By Baris Ergin
Smoky Mountain cohosting is a co-host operator headquartered in Sevierville, Tennessee, covering Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. This review sets out what it actually discloses about pricing, how its model works in practice, and what to compare before signing.
Smoky Mountain cohosting review: the short answer
As of July 2026 Smoky Mountain cohosting publishes a management fee of 15%. It operates a co-host model and covers Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee.
No long-term contracts. No hidden deductions. No claim on your accounts, your reviews, or your future.
Smoky Mountain cohosting at a glance
| Item | Detail (as of July 2026) |
|---|---|
| Published management fee | 15% |
| Model | Co-host |
| Coverage | Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee |
| Headquarters | Sevierville, Tennessee |
| Scale | Local |
What a co-host does, and what stays with you
A co-host handles the operating layer of your listing — messaging, calendar, pricing, guest issues — without taking over the property the way a full-service manager does.
It suits owners who want the day-to-day taken off their hands but intend to stay involved. It does not suit owners who want to forget the property exists.
Because the scope varies far more than in full service, the written list of what is and is not included matters more here than the percentage.
Who Smoky Mountain cohosting is best for
- Good fit: owners inside Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee, where the operator has genuine local presence.
- Poor fit: owners outside that footprint, where coverage is thinner than the brand suggests.
- Good fit: owners who want to see a rate before a sales call — it publishes 15%.
- Poor fit: owners whose first requirement is a written, itemised scope — always request one regardless of the brand.
What a local operator can and cannot do
A local company’s advantage is not marketing, it is proximity and judgement. Somebody knows which HOA is strict, which cleaner is reliable in August, which streets get noise complaints, and can be at the property in twenty minutes. None of that appears on a website and all of it decides your year.
The trade-off is capacity and continuity. Ask how many properties they manage, how many people are on the team, and what happens when the one who handles yours is on holiday or leaves. A single-operator business can be outstanding right up until it is unavailable.
Ask about their pricing method too. This is where local operators most often lose to larger ones – a rate reviewed weekly by a person is worth less than a rate reviewed hourly by a system, and the gap shows up as revenue rather than as a complaint.
How much does Smoky Mountain cohosting charge?
Smoky Mountain cohosting publishes 15%. That makes it one of the minority of US managers you can compare on price before a sales call, which is worth crediting.
Confirm the rate for your specific property in writing anyway. Published rates are usually the starting point for a standard home, and scope is what moves them.
Smoky Mountain cohosting vs One Fine BnB
Read from each company’s own website on 2026-08-08.
| Feature | Smoky Mountain cohosting | One Fine BnB |
|---|---|---|
| Published management fee | 15% | Full Service 20% / Partner 10% |
| Model | Co-host | Owner chooses hands-off or partner |
| Coverage | Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee | Nationwide US plus select international |
| Setup cost | Not published | $500 one-time onboarding retainer |
| What the percentage is charged on | Ask | Rental revenue only – never the guest-paid cleaning fee, lodging or sales tax, or damage deposits |
| Who pays for cleaning | Ask | Guests, through the booking – turnover housekeeping costs the owner nothing |
| Price visible before a sales call? | Yes | Yes |
What to compare besides the management fee
Owners switch on a percentage and regularly end up worse off, because the rate is one of six variables. Four of them decide most of it:
- The rate for your property – not a range, not a starting point.
- What the rate covers – cleaning coordination, restocking, inspections, on-site guest support: included, billed, or yours?
- Maintenance markup – vendor invoices at cost, or with a coordination percentage on top?
- Who owns the listing account – if it is theirs, leaving restarts your review history.
That last one is the most expensive detail in the whole decision and it never appears on a fee comparison. Setup costs, contract length and notice periods matter too and are the same questions everywhere – the management FAQ has the full list in a form you can paste into an email.
Is a lower percentage actually cheaper?
Only when the scope is identical. On a home grossing ~$72,000 a year, its published 15% works out at $10,800.
| Line | Smoky Mountain cohosting at 15% | One Fine BnB Full Service 20% | One Fine BnB Partner 10% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross booking revenue | ~$72,000 | ~$72,000 | ~$72,000 |
| Management fee | $10,800 | $14,400 | $7,200 |
| Local cleaning, restocking, on-site response | Ask what is included | Included | Owner arranges and pays |
On the headline alone that is $3,600 a year less than our full-service rate. That is a real difference and it is exactly the point at which to ask hardest what is included: a rate below 20% usually means something in the list above is yours to arrange.
