According to its website, Huck's Houseboats offers several options for customers on the Mississippi River. Standard amenities include hot tubs, two refrigerators, gas ovens, microwaves and a flying bridge, which allows the boat to be driven from the sundeck. Huck's boats also include party tops, which are canopies designed to cover the sundeck. Optional amenities include grills, central air and heat, ceiling fans, swim platforms and water slides. The boats can sleep 10 to 14 guests. Tours start in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and the company provides airport shuttle service and the use of a vehicle in LaCrosse for shopping and errands. Huck's Houseboats allows for an unlimited cruising range. For those who don't want to drive the boat, Huck's also offers docked boat rentals.
Huck's Houseboat Rentals
P.O. Box 73
Neosho, WI 53059
920-625-3142
hucks.com
Great River Houseboats, located in St. Paul, Minnesota, offers boats that can sleep four to 12 guests. Available amenities include full kitchens, gas grills, flat-screen TVs and DVD players, hot showers, air conditioning and water slides. he company also offers one-way houseboat trips from St. Louis, Missouri, to St. Paul; trips can be scheduled for one or two weeks.
Great River Houseboats
4455 66th St. E
Inver Grove Hts, MN 55076
651-789-4411
greatriverhouseboats.moonfruit.com
Boatels Houseboat Rentals, which has been in business since 1953, is located in the upper Mississippi River bluffs of McGregor, Iowa. Rental boats can sleep four to 12 guests; all boats include life jackets, stoves, ovens, refrigerators, showers, pillows, blankets, eating utensils and sundecks. Boatels also rents pontoon and fishing boats.
Boatels Houseboat Rentals
P.O. Box 219
McGregor, IA 52157
800-747-2628
boatelshouseboatrentals.com