Rates and Payments

Payment is typically by email transfer for those with Canadian bank accounts. Otherwise, please ask.   At the time of booking a rental deposit of is required to confirm & hold the booking and once the booking is held for you, all Kingfisher Cove policies, on this web site and in our contract, apply.  Along with this rental deposit, we require the damage deposit of $400 in the form of a cheque, email transfer, or we will discuss other possible options. The remaining balance of the rental is due 6 weeks before the beginning of the rental period.

All minimum stays, regardless of season, must be paid in full at the time of booking. For other stays, personal cheques will be accepted if written on a Canadian bank account and dated and received by us 7 days prior to the usual due date - eg. for the final payment, instead of 6 weeks in advance, personal cheques are due 7 weeks prior to the first day of your booking. 

Please understand that we cannot confirm a booking without a deposit.

A damage/cleaning deposit of $400 CDN is required when the final balance of the rental is paid at 6 weeks prior to the beginning of the rental period. This deposit will be returned in full at the time of your departure or within 7 days, if the cottage is left tidy, clean and undamaged - in the same condition in which you received it. We are confident that our cleaners do a very good job, so confident, that we offer that if anything is amiss, you may call us within the first 24 hours, and we will organize for the cleaner to return for up to 2 additional hours. Renters are always met at the cottage by the homeowner (or rarely by a representative) to give you a good orientation. We want you to feel very comfortable and not have to spend time learning the basics about the cottage and the property.

Acceptance of the key establishes agreement that the cottage and its contents have been received clean, tidy and in good to excellent condition but as above, call us if anything is amiss. All garbage must be taken off the island as there is no landfill however, for a small fee paid to the retailer, guests can personally take garbage to a drop off centre at Medicine Beach which is only a few kilometers from the cottage. Usually, garbage is very small in quantity and there is a recycle centre on the island which renters are encouraged to use for cans, bottles, metal, cardboard, office paper and newspaper.

At Kingfisher Cove, we recycle as much as possible and are generally very conservation oriented.  Garbage is never smelly as meat and chicken scraps as well as oyster shells, prawn shells, crab shells, and other seafood scraps are tossed into the sea to feed the crabs and the starfish.  It is rare that we need to leave the island with more than a tiny bag of garbage after being there for a week. It is a simple, hygienic system and little is wasted.

After confirming your booking, you are responsible for the full amount of the rental, but we will make every effort to re-book. If we are successful, the amount received will be deducted from the amount you have paid and returned to you, less a $375 CDN administration fee. You are advised to obtain trip cancellation insurance to cover the possibility of illness, cancelled or delayed airplanes or other transit bookings, etc. Depending on how much lead time you have given us, we may or may not be able to replace your booking.Please re-confirm your arrival times with us the day before your arrival and double check your ferry or floatplane reservations, to avoid disappointment, especially on Canadian or American stat holidays such as the May long weekend; Canada Day/USA independence Day weekend - July 1st and 4th, Labour Day (Sept), B.C. Day (Aug), and during the Xmas to New Year time period  etc.

Please note that the deposit and cancellation policies on this page apply to weekly and other short stays. For those renting by the month during the lower seasons, the deposit and cancellation policies will be in keeping with terms in your lease agreement.