A four-day offsite that doesn't burn a Friday on travel. Twelve people, one house, one dock, zero hotel hallways. Most teams stop checking Slack by Tuesday afternoon.
What is Shawnigan Retreats for corporate offsites?
Shawnigan Retreats hosts corporate offsites for 2-50 guests with a 3-night minimum, priced from $4,500/night for the Lakeside House (sleeps 14) and $5,500/night for the whole 18-bed property. The entire estate is private — no other guests, no shared meeting rooms, no hotel hallways. Twelve people, one house, one dock. See the glossary for the booking terms below.
For a three-night stay, check in from 4pm Monday, work together Tuesday and Wednesday, then leave by 11am Thursday. Ask us before planning earlier access to the property.
Capacity and format
Up to 50 guests when utilizing our partner properties.
Boardroom-style for 12 around the outdoor dining table.
Theater seating for 16 in the great room.
Two breakout zones: the games room and the cottage living room.
Whiteboards and markers in the closet by the front door.
A clear budget for three nights
Whole property. One nightly rate. Space for your team.
A three-night corporate retreat at the whole property starts at $16,500 ($5,500 per night), plus a $1,050 cleaning fee. The property sleeps up to 18.
That’s $17,550 CAD before taxes, catering and optional add-ons. Corporate stays have a three-night minimum.
A private chef, catering and extra AV are arranged separately. Send your dates and headcount for a proposal showing the costs for your stay.
An example for leadership teams planning three nights together. Adjust the working sessions to the decisions your team needs to make.
Sample three-night strategy retreat
Arrive Monday afternoon, work together Tuesday and Wednesday, and leave Thursday morning.
Day 1 — Arrive and settle in (Monday)
Before arrival — Coordinate flights and ground transport around your team's travel plans.
4pm — Check in, settle into rooms, and walk through the property together.
5pm — Agree on the decisions the team needs to make before leaving.
6:30pm — Dinner together, prepared by the team or a chef booked in advance.
After dinner — Leave time for conversation or an early night.
Day 2 — Strategy and decisions (Tuesday)
8am — Breakfast and coffee before the first session.
9am — Focused strategy discussion, with breaks and a clear question to resolve.
12pm — Lunch together, then time outside.
1:30pm — Small-group work in the spaces included with your booking.
4pm — Optional time on the property or a local outing.
6:30pm — Dinner and a conversation about the team's longer-term direction.
Day 3 — Commitments and next steps (Wednesday)
8am — Breakfast and a short review of Tuesday's discussion.
9am — Resolve open questions and agree on priorities.
12pm — Lunch and a break outside.
1:30pm — Give each decision an owner, a next step, and a date to revisit it.
6:30pm — Final dinner together; leave the evening unscheduled.
Day 4 — Wrap and depart (Thursday)
8am — Breakfast and a final check on commitments.
10am — Pack and walk through the property.
11am — Check out and begin the trip home.
Standard check-in is 4pm and check-out is 11am. Ask about early check-in or late check-out before you build the agenda around it; availability depends on the housekeeping window.
The boring questions teams email us before they book. Here are the answers we usually paste back.
What technology and meeting infrastructure does the property have?
The boring questions, answered before you ask them.
Infrastructure for executive offsites at Shawnigan Retreats includes 300 Mbps fibre WiFi, an 85-inch screen with HDMI and AirPlay, boardroom-style seating for 12 around the dining table, theater seating for 16, and dedicated workspace with lake views.
Wi-Fi at 300 Mbps over fibre — we pay for fast because we work from here. Backup 5G hotspot if your CFO needs redundancy.
85-inch screen with HDMI and AirPlay.
Whiteboards (3) and markers in the front closet — we keep a flip-chart easel folded behind the coats too, ask if you need it.
Quiet booths for individual calls: the master suite balcony, the lake bedroom, the cottage living room.
GST receipts. Corporate billing. We'll invoice however your finance team prefers — we've seen most of them.
Executive offsites and strategy weeks
The great room sits twelve around one table. Boards and leadership teams use us when they need three days to argue, not three days to look at slides.
Quiet weekdays, no weddings overlapping, no other guests on the lake side of the property.
Pickleball after lunch. A swim before dinner. The Kinsol Trestle hike, twenty minutes south, takes ninety minutes round-trip. Wakesurfing in July when the lake hits twenty-four degrees. None of it is mandatory; most of it happens anyway.
