Our first experience with Vacation Rentals came about 21 years ago on a family trip to the Smoky Mountains. We had always stayed in hotels when traveling. I had noticed
signs for chalet rentals on our previous trip and decided to break with tradition and rent a chalet in Gatlinburg - not even fully understanding what a chalet was.
We were hooked! There was, of course, no comparison with the cramped quarters of the standard hotel room. Our 2 daughters were "discovering" everything, from circular stairs to squirrels on the large deck. We never darkened the doorway of a hotel in the area again.
Fifteen years - and dozens of trips to Gatlinburg - later, we purchased our first chalet. Our second chalet came a little over a year later. We used property managers to handle our rentals for the first few years, then struck out on our own a couple of years ago.
The popularity of Vacation rentals has seen quite an explosion in the past few years, with no hint of slowing down. Many more owners are managing their own properties with the help of the internet. Vacation Rental web pages number in the millions.
I would like to use this blog to share information between Owners and Guests, issues and concerns of importance to all of us and, most of all, the really great family experiences that make it all worthwhile!
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