Last updated September 14, 2026
STR Select ranks Elk Springs Resort #2 of 7 ranked short term rental managers in the Smoky Mountains (16 evaluated), with facts checked October 2026.
Full service short term rental management · Sevier County, Tennessee
Best for: Owners who want one company naming all four towns in a single published sentence.
Elk Springs Resort has operated in Sevier County since 2008 and is the only ranked company here that names all four target towns in one published sentence: Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville and Wears Valley. It reports over 1,000 five star Google reviews and more than 180,000 total reservations handled. It does not publish a management fee, so plan on a quote call. Fireside Chalets, also ranked here, has operated longer (since 1999 per its own copyright footer).
| Service area | Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville and Wears Valley source |
| Base | Sevier County, Tennessee |
| Management fee | Not published checked October 2026 |
| Rating | Over 1,000 5 star Google reviews, per their site https://www.elkspringsresort.com/property-management/, checked October 2026 |
| Portfolio | 180,000+ total reservations handled, per their site (booking volume, not a property count) |
| Founded | 2008, per their site |
| Licensee | ELK SPRINGS RESORT CABIN RENTALS LLC |
| License type | Vacation Lodging Service Firm |
| Number | 292 |
| Status | Expired |
| Expires | June 19, 2025 |
| Register | State license lookup checked October 14, 2026 |
No verified property list on record for Elk Springs Resort in the Smoky Mountains. As of November 9, 2026, Elk Springs Resort posts no portfolio for the Smoky Mountains on elkspringsresort.com that we could find. A ledger for Elk Springs Resort starts from a list Elk Springs Resort publishes itself, so Elk Springs Resort’s ledger stays empty until Elk Springs Resort lists its homes. Until then an owner weighing Elk Springs Resort can read Elk Springs Resort’s pages on elkspringsresort.com for any home count, then hold that against the figures printed here.
Claim this listing to submit your property list →Elk Springs Resort sits in the Smoky Mountains evaluation as rank 2 of 7, and the Elk Springs Resort figures for Smoky Mountains below are the ones we hold on record for Elk Springs Resort in the Smoky Mountains. 1 ranked manager sits above Elk Springs Resort and 5 sit below Elk Springs Resort; 9 more companies were evaluated beside Elk Springs Resort without a rank.
| Position of Elk Springs Resort | Rank 2 of 7 ranked, 16 evaluated in the Smoky Mountains |
| Model | Full service |
| Base | Sevier County, Tennessee |
| Service area | Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville and Wears Valley |
| Portfolio | 180,000+ total reservations handled, per their site (booking volume, not a property count) |
| Fee checked | October 2026 |
| Rating checked | Over 1,000 5 star Google reviews, per their site, October 2026 |
| Market page checked for Elk Springs Resort | October 21, 2026 |
Elk Springs Resort names 3 towns we hold registration rules for in the Smoky Mountains: Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville. Each paragraph below for Elk Springs Resort in the Smoky Mountains is taken from that town's own published rules for Elk Springs Resort owners, checked on the date shown.
Elk Springs Resort operates in Gatlinburg (Sevier County) in the Smoky Mountains, and per the town's own rules registration required of Elk Springs Resort in Gatlinburg: yes; Elk Springs Resort permit: Tourist Residency Permit; Elk Springs Resort permit fee: $200 for a unit with two or fewer bedrooms, plus $75 for each additional bedroom. Covers the fire and building inspection.; Elk Springs Resort inspection: yes, fire and building inspection tied to the permit fee, checked October 8, 2026, and Elk Springs Resort owners in Gatlinburg work under that rule set.
Elk Springs Resort operates in Sevierville (Sevier County) in the Smoky Mountains, and per the town's own rules registration required of Elk Springs Resort in Sevierville: yes; Elk Springs Resort permit: Short Term Rental Operational Permit; Elk Springs Resort renewal: annual; Elk Springs Resort inspection: yes, a life safety inspection by the Sevierville Fire Department, checked October 8, 2026, and Elk Springs Resort owners in Sevierville work under that rule set.
For a Elk Springs Resort owner outside Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville, 4 of 5 the Smoky Mountains jurisdictions require registration; Elk Springs Resort owners should check the home’s town against that file, dated October 8, 2026.
