Our four families had a great experience at The Gathering Place! It was enough space for everyone (total 13 people) but not so big that we lost each other. The "kids" (who are now all age 18-23) enjoyed the lower level and the dock, lake and kayaks. We rented a boat from Cappy's and had a great day tubing and exploring Smith Lake. We've stayed at many different rentals - this was one of the best organized and well-stocked kitchens! Bedding was great, and bedrooms are good-sized. Having enough seating in the main area for everyone to be at a table for meals was a huge plus. Ben and Lela could not have been more responsive. They welcomed our many questions and always replied very quickly. They were GREAT hosts!

This home was perfect for our large family. Plenty of things to do for the variety of the ages. The kitchen was well equipped with cooking utensils made for a large group. The 2 washer/dryers made it so much easier keeping up with the laundry. The large living room/dining room area made having meals together and playing a murder mystery game great fun since everyone could participate at the same time comfortably. All together this home really helped make our annual family vacation to Smith Lake a real success!!!!!

Had a great stay with all of my girls and spouses and grandkids. House was perfect for us. Would love to stay there again. We rented a boat and utilized the dock. Perfect set up.

Our three families from Texas and Louisiana gathered at The Gathering Place at Smith Lake for a relaxing lake vacation. The house was more than large enough for our six adults and three children with plenty of room to spare. We especially enjoyed the great variety and quality of cookware enabling us to cook meals each night. We also made use of the grill, grilling on the patio several times. The dock was perfect to tie up our boat and swim in the water. Smith Lake Park was nearby where we relaxed at the beach area. The house was very clean. I wouldn’t hesitate staying here again!

We loved this house! So spacious and beautiful! We do trips often and this is one of the best houses we have stayed at. Things we absolutely loved… ORGANIZATION! We couldn't get over the cabinets labels and all cooking utensils. We loved how much y'all supplied ALL the things-10/10 on the best house with supplies. The shampoo, conditioner, body wash and hair dryers. So amazing! You know with kids we forget stuff. We loved the instructions for everything. All The details are just perfection! We never had to pull up VRBO and look for anything, it was always right in front of us. The guest book and binder-Cork board is seriously amazing! This house was one of our favorite homes we've all stayed at. We've done this trip for 13 years and this year we brought our kids, skipped the beach and chose the lake, and this house was just perfect for that. We always love owners that communicate with us and we try to give feedback when we can. We are going to mail you guys some koozies from all of our weddings YEARS ago 😂 Thank you guys for a beautiful home and stay. We all live in different places now and we couldn't have enjoyed this more.

Amazing place and beautiful location! House was clean and had everything we needed for a great stay. We would come back and highly recommend it!

This property was a great lakefront house with good size bedrooms to accommodate a larger group. The kitchen was very well equipment and you can tell the owners placed a lot of attention in the details.

This is a beautiful home. Lots of room. Very clean….as a matter of fact, the home was so clean that we allowed the 9 month old to crawl all over the place! Lake view is gorgeous. Owners are top notch! Highly recommend rental!