What occupancy rate did the speaker report for their first year?

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❤️ FALLING in Love with the Smoky Mountains: Your Ultimate Getaway 🍂🏞️ #shorts

26 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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Short YouTube clip (Mark Simpson) describing his positive experience operating vacation rentals in the Smoky Mountains: he reports first-year occupancy of about 88%, notes others warned high occupancy would reveal maintenance needs (e.g., replacing flooring), and explains he prefers the Smoky Mountains market and "went all in" after testing other markets.

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About 88% occupancy.

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And honestly, I was turned onto the Smoky Mountains based on the high occupancy that we enjoy. You know, I had my first year in, it was like 88% occupancy. And everybody was like, no, no, no, that's too high. You're going to figure out why when you're replacing flooring. So that turned me on to it. Just the avatar for the type of traveler that we get booking the cabins I really love. I've tested a couple of other markets, didn't enjoy those markets as much, and so I just kind of went all in in the smoky moun.