Trip Advisor is a good source to find out if a hotel/motel is worth staying at. The Valley Forge Inn has a 4.5 rating, which is an Excellent Rating. This was based on 714 reviews.
I like you are showing budget for large families. I like Brittany explaining her views just because I respect her views as a mother. Thanks for sharing 🤗
That layout would drive me crazy! Great job of showing the details, I could tell it was outdated, but clean. Great price plus a pool and breakfast too.
This is usually our place to stay when we are in Pigeon Forge, unless we are doing a cabin. We love this hotel! The price is excellent, usually a bit cheaper than others. I wish you had gotten an opportunity to show one of the regular rooms that had been remodeled, they have nice flooring instead of carpet, and look much more updated. The people that run this place are very nice. They offer a decent breakfast, which before Covid and inflation was much more extensive. I love the little prayer box they have in the breakfast room. Also, I was thrilled that we saw J&B In The Hills there last time we were there! I got the chance to chat with John for a few minutes, super nice!
Been staying there for 15 years. My good buddy Lyman is the maintenance guy there. We love it. Can't be beat for the prices. And you can walk to the island. And they have a great hot breakfast
Thank you, Eric, I've always wondered what that place looked like inside, Overall it wasn't that bad at all, Thanks for sharing with us. Hugs n Love to you all.
we stayed there last May thought can't beat the price room was good and pool was nice the breakfast is awesome, and the people are really nice ..ive seen that room on their web site appreciate. the review, its older but i like it because it's a mom pop place and I'm not in room to much usually out running around doing our own you tube thing.... thanks for sharing.
I can't explain why, but ever since starting to watch your videos, every time we've traveled and stayed somewhere, we find ourselves doing the 'Brittany check' Please help!! LOL. Alot of hotels, even resorts need updating, yet, cost of materials, never mind labor, is stupid insane. It did look very nice and the hot tub and pool made me very jealous that i can't use them any longer. ;) Looked like fun. Thanks family.
We love valley inn we stay there all the time and they are slowly upgrading with hardwood floors like some of the mini suites have the hardwood floors.
@@SmokyMountainFamily I forgot to mention the breakfast room use to be family style room year’s ago you use to have to get breakfast at the motel check in office. Then for a long time you use to have the fold down bed. And sleeper couch in there the bathroom in the breakfast room still has the tub and shower then the breakfast itself wasn’t that great it was toast bagels cereal in a cereal dispenser . Then when they finally updated the breakfast room to the current look now you can’t tell where it was and the breakfast has gotten better one of the motel staff name Mrs Gail has seen the changes over the years. We have stayed there for years I’m 30 and I can remember being young and basically growing up with the motel through the years.
Definitely could use updating but looks clean and really roomy. Most people that come to the Smokies don't spend much time in the room anyway. Is the bed comfortable is the biggest thing to me.
I’ve stayed their about 3 times and never had a disappointment but never new they had this option for a room … interesting… pool looked amazing yeah breakfast looked okay as well roomed looked huge I enjoyed your thoughts cons and pros
Hello Smoky mountain family from Columbus Ohio.. this is the place I stay every time I come to pigeon Forge. It's within walking distance to the island. The staff is great.. one of the other cons is their Wi-Fi sucks.. as long as you stay in building one and two you have Wi-Fi.. if you don't you're out of luck.. and if you can post pictures on your cell phone with all the people that are on the phone system good luck on that too.. I was down there 2 weeks ago on Sunday night.. during off-season they are a great deal on their prices.. but during peak season and rod run.. those rooms are not worth $200 a night 😭😭😭
Have you noticed if any of the hotels are going back to cleaning the rooms daily? We stay at Creekstone Inn the entire week last week...all they will do is put fresh towels, toilet paper and coffee. They will not touch anything else...will not make up the bed...take out trash...clean commode. We spent most of our spare time on the phone, asking when we would get our room serviced...5:00...room hasn't been touched. After 4 nights, I asked for fresh sheets...nope....would only do it "for additional fee"....was told they only tidy the rooms...I asked would they ever go back to pre COVID ways...was told no...this was now the new normal....been staying here for years but thinking maybe it's time to move on...tired of sitting around with garbage spilling over onto the floor...
