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places for a houseboat vacation

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HERE are some of the houseboat rental companies along the upper Mississippi and its tributaries. The prices are summer rates.

S & S Houseboat Rentals, 990 South Front Street, Lansing, Iowa; (800) 728-0131; www.ssboatrentals.com. Rates: $1,195 to $2,395 for two and a half days on the weekend or three and a half days midweek.

Boatels Houseboat Rentals, 400 Business Highway 18 North, McGregor, Iowa; (800) 747-2628; www.boatelshouseboatrentals.com. Rates: $900 to $1,810 for a two-and-half-day weekend.

Great River Houseboats, 1009 East Main Street, Wabasha, Minn.; (651) 565-3376; www.greatriverhouseboats.com. Rates: $600 to $1,600 for a three-day weekend.

Last updated on September 11, 2008