Gatlinburg Real Estate Blog

Over the past 15 years, the change in the way that Gatlinburg vacation homes are marketed to guests is truly remarkable. If you were planning a Gatlinburg vacation 15 years ago, your search probably began with your your hometown newspaper classifieds.  In a section titled Vacation Rentals (that no longer exists in many/most local newspapers), Gatlinburg cabin rental companies ran ads that went something like this: 1-10 bedroom luxury log cabin and chalet rentals in Gatlinburg!  Call 1-800-NIGHTLY for more info and a free catalog describing all of our beautiful properties. When the requested catalog came in the mail, it was a rather simple booklet with descriptions and pen & ink artist's renditions of the exteriors of cabins that the rental company managed. Potential guests then called a second time to see if the cabin they liked in the catalog was available on the dates that they wished to visit.  If it was in fact available, th...

Over the past 15 years, the change in the way that Gatlinburg vacation homes are marketed to guests is truly remarkable. If you were planning a Gatlinburg vacation 15 years ago, your search probably began with your your hometown newspaper classifieds.  In a section titled Vacation Rentals (that no longer exists in many/most local newspapers), Gatlinburg cabin rental companies ran ads that went something like this: 1-10 bedroom luxury log cabin and chalet rentals in Gatlinburg!  Call 1-800-NIGHTLY for more info and a free catalog describing all of our beautiful properties. When the requested catalog came in the mail, it was a rather simple booklet with descriptions and pen & ink artist's renditions of the exteriors of cabins that the rental company managed. Potential guests then called a second time to see if the cabin they liked in the catalog was available on the dates that they wished to visit.  If it was in fact available,...