Staying on Frans's houseboat was my favorite part of visiting Amsterdam! I thought it was SO much more fun than a hotel. Though the location is not downtown it's very accessible to public transportation and it's in a great neighborhood. Frans equipped the place with nice amenities like shampoo, snacks, and wine! We also enjoyed borrowing his bikes one day to ride into town. Frans was very quick to respond to any queries I had, and he picked us up at the airport when we arrived and dropped us at the bus station as we left (we chose to ride the bus back to the airport--Frans asks 20 Euros each direction so we wanted to save a little on the way home). Highly recommend!