Real people.
Really doing this.
The Luxury Collection is the finest part of what we do. A small, hand-picked set of homes drawn from a portfolio we’ve spent twenty-five years building on Ontario’s best lakes, looked after by people who know them inside out.
Twenty-five years of lake country experience.
Cottage Vacations started in 1999, back when it went by Water’s Edge. One business, a handful of cottages, and a simple idea, that a week at the lake should feel easy from the moment you arrive.
Twenty-five years on, we look after more than three hundred properties across Muskoka, Haliburton, Parry Sound, the Kawarthas, and Bruce and Grey. We’ve become the largest independent cottage rental company in Ontario, and we’ve stayed independent on purpose. The Luxury Collection is what happens when you take all of that and point it at the very best homes on the water.
400+
25+
200K+
Guests Hosted
What makes the collection different
Most luxury rental sites are just listing sites. They show you beautiful homes and hand you a brochure. We’re operators. We manage these cottages year round, we know the owners by name, and we know which dock catches the evening sun and which kitchen was actually built for a chef. That difference shows up in every detail of your stay, because we’re not introducing you to a property. We’re handing you one of ours.
The team behind your stay
Behind every stay is a team you can actually reach. Not a call centre, not a ticket number. People who answer the phone, know the lakes, and make the week run. They look after the bookings, the homes, and the hundred small things you’ll never have to think about, because we’ve already thought about them.
Jay Katzeff
PRESIDENT & PARNTER
Tyler DaCosta
BROKER OF RECORD & PARTNER
Joshua Chisvin
OPERATIONS & PARTNER
The operation behind it all
What you see is the front of a much larger operation. Behind it sit our reservations, housekeeping, and maintenance crews, a network built over twenty-five years and three hundred properties. It’s the reason a Luxury Collection stay feels effortless. The polish you notice is held up by a lot of quiet work you don’t.
Come see the homes, or just call and tell us what you’re looking for. We’ve been doing this a long time, and we still answer the phone.