Friday, October 8, 2010

Fall colors: better than average

We just got home from Gatlinburg last night and the fall colors are coming. In fact, we drove the foothills parkway on Wednesday (to the Biltmore) and Thursday (coming home) and saw a definite increase in color.

It's supposed to be a great year for color, according to Kathy Gould Matthews, associate professor of biology at Western Carolina University. That's what this article says on knoxnews.com. Click to read the whole thing, or go to this link: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/oct/04/foliage-forecast-expert-expects-above-average-disp/.

There's still time to join us to witness the colors. Smoky Mountain Tower is totally booked, but we have six prime nights available at All Decked Out - Sunday, October 17 through Friday, October 22 (checking out Saturday morning). And to entice you even more, we're running a special price if you stay all six nights - only $699 plus tax. That's a savings of almost $200.

For all the details, plus the coupon code that gets you the cheap price, check out our specials page by clicking here. But hurry. This offer will be all gone after Thursday, October 14.

Monday, October 4, 2010

It's time to think about 2011

Greetings from Gatlinburg. We arrived last night and we're staying at All Decked Out - and getting some minor maintenance issues taken care of.

I was looking at our reservation calendar this morning and realized that we have very few dates available for 2010. So it's time to start thinking about 2011.

Here's the good news. As of now, we are not raising our rates in 2011. Of course, that may change as we see how the reservations come in. But if you book your 2011 stay at Smoky Mountain Tower or All Decked Out this year, you will still get our 2010 rates.

Frankly, we don't know too many other people who are keeping rates at the same level next year. If our cleaning costs go up, we'll probably have to increase our rates, too. So we encourage you to book now, while the rates are still this low. And in case you forgot, our rates have never been this low in the 14-year history of renting our cabins!

It's easy to make your reservation online. Just go to either of our Web site and click the "Book Online Now" button. Enter your arrival and departure dates, and go on from there.

To make it easy, here are links directly to our online calendar:
-Smoky Mountain Tower - www.SmokyMountainTower.com/availability
-All Decked Out - www.SmokiesRentDirect.com/availability

We look forward to having you stay with us in 2011!