Eastman Waterfront Retreat - Bowen Island, British Columbia

Bill &. L. P.

The cottage is very quaint and unique with tons of 1950's character! It is right on the ocean with fabulous and clear views. The cottage is very well equipped with superb internet and TV connections PLUS a fantastic wood burning stove which we enjoyed every day we were here! Every convenience is supplied for guests - just a refreshing and peaceful experience!

Donna C. M.

An incredible experience. The private beach is what reeled me in its great newly updated decor, amenities, and charm will keep me returning. Host is very helpful and informative, like having my own private insiders guide.

Tim B.

We live on Bowen Island and love supporting local business in order to help keep our island thriving. After running a company for 20 years in business we decided to sell our business and in doing so wanted to treat all our staff to a weekend get away on Bowen Islanx, while supporting Bowen business. We found the Eastman Water retreat on Bowen and thought it was expensive but ideal for our thank you gift to our staff. We booked a weekend with them and paid the absorb $3000 deposit just to secure the spot. On the night that our 6 guests arrived, Bowen got hit with one of the worse snow storms ever and most of the island was without power. We had planned a nice cooked diner at our house for our guests (husband, wife + 2 small babies), but unfortunately due to having no electricity we decided to move our diner to the Eastman retreat that we had paid for that happens to have power. It was myself and my spouse with 2 adults and 2 babies ages 1 and 2 that joined the innitial 6 people we had booked the resort for. We cooked a great meal together for everyone, shoveled the snow together and then left them to enjoy the retreat as me, myself and our 2 adult friends with thier 2 small children headed back to our cold house without power.

After the weekend wrapped we all signed the guest book expressing our appreciation for the space. The next day we received a nasty phone call from Jan Stevens who repremended us and accused us of lying to her and told us that on top of our $ 1,700 bill for 2 days she has charged our credit card for an extra $600 for having 13 people sleep in the house!

First of all we live on Bowen and would NEVER cheat anyone let alone a fellow Bowener! We pleaded with her that her accusation was rediculous as her house only sleeps 6 people which we booked for. She insisted that we were lying to her and that she would be keeping the additional 600 she charged us. It was a horrible feeling being called a liar and than having her explain to us how what we did does not sit well with Bowen people.

Well the interesting thing is WE live on Bowen Island and are very much "Bowen people" and Jan Stevens who runs the Eastman Waterfront retreat as well as the Lazy Bowen Hideaway DOES NOT EVEN LIVE ON BOWEN ISLAND!! So in our quest to support our neighbors we ended up paying a rediculous sum to someone who lives in Palm Springs or Nevada not sure, but definitely NOT Bowen Island. She is not doing anything for OUR community! She is taking money off of the island.

Also her rediculous cancelation policy which says if you can't get to your booked destination here due to ferry, weather or anything else. ...you lose your deposit ($3000) and are to blame for not arriving. Also if you have any day guests arrive just to say hello...you pay $50 a person for the visit and they cannot stay for diner or you pay more. The dumbest policy EVER and I wish we read it before we threw our money away to someone who does not even live on island. So if you're trying to support Bowen business, please do not rent from her! She is not very fruendly and was ok with leaving a family with 2 small babies out in the cold during the worse snow storm in history! Thanks for ruining a great end to a great company!

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Actual Bowen resident

Martin K.

Very restful, remote setting.

Jennifer D.

Beautiful views

Sepehr S.

Greg K.

Fiona M.