the bear shack

We had the perfect week at the cabin! It’s situated on the outside of the hustle of Gatlinburg and it’s so peaceful and beautiful up on the mountain. The cabin was extremely nice, clean, plenty of space for us to spread out after long days exploring the area. We love air B&Bs and this one was phenomenal, definitely recommend!!

This place was truly amazing! The cabin was clean and comfortable. It had everything that we needed. Views were awesome! We saw a bear 3 nights in a row from the deck. Beautiful place. I would come back!!

When we were booking, we specifically asked if this specific property had a difficult driveway and we were told that it did not. However, you cannot get into this driveway without making a 3 point turn because the turn halfway through the driveway is so sharp. Once we got to the cabin it was beautiful, the view was amazing, the rooms were a good size and looked really nice. However, at night we started hearing creatures in the ceiling or attic space right above us. We thought that maybe they were mice hit as the night went on they were much larger sounding. The second night I recorded the noises, and my husband who is a police officer even got up at one point with his weapon because it sounded like a human walking around. We send emails with the videos of all the loud noises all night right above us that kept us up and made a phone call. We were told that animal control wouldn’t come out until our trip was over and our final departure was made. We were also told that pest control was coming but later that day told that it was useless because from the videos it was clearly a bigger issue than pest control. I expressed out concern for lack of sleep and the fact that we had no idea what animals we were sharing a home with and Said “so we just don’t have a choice but to attempt to sleep with whatever creature is living with us” and she said “I mean so hate to put it that way but yes”. We were told that management would be calling us, which they never did. We never even got a call after departure. The contract stated that they would gladly take care of any pest control, with raccoons, bears, etc in parenthesis and they absolutely did not. We got no sleep with all the banging around above us and I was never comfortable enough to fall asleep not knowing what was walking around above us.