Is A Bear's Eye View: Your Elevated Smoky Mountain Escape! pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property.

A Bear's Eye View: Your Elevated Smoky Mountain Escape! Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

Q: Where is A Bear's Eye View: Your Elevated Smoky Mountain Escape! located?

Located in the mountains, this family-friendly cabin is within 6 mi (10 km) of Little Pigeon River, Chapel at Honeymoon Hills, and Rocky Top Sports World. Wild Bear Falls Indoor Water Park and Dollywood's Splash Country are also within 9 miles (15 km).

8/10 Good

Darryl P.

1 Aug 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Relaxing

Had a great time, property was as advertised, would stay here again!

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Machele M.

13 Sept 2017

Wonderful cabin

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: The cabin was beautiful and our stay was fantastic

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10/10 Excellent

Carol W.

7 Apr 2015

Enjoyed our stay!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Only a few issues. We weren't given alarm code so we had to wait outside of cabin while we were waiting on someone to give it to us over the phone. Our neighbors had potty mouths so the kids had to stay in the cabin a lot instead Of relaxing with us on the porch. The beds were a little firm. We had an overall good experience for our first time renting a cabin. The cabin was very clean! The staff was very nice. Great location. Would definately rent again!

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10/10 Excellent

21 Aug 2018

Dream Vacation

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Had an awesome experience from the first day we went online to find a cabin in he Smokeys. It was very easy to call Aunt Bugs, all our questions were answered, and they were just as friendly and accommodating when we arrived on Aug 11th for our week long stay! I wish I could have met the owner! The décor in our cabin was wonderful! It certainly lived up to its' name! The only thing different from all of our researching this rental was the view. The trees around the cabin are about 40 feet taller than when the picture currently on the site was taken! Everything else was true to the pics! Will definitely rent from Aunt Bugs again! There is just too much to do in Tennessee in one week!

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8/10 Good

Rebekah M.

23 Apr 2016

Spring Break family fun!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was very happy with the location. I was satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: A Bear's Eye View is a beautiful cabin in a great location. It's close enough to all the attractions of Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge, but in a very quiet, serene location. The cabin was well equipped for basic cooking. The only thing missing was a knife set. There were steak knives, but none for cutting up veggies or bread. The game room was perfect and exactly as described. My only complaint about this cabin is that the living room furniture is not very comfortable. It's older and kind of hard. Also there was no footstool or anything to prop your feet up on. Otherwise we enjoyed our stay very much and will definitely use Aunt Bug's again!

10/10 Excellent

Stacy S.

25 Mar 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location

Nice and clean. Would definitely stay again.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Mary S.

31 Oct 2022

Liked: Check-in, communication, location

Disliked: Cleanliness

Not clean

Dishes not clean and in bad condition. Upstairs bathroom not cleaned at all, garbage from last guests, ring around toilet water from several missed cleanings, bugs on vanity. Dirty sheets left on fold out couch. End table in living room broken. Chip crumbs in dining room chairs from last guests. Check out directions said guests were to load dishes in dishwasher and put away in cabinet after washing but that is obviously not a good sanitary plan. Guests don’t care if the next guests dishes are sanitized obviously. Also, there was no dish washing detergent, hair in coffee cups etc. Soap scum and mildew all over tile shower in main bath. Mold on top of hot tub cover. Water in hot tub low and jets not functioning properly. Hair all over bathroom floors. Floors throughout cabin dirty and sticky in spots. Disappointed in our stay.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tiffany K.

26 Mar 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay!

Loved the activities and games available for family time!

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kevin T.

16 May 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Stay

Excellent experience

Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

4/10 Poor

Dan` C., Philadelphia

3 Jan 2021

Liked: Location

Disliked: Cleanliness

Not clean

The place was not properly cleaned. Some sort of brown splattering in upstairs bathroom. Pieces of wrapper and parts of cookie on kitchen floor. We did not bring Oreos. Accumulated dirt/dust in back bedroom. Some kind of mark or stain in bathtub. Crud in blender not ours; we cleaned it anyway. None of this is acceptable. These things were discovered over the course of the visit. When mentioned to the front office, we were offered a free night's stay on NEXT visit. We were not offered anything in recompense for the services we did NOT receive on THIS visit. Just note that "Aunt Bugs" is an LLC operation with a command center, and they behave that way.

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2020

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10/10 Excellent

Wesley H.

7 Oct 2020

Loved the cabin

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Cabin was very clean and the staff was very helpful from making the reservation to check out.

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8/10 Good

28 May 2020

Lovely semi secluded cabin to getaway for rest & relaxation

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was more than happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Enjoyable cabin in the woods. Has all the necessities needed for your getaway. Just bring your bag or suitcase.

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10/10 Excellent

Ebony G.

15 May 2020

Bears eye view

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Great, clean, loved everything about it

2/10 Terrible

Jennifer O.

