STR Bookings for Smoky Mountains

[Erica Calella]

Hi everyone, question for those of you on here who have experience with STR, specifically in the Western North Carolina market.

At what point do summer vacation rentals typically start to book? As of today, my bookings for June-August are really light, but the house has done well so far considering the listing only went live in early March. My property manager has the property listed on most of the major booking sights, so I am comfortable with their efforts. I am mostly just trying to discover any tips or tricks or identify any strategies that I could potentially be missing out on. Or even just looking to find some reassurance while I play the waiting game.

Any insights, stories or shared experiences would be great!! I am a new investor in this area and am also looking to making connections with anyone else in this market who is open to it as well.