Quote from @Collin Hays:

Quote from @Ken Boone:

I had 3 of my cabins shut down this week leading into Memorial Day Weekend for a number of projects and upgrades. Guests started checking in tonight and I still needed to get something for one of the cabins. I let the guests know I would be back to drop something off and they were cool. I ran up to the new Target in Sevierville.  At 8pm on the Friday night leading into Memorial Day Weekend, without doing maybe 6 or 7 mph over the speed limit, I made it from Target all the way to Walmart.  There was that little traffic. I was fully expecting things to be backed up on Winfield Dunn from in front of Lowes southward and already planned on taking the back way. Didn't need to. It's crazy.

I was there this week.There was ONE overnight camper in Cosby campground last night, though the park ranger was expecting 20 campers tonight (still not many).

I ate breakfast at the Pancake Pantry in Gatlinburg at 9am today with no wait. That’s a big deal.

It’s slow for sure. 

so for that neck of the woods if folks are not going there where are they going.. or are they just not taking any vacation time.. or are they maybe exploring new areas and not going back to the same places year after year.. or maybe they are taking a cruise instead or some other trip like to Europe or down to the carib ??  be interesting to know if habits have changed. 

I know for myself we do all sorts of different things the only thing we do as repeats is fly fishing in Montana  but even at that I go to different places pretty much every year. 

I wonder if covid gave and then has taken away.. by gave I mean created a false market and now we are back to normal and you had a big run on STR investments and inventory that would not have been therer if covid never happened.. ??