The Collingview

Rates

What a cottage rental this size costs, and how we quote it.

Every stay here is quoted for its dates and its group rather than read off a rate card. So that you are not left guessing, here is exactly how a quote is put together and what moves the number.

What is in a quote

Four lines, and no surprises.

The nightly or weekly rate
Quoted for your dates, the length of the stay and the size of the group. It is the one line that changes most from one enquiry to the next, which is why it is quoted rather than published.
Cleaning
A single fee per stay rather than per night, as is normal for a house this size, stated in the quote.
Taxes
HST applies, and any municipal accommodation tax that applies to your dates is included in the quote rather than added later.
Security deposit
Refundable, stated in the quote, and returned within seven days of checkout once the house has been checked. Ordinary wear is never charged.
What is not extra
Linen and towels, firewood is not relevant because the fires are gas, and the hot tub is not a supplement. Wi-Fi is included, though we are not quoting a speed until it has been measured.

What moves the number

In order of how much it matters.

  1. The dates, by a distance

    Christmas, New Year, March Break and the summer long weekends are the expensive end of the year everywhere in this region, and they also go earliest. The shoulder seasons, late April into June, and November — are the other end of the same scale. If your dates are flexible, this is the lever worth pulling before any other.

  2. How long you stay

    A week costs less per night than a long weekend, and a month costs less again — the changeover is the same amount of work whether you stay two nights or twenty. For a season, that gap gets wide enough to be the whole conversation.

  3. Midweek against weekend

    Midweek is usually both easier to get and better value, and it is the obvious answer for a company retreat, which does not need to happen on a Saturday anyway.

  4. The size of the group

    This moves a quote less than people expect. A whole-house rate is a whole-house rate; group size affects linen and cleaning, not the base number. It is also the one input we cannot finalise until occupancy is confirmed against what the municipality permits.

  5. How far ahead you ask

    Not because prices rise, but because the dates people want disappear. For a holiday week or a long weekend, asking six months out is normal here and three weeks out is optimistic.

Why there is no rate card

Because every stay is quoted.

Rates are set properly, against the season, against what comparable properties in Southern Georgian Bay achieve, and against what it costs to run a building of this size — rather than picked to look competitive on a listing page.

One published number would be wrong for most enquiries. A February midweek and a Christmas week are different prices, and so are two nights and a month. A headline figure that has to be corrected by email is worse than no figure at all.

So the answer to “how much” is: send the dates. You get a real figure from a person, with the cleaning, the taxes and the deposit set out. Asking commits you to nothing.

Ask for a quoteMonthly and seasonal rates work differently

Send the dates, get a number.

Tell us when, how many, and roughly what you have in mind. We will come back with availability and a full quote: nightly rate, cleaning, taxes and deposit, all of it.

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Questions about cost

What fees should I expect when renting a cottage?
Usually four: the nightly or weekly rate, a cleaning fee per stay, HST (and a municipal accommodation tax where one applies), and a refundable security deposit. Platforms add a guest service fee on top. Ask for the total in writing before you pay; a good quote has nothing left to add afterwards.
How much does a large cottage cost?
It varies more by date than by house, at the luxury end as much as anywhere. The same property can cost far more over Christmas, March Break or a summer long weekend than on a February midweek, and a week or a month carries a lower nightly rate than two nights. Compare totals for the same dates rather than headline nightly rates.
Why are your rates not published?
Because a single published number would be wrong for most enquiries. The price moves with the season, the length of the stay and the size of the group, and a headline rate that has to be corrected by email is worse than none. Send your dates and we will quote properly.
What makes a quote go up or down?
In order: the dates, the length of the stay, and the size of the group. Holiday weeks cost the most and quiet midweeks the least, longer stays bring the nightly rate down, and a larger group affects cleaning and linen rather than the base rate.
Is booking direct cheaper than Airbnb or Vrbo?
Booking direct removes the guest service fee a platform adds to your total, and Airbnb and Vrbo each publish how theirs is worked out. What you give up is the platform's own dispute process, so ask for written terms before you pay, as you should with any direct booking.
Do you take corporate bookings and invoice them?
Yes. Company bookings are quoted the same way as any other, invoiced to the company with HST shown, and confirmed by payment in full. Tell us if you need a purchase order number on the invoice.