Affiliate disclosure

Wander the Smokies participates in lodging affiliate programs, including Stay22. When you use one of our live stays maps to compare prices and book a cabin, hotel, or vacation rental, we may earn a commission from the booking partner — at no additional cost to you. The price you pay is the same whether or not you arrive through our maps. We surface the options that best fit your trip; commissions never change which places we recommend.

What we collect

We use privacy-respecting analytics to understand which pages are useful and how the site performs. This is aggregate traffic data — pages viewed, general location, device type — and is not used to identify you personally. We do not sell visitor data.

Third-party services

Some features load content from third parties: the Stay22 booking map, embedded YouTube videos, and live weather from Open-Meteo. These providers may set their own cookies or receive your IP address as a normal part of delivering their content, governed by their own privacy policies.

Cookies

We use minimal local storage to remember small preferences — for example, so a one-time prompt doesn't reappear on every visit. You can clear these at any time in your browser settings.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email [email protected]. Wander the Smokies is published by Appalachian Frontiers LLC.