Let us be the last to wish you HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here it is - January 4, 2013 - and we're just getting around to wishing you a HAPPY NEW YEAR!  That's what happens when you start off the year with some leftover bronchitis - and a task list from last year that is still too long.

But we are thankful to be in 2013.  We think this is going to be an exciting year.  And it's going to start with a trip to Gatlinburg on Monday - meeting up with Marcia, Zack and Nathan to take down the Christmas decorations at All Decked Out and Smoky Mountain Tower.  We are so thankful for their help!

We'll do our best to report from Gatlinburg.  But we just want to encourage you to make your vacation plans quickly, so you can be sure to get the dates you want.  We just got two inquiries for January dates, along with a booking for a week in June.  And we've already had inquiries for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year.  We know lots of people are waiting until the last minute to make reservations.  But we can tell you two things from experience:

1. Your chances of saving money by waiting until the last minute are becoming less and less.  Our rates are already so low that we just can't afford to give very many last-minute deals.
2. Your chances of getting the dates you want are also becoming less and less.  Last month, we got 21 inquiries from people who wanted to stay with us over Christmas and/or New Year's.  But those dates had been booked last March!

We really want you to stay with us, and we hate to have to turn folks away.  So please - get out the calendar and start planning now.  That way, neither of us will be disappointed!