30 Oct 2019

Disliked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

a Smokers Dream

We pulled up to the house and instead of smelling the clean smell you typically get, we were knocked over by the smell of cigarettes. It was horrible. It was 7 at night and I immediately tried calling the Rental agency but no one would pick up I tried for over a half an hour and finally left a message. We had to go and by air fresheners and candles for allege rooms which still do nothing. I called again the next morning after once again reading the review of the Non smoking rental, what a joke. Stephen told us all their rentals are non smoking and he Arranged to have the place ozoned while we were out to help with the smoke. It slightly improved it but still had to use the candles. I told Stephen I have asthma and that cigarettes will trigger it and he offered me a discount on my next stay. Really? There is a layer of dust on the walls and ceilings. The jacuzzi had a layer of scum in it that we notice once in. This place needs a solid thorough cleaning. The Smokies were beautiful but so much more crowded than other National Parks and not with hikers either but people who just want to drive around and then get out an take a picture. Gatlinburg and area is so crowded. The saving grace of the vacation; we saw plenty of bears hiking and Dollywood was lots of fun. We have many more places to see and we won’t be back. We definitely would never rent this house again. You could see all the cigarette butts behind the trash cans outside. Very misleading and never should be allowed to be rented. It has made me wheeze and cough the entire stay and no other options were offered for us. First time we have ever been disappointed with our rental on VRBO. I do lots of research and usually they are what they seem on the listing and with the reviews. I definitely wouldn’t recommend this listing until the whole place has been given a facelift.

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

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8/10 Good

Chevron R.

24 Sept 2019

My experience

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was clean. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: My family and I had a great experience the location was great the cabin was nice and homey the arcade worked great very well stocked with toilet paper and towels everything was clean EXCEPT the floor the housekeeper did not sweep very well however was there before us must have had pets I walked around in black socks and collected pet hair on my socks just from walking from the room to the kitchen very disgusting I had to wash them everytime we have had a pleasant experience housekeeping must clean better. And when we arrived at 5:30pmthe cabin was not ready until 5:45 checkin was 4:00 PM but we did not complain and was understandable but if it took extra time to prepare the cabin the floors should have been clean. The staff is always helpful, friendly and seem to like there job.

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8/10 Good

Jeff P.

11 Sept 2019

Decent Stay

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was clean. I was more than happy with the location. I was satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: The cabin was nice and conveniently located between Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. There were some cleaning issues-used soap and bandaid in the master shower, windows were filthy and bbq needs to be cleaned(bottom tray caught fire due to excessive grease buildup). Also, only 2 hangers and no kitchen sink plug, items which we purchased and left for the next guests along with a bbq basting brush and new batteries for the tv remote. We enjoyed sitting on the deck among the trees but loud guests in the cabin directly above this one often drove us inside. The steep driveway was quite an experience. We didn't use the hot tub nor games room amenities.

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10/10 Excellent

11 Jul 2019

Best vacation ever!!!!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Everything was so nice! We all loved the hot tub.

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10/10 Excellent

Evelyn K.

18 Jun 2019

Vacation

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We loved the cabin! The only issue we had was that when we opened the closet doors in the bedrooms we found dirty sheets and other bedding laying on the floor as if housekeeping threw them there and left them. There were no pot holders in the kitchen.

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10/10 Excellent

Philmeka M.

29 May 2019

A birds eye

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Oh my gosh I had a blast my stay was fantastic I loved it and definitely gonna be returning back soon this was my first time and I definitely will be coming back

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10/10 Excellent

21 May 2019

Rest

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: It was a wonderful Home and we enjoyed it our family really need the peace and quite. Beautiful we will hopefully be back. We loved the cabin. Thank You

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8/10 Good

Angelo B.

22 Mar 2019

Smoky mountain vacation

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: The stay was very nice The drive way was a little to steep

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10/10 Excellent

Melissa T., Ohio

6 Feb 2019

Peaceful Getaway

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We had a wonderful long weekend at A Bears Eye View cabin. Express check in was nice, cabin has a fun game room, and nice hot tub. It was very peaceful and just what we needed.

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8/10 Good

28 Dec 2018

Beautiful Cabin, Nicely Decorated

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Great cabin! The owners put up Christmas decorations and it looked wonderful. We loved that the game room was upstairs (not enough games for toddlers though). The view is covered by trees, but its still beautiful. Hot tub was awesome, and the screened in porch is great for privacy. Cabin was very clean and everything worked fine. Only issues we had was a noisy fan in the main bedroom, and the outdoor light was out, including the motion detector ones. It was very dark, and since its pretty secluded, it was a little scary. There are a few cabins close, but its still secluded. The road leading to the cabin was VERY steep. We were glad it didn't snow. Overall, we loved it.

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6/10 Okay

Bryan J.

30 Sept 2018

A Bear’s Eye View

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was somewhat dirty. I was more than happy with the location. I was somewhat dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I do not recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Overall stay was good although we had an issue with the stove. Only 2 burners worked & oven didn’t work properly. The video game upstairs was also broke. Be prepared ........ the driveway is very steep

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8/10 Good

shann s.

12 Sept 2018

Our Stay

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We had a great time and it was a nice cabin. The only thing, was the view was blocked from all the trees, and the drive way is very steep and narrow.

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