I just made my reservations for my son and I for the highland games at GrandFather Mountain next month. They said the rooms were starting to fill up for those dates, but there were still some open. I checked several places before making mine and the rates do stay about the same but they are offering the usual 10% for AARP and so on.

I got the best rate at Sleep Inn of Boone, it about 15 minutes from the games.