
Butler service
Personal service that feels like a luxury hotel.
Cruise Line ProgramsAll-suite river ships with butler service and a genuinely luxurious feel.
Riverside Luxury Cruises operates a small fleet of all-suite river ships, several of which were originally built for Crystal’s river line.
Riverside Mozart sails the Danube, while the more intimate Riverside Ravel and Riverside Debussy sail rivers including the Rhône, Saône and Rhine. Butler service, inclusive dining and spacious suites give the ships a high-end feel.
For a luxury European river program, Riverside is a strong and less obvious choice. If you are still weighing lines against each other, the at-sea overview lays out how we compare them.

Personal service that feels like a luxury hotel.

All-suite accommodation throughout.
Food and drinks included in the fare.
River ships are small, so full charters suit many groups.
Riverside sails the Danube, Rhine, Main, Moselle, Rhône and Saône.
We will match the ship and route to your dates and group.
Buy the Sea has been placing corporate groups at sea for twenty-six years, across every major line. We know how Riverside works, and we know what to ask for and when to ask for it so that your program gets the ships, the spaces and the dates it needs. That is the part we handle.
Bring us a headcount, a budget and a range of dates. We will come back with real options with Riverside — and across every other line, because we represent all of them and we are paid by the cruise line, never by you. There is no fee, no markup and no obligation. Here is why that matters.
Within reason, and often more of it than planners expect — signage, screens, key cards, venue naming and private events are all on the table. What is possible comes together at negotiation, and we will walk you through it.
Yes, subject to dates. With around one hundred to one hundred sixty guests, a full charter is realistic for many groups.
Nothing. We are compensated by the cruise line, never by you. Twenty-six years of doing it this way is covered in why Buy the Sea.