What it costs: U.S. $899 per couple
What it includes: Two nights' accommodations in a deluxe room at A Water's Edge Retreat, including wine-and-hors d'oeuvres hour each afternoon, after-dinner snack each night, breakfast buffet each morning, use of two bicycles each day and transportation to and from the ferry dock/airport; two $20 coupons toward on-premises massage, facial, body wrap or yoga; a two-hour sailing cruise on a 35-foot sailboat; two nights' accommodations in a deluxe room at the Tin Goose Inn, including wine-and-hors d'oeuvres hour each afternoon, breakfast each morning and transportation to and from the ferry dock/airport; and one dinner for two (two appetizers, two entrees, two desserts, two nonalcoholic beverages) in the Tin Goose's dining room.
For reservations or more information: A Water's Edge Retreat, 827 E. Lakeshore Drive, Kelleys Island, Ohio, www.awatersedgeretreat.com, (419) 746-2455 or (800) 884-5143 (for reservations only). The Tin Goose Inn, 1060 East-West Road, Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada, www.goose.on.ca.com, (519) 724-2223 or (877) 737-5557 (for reservations only).
Getting there: The fastest, easiest way to visit both islands is to fly. Griffing Flying Service (419-626-5161) at Griffing Sandusky Airport offers a varying number of 7-minute daily flights to and from Kelleys Island and at least three 15-minute flights a day to and from Pelee Island. Fare for each round trip is $66.
At press time, only the Pelee Island Transportation Co. (800-661-2220 or www.bmts.com/~northland) provides ferry service to Pelee Island. Passengers board and disembark in downtown Sandusky. The Island Rocket (800-854-8121 or www.islandrocket.com) offers passenger service to Kelleys Island from a nearby dock.