For Elk Springs Resort, 2 of 5 Smoky Mountains jurisdictions list a fee with a number, and 3 require an inspection, which a Elk Springs Resort owner should price into year one.
| Tennessee state sales tax on a Elk Springs Resort stay | 7% |
| Local option sales tax on a Elk Springs Resort stay | capped at 2.75% by the state, set per county |
| Sevierville local tax on a Elk Springs Resort stay | 3% |
| Pigeon Forge local tax on a Elk Springs Resort stay | 2.50% |
| Gatlinburg local tax on a Elk Springs Resort stay | 3% |
Elk Springs Resort is one of 16 managers in the Smoky Mountains evaluation, and the Elk Springs Resort figures below set Elk Springs Resort against the rest of the Smoky Mountains market, with the elkspringsresort.com record as the reference point for Elk Springs Resort.
Elk Springs Resort lists no homes of its own. Of the 10 homes on record in the Smoky Mountains, Elk Springs Resort holds none, because only 1 manager publishes a property list, and Elk Springs Resort is not one of them.
Of the 7 ranked Smoky Mountains peers of Elk Springs Resort, 2 print a fee with a number, and Elk Springs Resort is not one of them.
| Typical range in the Smoky Mountains to hold Elk Springs Resort against | Most companies quote privately; published rates found range from 10% to a flat 20% of net revenue |
| Managers publishing a rate, Elk Springs Resort included or not | 2 of 16 evaluated |
| Fee index updated for the Smoky Mountains row of Elk Springs Resort | September 2026 |
| Ranked managers in the Smoky Mountains with a published fee, Elk Springs Resort included or not | 2 of 7 |
Inside the Smoky Mountains ranking, Elk Springs Resort sits at rank 2 next to Short Term Coops at rank 1 and Cabins For You at rank 3, and in the Smoky Mountains the order between Elk Springs Resort, Short Term Coops and Cabins For You follows the printed methodology.
Elk Springs Resort is based at Sevier County, Tennessee, runs a full service management model and was founded 2008, per their site, as stated on elkspringsresort.com.
For the Smoky Mountains, Elk Springs Resort states its service area as gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville and Wears Valley.
Elk Springs Resort carries a public rating of Over 1,000 5 star Google reviews, per their site on https://www.elkspringsresort.com/property-management/, read October 2026.
For the contract terms of Elk Springs Resort in the Smoky Mountains we read elkspringsresort.com and elkspringsresort.com/faqs on October 15, 2026, and none of those Elk Springs Resort pages prints a notice period for Elk Springs Resort, a minimum term or an early termination fee for the Smoky Mountains.
Elk Springs Resort describes its portfolio as 180,000+ total reservations handled, per their site (booking volume, not a property count).
Elk Springs Resort has not claimed this profile, so every fact on the Elk Springs Resort page for Smoky Mountains comes from elkspringsresort.com and the public sources listed under Sources for Elk Springs Resort in the Smoky Mountains, not from Elk Springs Resort.
Elk Springs Resort appears in the Smoky Mountains with 15 sources across 7 outside domains, each listed under Sources for Elk Springs Resort with the date we read it.
These are the 5 questions to put to Elk Springs Resort before you sign in the Smoky Mountains, with what Elk Springs Resort has published on each Smoky Mountains point at elkspringsresort.com and what the record for Elk Springs Resort still lacks.
Every figure on the Elk Springs Resort page for the Smoky Mountains carries the date we checked it for Elk Springs Resort, and the latest check on file in the Smoky Mountains is October 2026. Each Elk Springs Resort figure for Smoky Mountains comes from elkspringsresort.com or an official source about Elk Springs Resort, never from an STR Select estimate. Where Elk Springs Resort publishes nothing, we leave the gap as a question you can put to Elk Springs Resort. Homes on record for Elk Springs Resort in the Smoky Mountains are only those Elk Springs Resort listed itself or self-reported through the Elk Springs Resort claim flow, and the Elk Springs Resort government facts for the Smoky Mountains come from the .gov page read for Elk Springs Resort that day. The place of Elk Springs Resort in the Smoky Mountains order follows the published methodology, and Elk Springs Resort cannot buy a better one.
Answered from Elk Springs Resort’s own pages and government sources, read October 15, 2026.
None that we found. The homepage and the FAQ page, read October 15, 2026, state no contract term or cancellation notice, so ask for both in writing before you compare it with another manager. Only Short Term Coops, of the 7 ranked Smoky Mountains managers, prints a notice period.
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. Elk Springs Resort is quote only, so get its percentage and what it covers in writing before you compare.
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