Cell signal is strong across the property — reliable enough for video calls from the deck.
We work with private chefs based in Victoria who cook out of our kitchen. Halibut from Cowichan Bay in summer, Cowichan duck and root vegetables in winter. Most groups skip the in-and-out lunch debate and let us run the menu.
If you'd rather cook, the kitchen has two ovens, a La Cornue induction range, and enough cookware for sixteen. Costco run on request.
The sauna seats six (holds eight) and reaches 90°C in forty minutes from cold. The lake is fifteen feet away. Most teams figure out the rhythm by day two: session, sauna, swim, dinner — yes, even in February.
Yoga instructors come in from Cobble Hill if you'd like a Saturday morning class. Two days' notice.
Corporate weekday pricing (Mon–Thu, off-peak): from $4,500/night for the Lakeside House (plus $650 cleaning). From $5,500/night for the whole property (plus $1,050 cleaning). Three-night minimum. Catering and AV add-ons are separate; we'll price them with the proposal.
50% deposit confirms the booking; balance due 30 days before arrival. Fully refundable up to 30 days out; cancellations within 30 days are non-refundable.
Most teams book Monday to Thursday in the shoulder months and pay roughly the same as a downtown Victoria conference room — with better coffee and a lake.
One court, paddles in the bin, balls in the basket. Most groups end up with a bracket by Saturday afternoon.
1-2 hours
Hikes nearby
Mt. Baldy is twenty minutes; Kinsol Trestle is fifteen. We'll point you at the right one for the weather.
2-4 hours
On the lake
One paddleboard, two kayaks, one wakesurf boat (chartered through a local skipper from June to September).
2-3 hours
Yoga and sauna
Yoga instructors come in from Cobble Hill on two days' notice. Sauna runs every evening from five.
1-2 hours
Cook together
The kitchen handles sixteen comfortably. Halibut from Cowichan Bay or Cowichan duck from True Grain. We'll do the grocery run.
2-3 hours
Indoors after dark
Home theater seats eight. Ping-pong table in the games room. Catan, Codenames, and three decks of cards in the cabinet.
2-4 hours
What's included
The basics, with no surprise line items.
Private dock and beach
Sixty feet of waterfront. The water is warm enough to swim from late June through September.
Sauna and hot tub
Finnish sauna seats six. Hot tub stays at 39°C year-round.
Pickleball court
One court, paddles and balls in the bin courtside.
Full kitchen
La Cornue induction range, two ovens, cookware for sixteen.
Wi-Fi at about 300 Mbps
Over fibre — we pay for fast because we work from here. Backup 5G hotspot if your CFO needs redundancy.
Hiking trails
Mt. Baldy, Cobble Hill, Kinsol Trestle — all under twenty-five minutes by car.
Ping-pong table
In the games room. Two paddles in the drawer underneath.
Indoor and outdoor dining
One table for twelve indoors. One for sixteen on the deck.
Gym
Treadmill, rower, dumbbells to fifty pounds, yoga mats.
Meeting spaces
Great room, home theater, cottage living room, plus two quiet booths.
Optional add-ons
Tell us what you want; we'll line it up.
Private chef
Private chefs based in Victoria. Halibut, duck, root vegetables in season.
Yoga instructors
From Cobble Hill, two days' notice. Mats provided.
Facilitators
Two we've used a dozen times each. Both run strategy and offsite design.
Hiking guides
For Mt. Baldy or longer Cowichan Valley routes.
Paddleboard and kayak lessons
Mornings or evenings, group sizes up to twelve.
Waterskiing
Boat and skipper through a local charter, June through September.
Wakesurfing
Boat and coach through the same charter that runs the ski lessons.
Meditation and breathwork
One instructor in Mill Bay does morning sessions on the deck.
Custom team building
Whatever you've done before that worked, we'll line it up here.
Fully managed packages
You send the headcount and the dates. We handle the rest. Package options include:
Private chef for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Facilitator for strategy sessions.
Yoga or breathwork instructor.
Guided hikes and outdoor sessions.
Paddleboard and kayak time.
Wine tour transport to Unsworth, Blue Grouse, and Merridale.
Most of our recent corporate groups have come from Victoria, Vancouver, and Seattle.
Hold a weekday block
Tell us the headcount and the week you're aiming at. We'll come back within four hours with rates, a sample agenda, and a hold for forty-eight hours so you can poll the team.
