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Pigeon Forge vs Gatlinburg: which town is cheaper this week

Nov 12, 2026

Prices and dates checked November 12, 2026, from the company listings on our Pigeon Forge board and Gatlinburg board.

People ask which town is cheaper as if that is one number. It is two. The cheapest named night is the screenshot. The typical night is the middle nightly rate among the cabins we can still name. Those two numbers do not always pick the same town.

On the middle nightly rate, Gatlinburg is cheaper by $6. The floor is the other way: Pigeon Forge’s cheapest named night is $49, Gatlinburg’s is $71. We copied every night below from a rental company’s own cabin page. We do not guess rates.

The photo at the top is a cabin from this list, not a stock shot. The chart is the board. Cards under it are the cheapest named stays in each town, with the listing photo and the dates that price belongs to.

Side by side on this check

Pigeon Forge:

• 839 named cabins with a dated check-in after today.
• Cheapest night: $49 at Creekside Retreat (Beyond Expectations Vacation Rentals), sleeps 12, November 15.
• Typical night: $180.
• At $100 or less: 56. At $150 or less: 317.
• Largest listed percent-off: 40%.

Gatlinburg:

• 511 named cabins with a dated check-in after today.
• Cheapest night: $71 at Dotties Place Cabin (Beyond Expectations Vacation Rentals), sleeps 10, December 7.
• Typical night: $174.
• At $100 or less: 29. At $150 or less: 196.
• Largest listed percent-off: 33%.

Pigeon Forge bedroom counts: 136 one-bedroom, 263 two-bedroom, 188 three-bedroom, 116 four-bedroom, 136 with 5 or more bedrooms. Gatlinburg bedroom counts: 114 one-bedroom, 146 two-bedroom, 117 three-bedroom, 56 four-bedroom, 78 with 5 or more bedrooms.

A cheap floor is not the same as a cheap town. Pigeon Forge can print a lower leftover night and still sit higher on the middle rate if more of its board is three- and four-bedroom stock.

This week’s 14-day window

Last-minute here means a stay that still overlaps the next 14 days. On this check that window is Friday, November 13 through Thursday, November 26. Live cards for that window: Pigeon Forge last-minute and Gatlinburg last-minute.

Pigeon Forge has 450 named cabins in that window, typical $216. Gatlinburg has 279, typical $190. Gatlinburg is $26 cheaper on that 14-day typical night.

Cheapest Pigeon Forge night in that window: $49 at Creekside Retreat (Beyond Expectations Vacation Rentals), November 15. Cheapest Gatlinburg night in that window: $84 at Dotties Place Cabin (Beyond Expectations Vacation Rentals), November 15–16.

Friday and Saturday check-ins are thinner. Pigeon Forge has 488 weekend-start cabins, typical $217. Gatlinburg has 276, typical $203. Sunday–Thursday starts: Pigeon Forge 813 cabins at a typical $179, Gatlinburg 482 at $168.

A Sunday leftover at $49 is not a Saturday Parkway price.

Same-size cabins, not the headline night

A typical two-bedroom night is $141 in Pigeon Forge and $143 in Gatlinburg. Pigeon Forge is $2 cheaper for that family size. Typical three-bedroom nights: $199 in Pigeon Forge (189 cabins) and $177 in Gatlinburg (117 cabins).

Cheapest two-bedroom we can name in Pigeon Forge: Hilltop Hideaway at $56 / night (was $75, 25% off), November 15–18, Thomas Rentals. Cheapest two-bedroom we can name in Gatlinburg: Dotties Place Cabin at $71 / night, December 7, Beyond Expectations Vacation Rentals.

Two-person trips start on 1-bedroom Pigeon Forge cabins or 1-bedroom Gatlinburg cabins. Families that need two rooms should use 2-bedroom Pigeon Forge deals and 2-bedroom Gatlinburg deals, not the screenshot floor.

The cheapest nights we can name

Pigeon Forge, one cabin each:

1. Creekside Retreat — Pigeon Forge. $49 / night. Three bedrooms, sleeps 12. November 15. Beyond Expectations Vacation Rentals. Pets, a hot tub, a pool, a game room, and a view on the listing.
2. Mountain Getaway — Pigeon Forge. $53 / night (was $70, 25% off). One bedroom, sleeps 6. November 15–18. Thomas Rentals. Pets, a hot tub, a pool, and a view on the listing.
3. Hilltop Hideaway — Pigeon Forge. $56 / night (was $75, 25% off). Two bedrooms, sleeps 6. November 15–18. Thomas Rentals. Pets, a hot tub, a pool, and a view on the listing.

Gatlinburg, one cabin each:

1. Dotties Place Cabin — Gatlinburg. $71 / night. Two bedrooms, sleeps 10. December 7. Beyond Expectations Vacation Rentals. Pets, a hot tub, a pool, a game room, and a view on the listing.
2. Caleb’s Treehouse — Gatlinburg. $72 / night (was $84, 15% off). Two bedrooms, sleeps 6. December 6–10. Colonial Properties. Pets, a hot tub, a pool, a game room, and a view on the listing.
3. Kingfisher — Gatlinburg. $75 / night. Two bedrooms. November 29–December 1. Rentals In The Smokies. A view on the listing.

The middle Pigeon Forge cabin on this list is Moonshine Mountain Lodge at $179 / night (was $211, 15% off). Five bedrooms, sleeps 22. November 15–17. Summit Cabin Rentals. Pets, a hot tub, a pool, a game room, and a view on the listing. The middle Gatlinburg cabin on this list is Bearfoot Adventure at $173 / night (was $259, 33% off). Two bedrooms, sleeps 7. November 29–December 1. American Patriot Getaways. The listing did not print a pet, hot-tub, pool, game-room, or view flag.

Live boards: Pigeon Forge cabins, Gatlinburg cabins, Pigeon Forge under $100, Gatlinburg under $150, cabin specials, and rental companies. See also cheap Pigeon Forge cabins under $100 and what a typical Gatlinburg night costs.

Parkway vs the park entrance

Gatlinburg sits at the Sugarlands entrance. Sugarlands Visitor Center is about two miles south of town on Newfound Gap Road. The park does not charge an entrance fee. Pigeon Forge is the next town north on the Parkway; Dollywood is on that side. Park days belong on the Gatlinburg board. Dollywood nights belong on the Pigeon Forge board. Quiet-side nights are on the Townsend board.

The town name is not an amenity. Need a dog or a tub: pet-friendly Pigeon Forge, pet-friendly Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge hot tub deals, and Gatlinburg hot tub deals.

How to read the two numbers

Company sites quote a nightly rate for a specific stay length. Cleaning fees, tax, and hot-tub or pet fees often sit on the booking form. Creekside Retreat’s $49 rate is November 15. Dotties Place Cabin’s $71 rate is December 7. Those are not interchangeable Saturday prices.

A large listed percent is not the same as a cheap night. We only print a percent the company listing already had.

Confirm the night, the total, the code if one is printed, and the house rules on the company listing before you book.

What this list is not

It is not every cabin in either town, and it is not Airbnb. It is the named cabins whose companies printed a dated night we could copy. A full cabin will not appear. $49 and $71 are not a promise for tomorrow. This is a dated notebook from November 12, 2026.

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