Anyone here ever done this?

Self-drive canal boat

I've wanted to for years and this summer will be the one where we actually make it so. We plan to visit friends in Paris and Colleen has to teach in Amsterdam so, my task is to integrate the boat holiday with the remainder of the trip putting the days in Paris at the beginning of the time and Amsterdam at the end. I'm having a hard time deciding where to hire but, the Loire-Nivernais-Bourgogne area or Alsace-Lorraine sure look tasty.

This forum is the font of all knowledge, someone's bound to have done this. Input?

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