So the real question is whether you can cover local cleaning, restocking, inspections and on-site response for less than $7,200 a year. Near the property with a cleaner you trust, often yes. In another state with no vendor bench, usually not. Our guide to vacation rental management works it through a full year.
Where Smoky Mountain cohosting sits against the rates US managers actually publish
Only 45 of the 230 US companies we verified publish a rate at all – which is the first thing worth knowing. Among those that do, its published 15% places Smoky Mountain cohosting 12th cheapest.
| Company | Highest published rate | On a $72,000 year |
|---|---|---|
| BeenStay | 5% | $3,600 |
| HostStarter | 5% | $3,600 |
| ATLStay | 10% | $7,200 |
| Awning | 10% | $7,200 |
| Luxury Lodging | 10% | $7,200 |
| Martindale Hospitality | 10% | $7,200 |
| MyHouseMgmt | 10% | $7,200 |
| Stillwater Vacation Rentals | 10% | $7,200 |
| Tampa Bay Stays | 10% | $7,200 |
| Keybee | 14% | $10,080 |
| My Tampa Rental | 14% | $10,080 |
| Checkmate Rentals | 15% | $10,800 |
| Evolve | 15% | $10,800 |
| Guest Haus | 15% | $10,800 |
| Happy Vacations Hawaii | 15% | $10,800 |
| MasterHost | 15% | $10,800 |
| Smoky Mountain cohosting | 15% | $10,800 |
| Sun Mountain Stays | 15% | $10,800 |
| HeartHomes | 18% | $12,960 |
| NextGen Coastal | 18% | $12,960 |
| Air Concierge | 20% | $14,400 |
| Anchor Down Vacation Rentals | 20% | $14,400 |
| Blue Coast Manage | 20% | $14,400 |
| Host & Keep | 20% | $14,400 |
| Host Haven | 20% | $14,400 |
| Casiola | 20% | $14,400 |
| Rest Easy Nashville | 20% | $14,400 |
| SEA Getaways | 20% | $14,400 |
| Stay Awhile Cohosting | 20% | $14,400 |
| Stay Maven | 20% | $14,400 |
| Superstays | 20% | $14,400 |
| Speed Keyz | 20% | $14,400 |
| Chādy | 22% | $15,840 |
| Cypress & Pine | 22% | $15,840 |
| TruStay | 23% | $16,560 |
| AirSimplicity | 25% | $18,000 |
| COBnB | 25% | $18,000 |
| HostWise | 25% | $18,000 |
| Hoste | 25% | $18,000 |
| JaxBNB | 25% | $18,000 |
| Open Air Homes | 25% | $18,000 |
| SWAP CoHosting | 25% | $18,000 |
| Weekender Management | 25% | $18,000 |
| Alluvion Vacations | 30% | $21,600 |
| Savvy VRM | 30% | $21,600 |
| One Fine BnB | 20% full service / 10% partner | $14,400 / $7,200 |
A wide spread is not evidence that the cheap end is a bargain. It usually means the plans are not the same job – the lowest published US rates are co-hosting or remote tiers, with the cleaning, the keys and the call-outs left with you.
What Smoky Mountain cohosting discloses, and what it leaves for the sales call
How much a company says in public is not how good it is, but it decides how much homework you can do before you pick up the phone. This is what sits on its own site:
| What we looked for | On its own site |
|---|---|
| A management rate | Yes – 15% |
| Scale, in its own words | Not stated |
| How the model works | Only in outline |
| What sits outside the fee | Not itemised publicly |
| Numbers that look like fees but are not | None found |
1 of the first four answered in public. The rest is a sales call, which is normal – and is why it is worth writing your questions down before you make it. Any performance figure a company publishes is always its own number about its own portfolio, and is reproduced here as such.
The best Smoky Mountain cohosting alternatives
Best full-service alternative
One Fine BnB charges 20% for Full Service Management: professional listing creation and photography, dynamic pricing, 24/7 guest communication, booking management across platforms, turnover cleaning coordination, restocking, inspections, maintenance coordination and on-site guest support as needed.