Single-handedly the most annoying aspect of lodging held over from Covid. Many places still have policies that don’t allow for daily cleaning. From some conversations we’ve had it seems they are citing staffing as the culprit. Thanks so much for watching Sheila!
@@SmokyMountainFamily it’s all over. We spent a couple of days in Columbus GA last month after my grandson graduated from basic at Ft Benning. He had a 4 day pass after that. Anyway, they don’t clean either unless you ask. They will give you fresh towels and necessities. I had asked them to vacuum my room because my little children (still raising little ones at my age) had spilled some stuff. And they were going to do that. Up until then they hadn’t taken the trash out either. If hotels aren’t going to clean then they need to have broom vacs or something in rooms or let you check one out from the office. I’m a neat freak even on vacation. Lol!
I never understood why someone would put carpet near the hot tub or in the bathroom. Looks like the carpet needs to be updated but that's an easy fix. Plus they need to get rid of all the carpet near the hot tub and bathrooms lol. Loving Keegan's shark feet, and the pool area looks nice.
They are slowly updating all the rooms with hardwood floors I know some is still carpet but rooms like the mini suites room 120 has got the hardwood floors.
I would literally stay ANYWHERE if it had a comfortable (plush) bed. I can’t possibly comprehend why hotels (even the fancier ones) think they need to search the earth for the firmest mattresses they can find.
I’m like you Eric when it comes to being the one to spend time in the hot tub, I’d appreciate close ups of the hot tubs when you do room reviews that have one
So I've worked for Marriott for 25 yrs and when I can't get my associates rate we always stay here. Yes it's outdated but it's a clean property. Been staying here for close to 10 yrs now. Have always wondered is this room located over the breakfast room?
For the price and location as well as all the “decent/good” reviews, we ended up staying here this past weekend. It was….. conflicting. Price was great. Workers were super nice. Wifi was Horrible and our feet were BLACK even just getting out of the shower to walk to the bed. I wiped down the whole floor with a towel and it was filthy filthy. The bedding was fine. Sheets were clean. Comforter was cheaply made/stained. But sufficed. Bathroom was very moldy mildewy smelling.. there was an ant infestation, they were treating rooms for, beds sounded like a tin can when you moved around and weren’t the most comfortable to say the least. Now, I’m not picky. I can rough it. Last time I came to Pigeon Forge we car camped and I was perfectly happy. If that gives you an idea of my judgement. I’d say if you’re really on a budget, it works. It does the trick. But even though I’m cheap and much rather spend the money on the experience while we’re on vacation….if I can find a place that is a little pricier next time, and better in regard to cleanliness I’d actually rather spend the extra. That, or bring my own cleaning supplies next time and just not expect to be able to use wifi. 🙃
I forgot to put this in my last comment.. the breakfast they have the next morning is a very limited it doesn't offer much.. you're better off to go to the buffet bar across the street
Very unique room layout. Thx for the review and information
Thanks for watching it was such a unique layout that’s for sure ❤️
Good info, thanx y'all.
Thanks for watching Bob
We’ve been staying there for years live, clean the rooms close to the restaurant and tractions coming next month for anniversary🎉❤️
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Hey guys!!
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For quick over night trips to Pigeon Forge Valley Forge is our go to!
That is a huge room. Looks like everyone had fun in the pool. Thanks for the Shout out. 😎😎
Heyyyyy!!! Of course ;) ❤️
Great video , I wasn't subscribed any more for some reason. I'm glad I found your channel again and I'm back subscribed.
We are glad to have you back!!
My children are 25 and 27 and we used to stay at Valley Forge when they were toddlers!! We have so many good memories there! Thanks for sharing!
