The shift began sometime during lockdowns, when people in Brooklyn learn more and Manhattan discovered that a two-hour drive north could put them somewhere entirely different. Quiet mornings, forests everywhere, and zero subway noise. Upstate New York turned into the antidote that people kept coming back to.
Pinecone Stays runs a group of rental properties in the Catskills. The properties range from smaller places for two up to larger properties that hold 14 people. Some are close to Barryville and other popular towns in the area. Each one sits among the kind of landscape that makes people properly unplug — lakes, woodlands, dirt roads, nothing flashy, just real quiet.
The thing that makes Pinecone Stays worth mentioning is that they handle both sides — the guest experience and property management as well. Property owners in the Catskills trying to list their properties can pass the whole thing over. Visitors get a better experience that way.
For anyone planning getting out of the city up to the Catskills, check what Pinecone Stays has available. Direct booking, no platform fees, and a real person actually answers when you get in touch.