Last updated September 14, 2026
STR Select ranks Compass Vacation Properties #4 of 7 ranked short term rental managers in the Smoky Mountains (16 evaluated), with facts checked September 2026.
Full service, family owned short term rental management · Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Best for: Owners across the widest published service area in this market.
Compass Vacation Properties is a Pigeon Forge based, family owned manager that names more towns in its own service area than anyone else we evaluated here: Cosby, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, Wears Valley and Nashville. Its site cites a 2026 Manager-Review ranking of #1 in Pigeon Forge and Sevierville, which is a third party claim rather than our own scoring. It does not publish a fee.
| Service area | Cosby, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, Wears Valley and Nashville source |
| Base | Pigeon Forge, Tennessee |
| Management fee | Not published checked September 2026 |
| Rating | 2026 Ranked #1 Property Manager in Pigeon Forge & Sevierville, #3 in Gatlinburg by Manager-Review (a third party ranking claim printed on their own site, not a star rating) https://www.compassvacationproperties.com/property-management/, checked September 2026 |
| Licensee | COMPASS PROPERTIES LLC., DBA COMPASS VACATION PROPERTIES |
| License type | Vacation Lodging Service Firm |
| Number | 716 |
| Status | Active |
| Expires | October 23, 2028 |
| Register | State license lookup checked October 14, 2026 |
No verified property list on record for Compass Vacation Properties in the Smoky Mountains. As of November 9, 2026, Compass Vacation Properties posts no portfolio for the Smoky Mountains on compassvacationproperties.com that we could find. A ledger for Compass Vacation Properties starts from a list Compass Vacation Properties publishes itself, so Compass Vacation Properties’s ledger stays empty until Compass Vacation Properties lists its homes. Until then an owner weighing Compass Vacation Properties can read Compass Vacation Properties’s pages on compassvacationproperties.com for any home count, then hold that against the figures printed here.
Claim this listing to submit your property list →Compass Vacation Properties sits in the Smoky Mountains evaluation as rank 4 of 7, and the Compass Vacation Properties figures for Smoky Mountains below are the ones we hold on record for Compass Vacation Properties in the Smoky Mountains. 3 ranked managers sit above Compass Vacation Properties and 3 sit below Compass Vacation Properties; 9 more companies were evaluated beside Compass Vacation Properties without a rank.
| Position of Compass Vacation Properties | Rank 4 of 7 ranked, 16 evaluated in the Smoky Mountains |
| Model | Full service, family owned |
| Base | Pigeon Forge, Tennessee |
| Service area | Cosby, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, Wears Valley and Nashville |
| Fee checked | September 2026 |
| Rating checked | 2026 Ranked #1 Property Manager in Pigeon Forge & Sevierville, #3 in Gatlinburg by Manager-Review (a third party ranking claim printed on their own site, not a star rating), September 2026 |
| Market page checked for Compass Vacation Properties | October 21, 2026 |
Compass Vacation Properties names 3 towns we hold registration rules for in the Smoky Mountains: Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville. Each paragraph below for Compass Vacation Properties in the Smoky Mountains is taken from that town's own published rules for Compass Vacation Properties owners, checked on the date shown.
Compass Vacation Properties operates in Gatlinburg (Sevier County) in the Smoky Mountains, and per the town's own rules registration required of Compass Vacation Properties in Gatlinburg: yes; Compass Vacation Properties permit: Tourist Residency Permit; Compass Vacation Properties permit fee: $200 for a unit with two or fewer bedrooms, plus $75 for each additional bedroom. Covers the fire and building inspection.; Compass Vacation Properties inspection: yes, fire and building inspection tied to the permit fee, checked October 8, 2026, and Compass Vacation Properties owners in Gatlinburg work under that rule set.
Compass Vacation Properties operates in Sevierville (Sevier County) in the Smoky Mountains, and per the town's own rules registration required of Compass Vacation Properties in Sevierville: yes; Compass Vacation Properties permit: Short Term Rental Operational Permit; Compass Vacation Properties renewal: annual; Compass Vacation Properties inspection: yes, a life safety inspection by the Sevierville Fire Department, checked October 8, 2026, and Compass Vacation Properties owners in Sevierville work under that rule set.
For a Compass Vacation Properties owner outside Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville, 4 of 5 the Smoky Mountains jurisdictions require registration; Compass Vacation Properties owners should check the home’s town against that file, dated October 8, 2026.
For Compass Vacation Properties, 2 of 5 Smoky Mountains jurisdictions list a fee with a number, and 3 require an inspection, which a Compass Vacation Properties owner should price into year one.
| Tennessee state sales tax on a Compass Vacation Properties stay | 7% |
| Local option sales tax on a Compass Vacation Properties stay | capped at 2.75% by the state, set per county |
| Sevierville local tax on a Compass Vacation Properties stay | 3% |
| Pigeon Forge local tax on a Compass Vacation Properties stay | 2.50% |
| Gatlinburg local tax on a Compass Vacation Properties stay | 3% |
Compass Vacation Properties is one of 16 managers in the Smoky Mountains evaluation, and the Compass Vacation Properties figures below set Compass Vacation Properties against the rest of the Smoky Mountains market, with the compassvacationproperties.com record as the reference point for Compass Vacation Properties.
Compass Vacation Properties lists no homes of its own. Of the 10 homes on record in the Smoky Mountains, Compass Vacation Properties holds none, because only 1 manager publishes a property list, and Compass Vacation Properties is not one of them.