That’s adorable!
Awsome review eric and brittany.You both give me ideas on what to do when I get there.I appreciate your videos
Thanks so much Joe
@@SmokyMountainFamily your welcome
Trip Advisor is a good source to find out if a hotel/motel is worth staying at. The Valley Forge Inn has a 4.5 rating, which is an Excellent Rating. This was based on 714 reviews.
That’s awesome thanks
My husband and 12 yr old son are there now (regular room) for some father/son bonding time.
That’s so cool!! Thanks for watching Rita we appreciate you
That place would probably be nice if it was updated. They could do alot to it.
That’s what we thought too, so much potential
Nice
Thanks glad you enjoyed
Love Valley Forge Inn! Our stay everytime where in town. It's so close to everything! You can walk to the island!
❤️ thanks for watching Richard
I like you are showing budget for large families. I like Brittany explaining her views just because I respect her views as a mother. Thanks for sharing 🤗
Aww thank you Pamela ❤️
Hey , we stay here every time now. Old but can't beat the price, always clean and you can walk to the fountain
So true! Thanks for watching we appreciate you
with all the trips tat we have made over there we have never tried that hotel shes on the countdown again 17 days lol
Yesss
Thanks guys! And I love J & B in the hills!
Thanks for watching Maria. We love j&b as well they are literally the sweetest people ever
That layout would drive me crazy! Great job of showing the details, I could tell it was outdated, but clean. Great price plus a pool and breakfast too.
Lol me and Eric couldn’t help but to keep redesigning the place in our head. Thanks for watching Lisa
Thanks for doing a vid on this room. We’ve stayed here a lot and was always curious about the layout of this room.
Thanks for watching Tom
Good video, with some good things to know, for a week vacation.
Thanks for watching Danny
This is usually our place to stay when we are in Pigeon Forge, unless we are doing a cabin. We love this hotel! The price is excellent, usually a bit cheaper than others. I wish you had gotten an opportunity to show one of the regular rooms that had been remodeled, they have nice flooring instead of carpet, and look much more updated. The people that run this place are very nice. They offer a decent breakfast, which before Covid and inflation was much more extensive. I love the little prayer box they have in the breakfast room. Also, I was thrilled that we saw J&B In The Hills there last time we were there! I got the chance to chat with John for a few minutes, super nice!
That’s awesome thanks for watching we appreciate you
We stayed there on our last trip in the same style of room! We loved it!
It’s so unique we had no idea
We stayed their. One time We love it. Ndt show done a review on it. Very nice video. Take care. Stay safe.
That’s cool we will have to check it out
Been staying there for 15 years. My good buddy Lyman is the maintenance guy there. We love it. Can't be beat for the prices. And you can walk to the island. And they have a great hot breakfast
We enjoyed our stay as well ❤️
Nice review look like a nice place. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching Vickie
Thank you, Eric, I've always wondered what that place looked like inside, Overall it wasn't that bad at all, Thanks for sharing with us. Hugs n Love to you all.
Thanks for watching ❤️
we stayed there last May thought can't beat the price room was good and pool was nice the breakfast is awesome, and the people are really nice ..ive seen that room on their web site appreciate. the review, its older but i like it because it's a mom pop place and I'm not in room to much usually out running around doing our own you tube thing.... thanks for sharing.
We loved it too. Thanks so much for watching we appreciate you
It is nice and spacious, but needs an upgrade
For sure it does. Thanks homie!
Very unique room layout. Price seems a bit high, but for the size of the room and location its probably right.
Yea it’s a bit confusing we didn’t know anything to even compare it too
Love Valley Forge! We stay there and love it!
That’s awesome! Thanks for watching we appreciate you
Family owned for 2 going on 3 generations... good people I know personally! Owner on the property most days... just ask.
