Laurel Crest Resort

The Resort and Its Setting

Laurel Crest Resort is part of the Bluegreen Vacations portfolio, located in Pigeon Forge — one of East Tennessee's busiest tourist towns and a long-standing gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains. As a Bluegreen property, ownership here fits into the company's wider vacation club structure, giving owners a mix of personal-use weeks and points-based flexibility depending on how the ownership was originally purchased. The resort's location in Pigeon Forge puts guests within a short drive of the Parkway's entertainment strip and the mountains beyond it.

The Area and Things to Do

Pigeon Forge is built for visitors: the Parkway corridor, about 1.2 miles (2 km) from the resort, is lined with theaters, dinner shows, outlet shopping and family attractions. Gatlinburg, roughly 9 miles (14 km) away, adds mountain crafts, restaurants and the Gatlinburg SkyLift Park, while Sevier County more broadly is packed with adventure parks and entertainment venues within a few miles of the resort. The main draw for many visitors, though, is Great Smoky Mountains National Park, about 20 miles (32 km) from Laurel Crest Resort, with hiking trails, scenic overlooks and wildlife viewing that draw crowds year-round. It's a destination that suits both an active, outdoors-focused trip and a more laid-back week built around shows and shopping.

Selling or Renting a Week Here

If you own a week at Laurel Crest Resort and no longer use it, you can list it for sale or rent directly on BidMyTimeshare.com. It's an owner-to-owner marketplace: you set your own asking price, your listing is visible to buyers and renters browsing the site, and interested parties contact you directly through the platform. There's no commission on the sale — sellers pay a single, one-time listing fee to get their week in front of buyers, rather than a percentage cut at closing.

Before listing, it helps to know how a transfer actually works with this brand. According to Bluegreen Vacations, a resale transfer typically carries a fee of around $500 and takes somewhere between 30 and 90 days to complete. Bluegreen also holds a right of first refusal, meaning the brand can step in and match an accepted offer before a sale to a third-party buyer is finalized — a standard feature of this type of ownership, but one buyers and sellers should factor into their timeline and expectations.

It's also worth being upfront with buyers about what does and doesn't carry over on a resale. Resale buyers at Laurel Crest Resort can use Bonus Time only at the home resort, and they do not receive Premier status under Bluegreen's ownership tiers. These distinctions don't stop a resale from going through, but they do affect how a buyer will actually use the ownership, so it's better to mention them in your listing than to let them surface after an offer is made.

Renters, meanwhile, tend to ask simpler questions: what time of year the unit is available, how close it is to the Parkway and the park entrance, and whether the dates line up with the busier summer and holiday periods. Being specific about unit size, view, and available weeks in your listing will save back-and-forth with both renters and buyers.

Practical Notes

Because Laurel Crest Resort carries RCI and Interval International affiliations, owners — including resale buyers — can use their week for an exchange rather than a stay at the home resort, subject to each network's own booking terms. Anyone buying a resale week should confirm current annual maintenance fees directly with Bluegreen Vacations before agreeing on a price, since these are set and adjusted by the resort's management rather than by individual sellers.