, then you can only be positively surprised. And if it really pours: don't panic, something else will be thought of. Don't whine, just go.

Take pictures, lots of pictures, because memories are temporary

Before you know it, the party is over and you're sitting in the office on Monday pretending your weekend wasn't a thousand times more fun than that meeting. So take pictures. Lots of them. You'll thank yourself later. Or apologize, when you're in every picture with a pizza box on your head.