That’s awesome Jim! Thanks for watching
Thanks guys good review. I don’t think I’d stay there though so good to know
Thanks for watching Linda. Yea it’s not for everyone
Wow that room was huge great review.
I know right!?! We couldn’t believe it. Thanks for watching
I can't explain why, but ever since starting to watch your videos, every time we've traveled and stayed somewhere, we find ourselves doing the 'Brittany check' Please help!! LOL. Alot of hotels, even resorts need updating, yet, cost of materials, never mind labor, is stupid insane. It did look very nice and the hot tub and pool made me very jealous that i can't use them any longer. ;) Looked like fun. Thanks family.
😂 ❤️ love it
We love valley inn we stay there all the time and they are slowly upgrading with hardwood floors like some of the mini suites have the hardwood floors.
That’s awesome!
@@SmokyMountainFamily
I forgot to mention the breakfast room use to be family style room year’s ago you use to have to get breakfast at the motel check in office. Then for a long time you use to have the fold down bed. And sleeper couch in there the bathroom in the breakfast room still has the tub and shower then the breakfast itself wasn’t that great it was toast bagels cereal in a cereal dispenser . Then when they finally updated the breakfast room to the current look now you can’t tell where it was and the breakfast has gotten better one of the motel staff name Mrs Gail has seen the changes over the years. We have stayed there for years I’m 30 and I can remember being young and basically growing up with the motel through the years.
Hello good seeing you guys good video the wife and the grandkids are on the way to Tennessee in the morning
Hope they have a great trip!
Eric and Brittany, really enjoyed your video! Beautiful hotel room and pool too!
Thanks Carla ❤️
Definitely could use updating but looks clean and really roomy. Most people that come to the Smokies don't spend much time in the room anyway. Is the bed comfortable is the biggest thing to me.
It wasn’t the most comfortable but wasn’t uncomfortable if that makes sense 😂
George Washington Slept Here
It was a cold snowy night.... they were happy to see the continental breakfast the next morn.
I’ve stayed their about 3 times and never had a disappointment but never new they had this option for a room … interesting… pool looked amazing yeah breakfast looked okay as well roomed looked huge I enjoyed your thoughts cons and pros
Thanks NDT!!
I would love to see you review the Gatlinburg Town Square by Exploria Resorts! We have a 2-Bedroom Suite booked there this Spring!
It’s been on the list we have been kinda waiting for it to warm up because I think they have an outdoor pool we were wanting to try
Hello Smoky mountain family from Columbus Ohio.. this is the place I stay every time I come to pigeon Forge. It's within walking distance to the island. The staff is great.. one of the other cons is their Wi-Fi sucks.. as long as you stay in building one and two you have Wi-Fi.. if you don't you're out of luck.. and if you can post pictures on your cell phone with all the people that are on the phone system good luck on that too.. I was down there 2 weeks ago on Sunday night.. during off-season they are a great deal on their prices.. but during peak season and rod run.. those rooms are not worth $200 a night 😭😭😭
We didn’t even try the WiFi glad you mentioned that
Looks like a great place! There’s just two of us so we would take a smaller room
Thanks for watching ❤️ the smaller rooms are super cheap too
Have you noticed if any of the hotels are going back to cleaning the rooms daily? We stay at Creekstone Inn the entire week last week...all they will do is put fresh towels, toilet paper and coffee. They will not touch anything else...will not make up the bed...take out trash...clean commode. We spent most of our spare time on the phone, asking when we would get our room serviced...5:00...room hasn't been touched. After 4 nights, I asked for fresh sheets...nope....would only do it "for additional fee"....was told they only tidy the rooms...I asked would they ever go back to pre COVID ways...was told no...this was now the new normal....been staying here for years but thinking maybe it's time to move on...tired of sitting around with garbage spilling over onto the floor...
Single-handedly the most annoying aspect of lodging held over from Covid. Many places still have policies that don’t allow for daily cleaning. From some conversations we’ve had it seems they are citing staffing as the culprit. Thanks so much for watching Sheila!
