Category: Retreats & Groups

The Sunshine Coast offers a unique alternative to many other Lower Mainland meeting and retreat locations. We are ideally suited to groups of 16-100, making the Coast a great location for small to medium sized weddings, family reunions, training courses, business retreats, and getaways for creativity and soultime.

Group accommodations range from hotels, motels, and resorts, to lakeside or oceanfront multi-unit accommodation, to combined B&B or cottage stays in a specific area, or even rustic wilderness camping with private cabins or tent cabins and shared cooking facilities.

Featured Group Accommodations

Painted Boat Resort	Sunshine Coast Resort	Tzoonie Wilderness Resort

Rack of Lamb, The Restaurant at Painted Boat

The Restaurant at Painted Boat gets rave review

Posted By Webmaster Laurie McConnell on Jun 10, 2010 in Cottages, EAT & SHOP, Marinas, Resorts, Retreats & Groups, Secret Cove/Pender Harbour, Spas, Waterfront Stays

I ran into Ryan Schmidt, Manager of The Restaurant at Painted Boat, at a recent gathering of businesses and individuals working on the expanding ‘Meetings & Retreats’ shoulder season initiatives. We chatted about the spring season and he mentioned a great review The Restaurant had just received via The Vancouver Sun newspaper, from an article [...]

Sunshine Coast Birding Tours – A Remarkable Experience

Posted By Webmaster Laurie McConnell on Mar 16, 2010 in Bed & Breakfasts, Birding & Wildlife, Retreats & Groups, Weird & Wonderful

March 10, 2010 - Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada Birds attract our attention by their sheer numbers, variety, beauty, and lively behaviour. If you are curious about birding, the Sunshine Coast is an excellent area to visit. Gibsons Getaways and Sechelt Escapes are happy to announce two weekend guided birding tours this spring. The Sunshine Coast [...]

Tzoonie Wilderness Camp: Soul Time

Posted By Webmaster Laurie McConnell on Oct 03, 2009 in Boat Tours & Cruises, Camping, Cottages, FEATURED, Fishing, Gay & Lesbian, Getaways & Specials, Hiking, Kayaking, Kid Friendly, Pet Friendly, PHOTOS, Recreation, Resorts, Retreats & Groups, Sechelt Inlet, Waterfront Stays, Wilderness Stays

Tzoonie Wilderness Camp is a boat or floatplane access only resort located in Narrows Inlet, the second fjord up Sechelt Inlet. Art & Aleta Giroux have been running this resort for over 20 years, sharing some of the most beautiful of BC’s coastline in a remote wilderness setting. Campers stay in rustic but comfortable cabins, [...]

Can you believe this view from your room at Sakinaw Lake Lodge?

Fabulous spring vacation awaits at Sakinaw Lake Lodge

Posted By Webmaster Laurie McConnell on Mar 10, 2009 in Bed & Breakfasts, Boat Tours & Cruises, Cottages, Gay & Lesbian, Getaways & Specials, Kid Friendly, Pet Friendly, Resorts, Retreats & Groups, Secret Cove/Pender Harbour, Vacation Rentals, Waterfront Stays

Spring 2008 The new owners of Sakinaw Lake Lodge are offering some great spring packages. Book any two nights in April or May and receive 40% off their low season rates. Roast some marshmallows around the fire or watch the moonlight glimmering on Sakinaw Lake from the outdoor hot tub. Starting in April, groups of [...]

WCWL – World Class Destination

Posted By Webmaster Laurie McConnell on Jul 31, 2008 in Hotels, Motels & Inns, Kayaking, Kid Friendly, Recreation, Resorts, Retreats & Groups, Ruby Lake & Egmont, STAY, VISIT, Weird & Wonderful

From a Sunshine Coast guest… We were running out of gas when we got off the ferry near the little town of Egmont,B.C. on the Sechelt peninsula. The only gas pump was closed for the night, and we had broken our own rule of never looking for a room after 6 p.m. The owner of [...]

Bird Point Retreat – Unplug!

Posted By Webmaster Laurie McConnell on Jul 25, 2008 in Camping, Cottages, Gay & Lesbian, Hiking, Kayaking, Kid Friendly, Pet Friendly, Recreation, Resorts, Retreats & Groups, STAY, Vacation Rentals, Waterfront Stays, Weird & Wonderful, Wilderness Stays

Wow. We just got back from four days at Bird Point Retreat up Sechelt Inlet, and I can’t believe – as the designer of their web site at http://www.birdpointretreat.com – that we didn’t go for a longer amount of time, given that I actually typed out the sentence: “Everyone wishes they had booked a [...]

Lina Jakobs, Chasters & Bonniebrook Lodge Historic Inn

Live from Chasters

Posted By Webmaster Laurie McConnell on Jul 09, 2008 in EAT & SHOP, Gay & Lesbian, Gibsons, Hotels, Motels & Inns, Kid Friendly, Resorts, Retreats & Groups, Waterfront Stays

So we’re sitting on the lawns of the historic Bonniebrook Lodge oceanfront inn, overlooking the Strait of Georgia. A cruise ship just obligingly sailed past and Geatan and Luci are playing gorgeous music. In the lulls in guitar snippets of stories can be heard over the waves just feet away. Beautiful! ‘We’ consists of moi, [...]