Two of the 15 cabin management companies in our Smoky Mountains fee index publish a rate. Here is what those two companies charge, and what the other 13 are not saying.
Only 2 of the 15 Smoky Mountains managers in our fee index publish a rate on their own site, and we rechecked both live on Sept 26 2026. Cabins For You charges 10% management fee, and Short Term Coops charges Flat 20% of net rental revenue plus a $75 monthly technology fee. The other 13 quote privately.
Quote-only pricing lets a manager price each cabin separately by size, amenities and location rather than commit to one public number. That is the model 13 of the 15 companies in our Smoky Mountains index use. We keep the full record, including who has and has not published, in the Smoky Mountains fee index, with the date we checked each company's own pricing page.
Cabins For You, based in Gatlinburg, publishes a flat 10% management fee on its own site, rechecked Sept 26 2026. Short Term Coops, an in-house manager in the Pigeon Forge area, structures its rate differently: Flat 20% of net rental revenue plus a $75 monthly technology fee.
| Company | Model | Published Rate | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabins For You | Full service | 10% management fee | Sept 26 2026 |
| Short Term Coops | Full service, in-house | Flat 20% of net rental revenue plus a $75 monthly technology fee | Sept 26 2026 |
Both rows quote each company's own published wording. See every other company's fee status, published or not, in the Smoky Mountains fee index.
The two published rates use different structures on purpose. A flat percentage like Cabins For You's is easier to project against revenue, while Short Term Coops' flat rate plus a separate monthly technology fee means the all-in cost moves differently as a cabin's revenue changes month to month.
Published rates we found across the Smoky Mountains range from 10% management fee to a flat 20% of net revenue, with most companies declining to publish at all. That spread is wider than the tighter band we found in the Poconos, which makes the two published Smoky Mountains numbers a useful anchor precisely because so few others disclose one. Our full management fee guide covers how fee ranges hold across markets nationally, and the fee calculator applies both published Smoky Mountains rates to your own revenue number.
Use the two published rates as your reference point before you get on a call with a quote-only manager.
Fee transparency is the largest single input in our ranking formula because it is the one input a company fully controls and still withholds most often. We weight it at 30%, ahead of verified reviews at 25%, local depth at 25% and service scope at 20%. A company that publishes its rate scores higher on this input regardless of what the number is, because the question this input answers is whether a buyer can learn the price before a sales call, not whether the price is low. The full formula is printed on our methodology page.
Answered from the fee index, not a general range.
No. A cabin generating more bookings at a higher fee can out-earn a cheaper manager who books fewer nights. Compare projected net income across quotes, not just the percentage or flat fee.
Ask for the number in writing before any walkthrough. 13 of the 15 companies in our Smoky Mountains index do not publish a rate, so plan to evaluate quote-only managers on review history, local staffing and service scope instead.
Cabins For You charges a straightforward 10% management fee. Short Term Coops charges a flat 20% of net rental revenue plus a separate $75 monthly technology fee, a different structure that bundles a software cost into the arrangement rather than folding it into the percentage.
The full scored list, including the 13 companies that do not publish a rate, is at our Smoky Mountains ranking, and every rate we could find is in the fee index.
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