A one-time $500 onboarding retainer funds setup – photography, listing creation, property prep – after which we are paid only when you are paid, with no long-term contract. Properties needing extras such as in-person meet-and-greets at every check-in may be quoted above 20% based on scope.
Best alternative if you keep a local team
Partner Management at 10% covers listing optimization, dynamic pricing, booking management and 24/7 guest communication, plus coordination with your own cleaning and maintenance vendors, while you provide local cleaning, restocking and on-site support.
Comparing the other national operators
See our Air Concierge review, Vacasa alternatives, AvantStay vs Vacasa, or the full directory of Airbnb management companies and their published fees.
Local alternatives in markets where Smoky Mountain cohosting appears
In most markets the strongest option is a regional operator with people on the ground. Our market-level comparisons include local operators alongside the national brands: Winter Springs Florida, New Braunfels Texas, Cathedral City California, Brushy Creek Texas, Cibolo Texas, San Benito Texas, The Pocono Mountains Pennsylvania.
If your market is not listed, find an Airbnb manager near you.
How to judge whether this manager is performing
Occupancy on its own tells you almost nothing – any property fills at a low enough price. Ask monthly, in writing, for revenue per available night rather than occupancy, the share of nights won outside peak season, average length of stay, and the trend in review scores rather than the headline number. A manager who reports those without being chased is telling you something about how the business is run.
You are also allowed to ask for a price on your specific property before you sign. A good answer names numbers – a nightly rate for July and one for November, an expected number of booked nights, what the percentage is charged on, what cleaning costs per turnover, and who holds the listing account.
An answer about passion and peace of mind that arrives at no number at all is the same non-answer you would not accept from a contractor.
How to switch to or from Smoky Mountain cohosting
- Read the termination clause first — notice period, termination fee, and whether booked reservations transfer.
- Confirm who owns the listing account before giving notice. This is the detail that turns a routine switch into a restart.
- Agree how in-flight bookings are serviced and who is paid for them, in writing.
- Get the new terms on one page — rate, inclusions, setup cost, maintenance markup, notice period.
- Move in the shoulder season. Switching at peak risks revenue you cannot recover.
What no management fee covers
Property taxes and insurance written for short-term letting rather than for a home you live in. HOA or condo dues, which do not pause out of season. Furnishing and replacement, because guest turnover wears a property faster than a tenant does. Utilities. Permit and licence fees where your city requires them. And major repairs, whoever coordinates them.
Budget for those separately or the percentage will look cheaper than the year turns out to be.
Two contract terms that cost more than the fee
If you read nothing else in a management agreement, read these two.
Who owns the listing account. If the listing lives on the manager’s account, your reviews and search history belong to them. Leaving means starting a new listing from zero, which on a well-reviewed home is worth far more than several percentage points of fee.
How the agreement ends. Notice period, termination fee, and what happens to reservations already on the calendar. A low rate inside a multi-year term with an exit penalty is not a low rate.
Both are answerable in one email before you sign, and both are effectively unfixable afterwards.
Sources and method
Details were read from Smoky Mountain cohosting’s own website on 2026-08-08 and are stated as of that date; companies change pricing and terms without notice, so treat this as a snapshot rather than a live quote. Model, coverage and headquarters come from our own management-company dataset.
We publish no star rating or review score for Smoky Mountain cohosting. We have never been its customer and we compete with it, so a score from us would not be evidence. One Fine BnB’s own rates are stated in full above: Full Service 20%, Partner 10% of rental revenue, plus a one-time $500 onboarding retainer, with no long-term contract.
Disclosure: One Fine BnB is a management company and competes with the companies named here. Every figure comes from each company’s own website and is dated July 2026.
Written by
Baris Ergin
Baris Ergin is a co-owner of One Fine BnB, a management company running hundreds of vacation rentals, and one of the three founders of BnB Genius, Inc., along with Chad Ozgur and Kent Morgan. Before short-term rentals he built and exited three tech companies. At BnBGenius he works on the automation itself — the guest messaging, the task dispatch that fires on checkout, and the voice agent that answers the phone when a guest calls and nobody is free to pick up. He built it to give a host with one to five listings the tools a manager with hundreds of properties already has.
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