Trafalgar Cuts Solo Supplements on Rhine and Danube Cruises
The offer can pair with the Best of Summer Sale through May 28 on certain departures, adding a $300 flight credit per couple.
Trafalgar is launching Spotlight Savings on select 2026 and 2027 European river cruises, with solo supplement concessions and suite credits across Rhine and Danube departures while inventory lasts. The offer waives the single supplement on most 2026 Rhine and Danube sailings, reduces it on 2026 Christmas Markets and 2027 departures, and adds a $1,000-per-cabin shipboard credit for eligible 2026 suite bookings.
The promotion can be combined on certain departures with the Best of Summer Sale through May 28, lifting advertised savings to as much as 50 percent off and adding a $300 flight credit per couple. The promotion follows Trafalgar’s river-cruise debut this spring.
“River cruising continues to see strong demand, and we want to make sure advisors have effective ways to turn that interest into bookings,” said Whitney Ramirez, SVP sales, TTC Tour Brands. “Spotlight Savings gives advisors a flexible way to guide clients toward the right departure.”
Where the savings apply
The shipboard credit can be used for optional experiences, spa treatments, dining and beverages. Eligible 2026 itineraries include the eight-day Best of the Danube program between Budapest and Passau, with calls including Vienna and Bratislava, and the 10-day Best of the Rhine and Amsterdam itinerary from Basel to Amsterdam, which includes Strasbourg’s Old Town and Cologne Cathedral.
The promotion also covers Trafalgar’s Rhine Christmas Markets and Danube Christmas Markets sailings. Rates released with the river-cruise launch started at $2,849 per person for Best of the Rhine and Amsterdam and $3,699 per person for Best of the Danube; Trafalgar also directs advisors to agents.ttc.com for selling guides and access to travel advisor rates of up to 60 percent off.
Trafalgar builds out its river program
Trafalgar debuted the product with inaugural sailings aboard the 128-guest, three-deck Trafalgar Verity on the Rhine and Trafalgar Reverie on the Danube. The Verity hosted a three-day Amsterdam inaugural sailing from April 10-12 for more than 100 trade partners, media and Trafalgar team members.
The current river fleet uses two renamed vessels: Trafalgar Verity, formerly River Queen, and Trafalgar Reverie, formerly River Princess. Verity sails the Rhine program, while Reverie operates the Danube itinerary.
“We’re bringing our decades of experience crafting guided journeys to Europe’s rivers,” said Melissa DaSilva, deputy CEO and chief sales officer at TTC Tour Brands. “This is just the beginning, with future expansion already underway.”
Solo pricing context
In a separate 2026 product announcement, Riviera Travel expanded no-single-supplement cabins on select European river departures, including The Blue Danube, Cruise the Heart of Europe, Rhine, Moselle & Medieval Germany, The Douro, Porto & Salamanca, and The Seine, Paris & Normandy. Riviera said solo guests receive a double-occupancy cabin without the supplement on selected sailings and also plans discounted fares on some solo departures.
Riviera also plans to launch George Eliot in June 2027 on exclusively solo departures on the Danube, Rhine and Moselle, a vessel it described as the world’s first dedicated solo river ship. Trafalgar’s next named addition is Trafalgar Harmonie, scheduled to debut on the Seine in 2027, with further river-cruise expansion planned through 2030.
