Area Guide

Plan your Smoky Mountains trip, the Vantage way.

An interactive map, editorial picks, a printable guide you can build to fit your trip, and the local favorites our hosts actually recommend. Everything you need to spend less time researching and more time on the porch.

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Build Your Guide

Take the whole thing with you.

A printable PDF you can pack in the car, hand to the kids in the back seat, or tape to the cabin fridge. Pick what you want included and we will build it.

Open the Full Area Guide
Opens as a printable page. Use your browser's print or save-as-PDF dialog.
Top Lists

Our hosts' shortlists.

Curated picks by category, area, and the things you came here to do.

Plan Together

A planning pack the whole family lays out on the table.

Two printable artifacts. One planning sheet per day with check-in time, weather, and slots for who picked what at every meal and activity. One card pack per family member, organized into themed decks (Adventures, Lunch, Dinner, Family Fun). At Sunday dinner, each kid gets their own pack, picks their favorite from each deck, writes their name on the back. Mom assembles all the picks onto the master planning sheet. By dessert, the week is mapped.

  • Day sheets pre-populate cabin info and weather, leave the rest for the family
  • Card packs print in themed decks · one per kid, cards are theirs to keep
  • Tailored to your group when you set up your guide
Print your planning pack
Free, prints on standard letter paper. Best with kid-safe scissors and a Sunday dinner.
How It Works

Free & Discounted Attractions with Xplorie

Each night of your stay includes one free ticket per guest to select attractions. Many more offer discounts.

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Book Your Cabin and receive your Xplorie redemption code
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Redeem Online at Xplorie.com with your code
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Enjoy Your Free Tickets during your stay
One Free Ticket per Night

Featured Free Attractions

Guest Discounts

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What's On

Coming up in the Smokies.

Festivals, races, dinner theater, and the seasonal happenings worth planning around.

Full Events Calendar
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Host Favorites

What we tell every guest.

Lead Pick

Drive Cades Cove Loop at sunrise.

"Set your alarm. The gates open early, the deer come down to the meadows, and the fog hasn't lifted yet. Bring coffee in a thermos. We tell every first-time guest the same thing, and not one has come back disappointed."
The Vantage Stays Hosts

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