Of the 7 ranked Smoky Mountains peers of Compass Vacation Properties, 2 print a fee with a number, and Compass Vacation Properties is not one of them.
| Typical range in the Smoky Mountains to hold Compass Vacation Properties against | Most companies quote privately; published rates found range from 10% to a flat 20% of net revenue |
| Managers publishing a rate, Compass Vacation Properties included or not | 2 of 16 evaluated |
| Fee index updated for the Smoky Mountains row of Compass Vacation Properties | September 2026 |
| Ranked managers in the Smoky Mountains with a published fee, Compass Vacation Properties included or not | 2 of 7 |
Inside the Smoky Mountains ranking, Compass Vacation Properties sits at rank 4 next to Cabins For You at rank 3 and Cabins of the Smoky Mountains at rank 5, and in the Smoky Mountains the order between Compass Vacation Properties, Cabins For You and Cabins of the Smoky Mountains follows the printed methodology.
Compass Vacation Properties is based at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and runs a full service, family owned management model, as stated on compassvacationproperties.com.
For the Smoky Mountains, Compass Vacation Properties states its service area as cosby, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, Wears Valley and Nashville.
Compass Vacation Properties carries a public rating of 2026 Ranked #1 Property Manager in Pigeon Forge & Sevierville, #3 in Gatlinburg by Manager-Review (a third party ranking claim printed on their own site, not a star rating) (https://www.compassvacationproperties.com/property-management/), read September 2026.
For the contract terms of Compass Vacation Properties in the Smoky Mountains we read compassvacationproperties.com, compassvacationproperties.com/vacation-rentals/terms-conditions and compassvacationproperties.com/property-management on October 15, 2026, and none of those Compass Vacation Properties pages prints a notice period for Compass Vacation Properties, a minimum term or an early termination fee for the Smoky Mountains.
Compass Vacation Properties has not claimed this profile, so every fact on the Compass Vacation Properties page for Smoky Mountains comes from compassvacationproperties.com and the public sources listed under Sources for Compass Vacation Properties in the Smoky Mountains, not from Compass Vacation Properties.
Compass Vacation Properties appears in the Smoky Mountains with 15 sources across 7 outside domains, each listed under Sources for Compass Vacation Properties with the date we read it.
These are the 5 questions to put to Compass Vacation Properties before you sign in the Smoky Mountains, with what Compass Vacation Properties has published on each Smoky Mountains point at compassvacationproperties.com and what the record for Compass Vacation Properties still lacks.
Every figure on the Compass Vacation Properties page for the Smoky Mountains carries the date we checked it for Compass Vacation Properties, and the latest check on file in the Smoky Mountains is September 2026. Each Compass Vacation Properties figure for Smoky Mountains comes from compassvacationproperties.com or an official source about Compass Vacation Properties, never from an STR Select estimate. Where Compass Vacation Properties publishes nothing, we leave the gap as a question you can put to Compass Vacation Properties. Homes on record for Compass Vacation Properties in the Smoky Mountains are only those Compass Vacation Properties listed itself or self-reported through the Compass Vacation Properties claim flow, and the Compass Vacation Properties government facts for the Smoky Mountains come from the .gov page read for Compass Vacation Properties that day. The place of Compass Vacation Properties in the Smoky Mountains order follows the published methodology, and Compass Vacation Properties cannot buy a better one.
Answered from Compass Vacation Properties’s own pages and government sources, read October 11, 2026.
Its property management page says there are no setup fees and no maintenance surcharges, and that owners get paid on time. It does not print a management percentage, so the fee stays Not published on our profile. Source: compassvacationproperties.com/property-management/, read October 11, 2026.
None that we found. The property management page, read October 11, 2026, states no contract term or cancellation notice, so ask for both in writing before you compare it with another manager.
Compass says every property is professionally cleaned after every stay, and that its cleaners, maintenance staff, contractors and technicians are available 24/7, with licensed and insured maintenance experts handling repairs and emergencies. Whether cleaning is covered by the management fee is not stated, because the fee is not published.
It says it has a dedicated, full-time revenue manager and adjusts pricing continually for supply and demand, occupancy, holidays, events and lead times after a customized property analysis. It says it promotes homes on major booking sites such as Airbnb and VRBO.
Compass says owners get an online portal available 24/7 showing income, occupancy, upcoming bookings and maintenance history, plus monthly performance reports. Owners can reach the office six days a week.
Its page says it is trusted by over 100 property owners and cites 2026 rankings of #1 in Pigeon Forge and Sevierville and #3 in Gatlinburg by Manager-Review, #1 in Tennessee by LUXLife Magazine and a top 10 Airbnb property manager in the country by AirDNA. These are claims printed on its own site, not verified by us and not part of our scoring.
Two of the 16 managers we evaluated in the Smoky Mountains publish one: Cabins For You at a 10% management fee and Short Term Coops at a flat 20% of net rental revenue plus a $75 monthly technology fee. Compass is quote only, so get its percentage and what it covers in writing before you compare.
Pigeon Forge’s lodging tax form calculates 2.50% of net proceeds, and Sevierville adds a 3% lodging tax. Tennessee’s state sales tax on rentals under 90 days is 7%, with a local sales tax of 1.50% to 2.75%. Read from the government pages on October 11, 2026. Ask any manager whether it files and remits for you.
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