@@SmokyMountainFamily it’s all over. We spent a couple of days in Columbus GA last month after my grandson graduated from basic at Ft Benning. He had a 4 day pass after that. Anyway, they don’t clean either unless you ask. They will give you fresh towels and necessities. I had asked them to vacuum my room because my little children (still raising little ones at my age) had spilled some stuff. And they were going to do that. Up until then they hadn’t taken the trash out either. If hotels aren’t going to clean then they need to have broom vacs or something in rooms or let you check one out from the office. I’m a neat freak even on vacation. Lol!
That looks horrifying
😂 it’s definitely not for everyone. Thanks so much for watching we appreciate you
I never understood why someone would put carpet near the hot tub or in the bathroom. Looks like the carpet needs to be updated but that's an easy fix. Plus they need to get rid of all the carpet near the hot tub and bathrooms lol. Loving Keegan's shark feet, and the pool area looks nice.
Thanks Frank ❤️
They are slowly updating all the rooms with hardwood floors I know some is still carpet but rooms like the mini suites room 120 has got the hardwood floors.
I would literally stay ANYWHERE if it had a comfortable (plush) bed. I can’t possibly comprehend why hotels (even the fancier ones) think they need to search the earth for the firmest mattresses they can find.
Very cool! 😎
Thanks Tawna
We're still waiting on ya'll to mount up, and go do a review on the Eastside Motel.
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Exquisite suite.
Thanks for watching Virginia we appreciate you
I’m like you Eric when it comes to being the one to spend time in the hot tub, I’d appreciate close ups of the hot tubs when you do room reviews that have one
Will do ❤️ thanks for watching
So I've worked for Marriott for 25 yrs and when I can't get my associates rate we always stay here. Yes it's outdated but it's a clean property. Been staying here for close to 10 yrs now. Have always wondered is this room located over the breakfast room?
It’s close. We were on the 4th floor on the same side as the breakfast room
@@SmokyMountainFamily cool thanks love your videos
Could yall do a stay in the Timbers lodge in pigeon forge a suite if possible ?
We will check it out. Thanks for watching!
For the price and location as well as all the “decent/good” reviews, we ended up staying here this past weekend. It was….. conflicting. Price was great. Workers were super nice. Wifi was Horrible and our feet were BLACK even just getting out of the shower to walk to the bed. I wiped down the whole floor with a towel and it was filthy filthy. The bedding was fine. Sheets were clean. Comforter was cheaply made/stained. But sufficed. Bathroom was very moldy mildewy smelling.. there was an ant infestation, they were treating rooms for, beds sounded like a tin can when you moved around and weren’t the most comfortable to say the least. Now, I’m not picky. I can rough it. Last time I came to Pigeon Forge we car camped and I was perfectly happy. If that gives you an idea of my judgement. I’d say if you’re really on a budget, it works. It does the trick. But even though I’m cheap and much rather spend the money on the experience while we’re on vacation….if I can find a place that is a little pricier next time, and better in regard to cleanliness I’d actually rather spend the extra.
That, or bring my own cleaning supplies next time and just not expect to be able to use wifi. 🙃
great review
Thanks Pam we appreciate you
Stay here everytime we come, every 5th visit you get 25%off. As a family of 7 we need a big room and this is one of the best we've found.
That’s sooo cool awesome deal
Good place for a cheap weekend
Absolutely. Thanks for watching Kim
@3:11 is that a bug on the soap on the sink ?🫣🫣
They had several stink bugs
I forgot to put this in my last comment.. the breakfast they have the next morning is a very limited it doesn't offer much.. you're better off to go to the buffet bar across the street
Thanks John
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Aww thanks so much James
Big place
Definitely! Thanks for watching dp
All the ones that don’t know Pigeon Forge Inn is Christian owned Motel✝️
Thanks David
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It is nice and spacious, but I agree it is outdated