Overview

• MS George Eliot will operate an entire 2027 season reserved for solo travellers, with four eight-day European routes from June to November and new 15-day options including Budapest to the Black Sea.
• Published sample fares include £2,449 for Rhine and Moselle, £2,899 for the Blue Danube, £3,499 for Rhine–Strasbourg–Heidelberg, and £5,699 for the 15-day Budapest–Black Sea sailing.
• An early-booking incentive offers a free upgrade from middle to upper deck on 2027 European river cruises for reservations made 17 September through 31 October 2025 using code “Upgrade 27.”
• Riviera reports solo river-cruise bookings up 66% year on year, with solo travellers now nearly 13% of all bookings and almost half of those guests returning.
• The company also confirmed its first deployment outside Europe in 2027 with Riviera Alba on the Mekong, an all-suite 50-guest ship offering itineraries in Vietnam and Cambodia.