A hot tub with a view might be the most underrated booking filter there is. Condé Nast Traveler has rounded up 11 US vacation rentals where the bubbling soak is a genuine highlight — chosen on Superhost status, ratings, decor, editor stays and guest reviews — and the list spans desert, mountain, lake and coast.

For groups, the standouts are big. A five-bedroom house in Nehalem, Oregon, sleeps 12 with views over Neahkahnie Beach and a patio hot tub near Manzanita's shops and Nehalem Bay Winery. In Interlochen, Michigan, a four-bedroom home takes 16, with access to both Green Lake and the Betsie River, kayaks, a floating dock and even a custom dog shower in its "Mutt Room." Gatlinburg's three-level Smoky Mountain cabin sleeps 10 with king beds on every floor, a loft game room, and Dollywood and Ripley's Aquarium within driving range — the sunset soak over the ridge is the payoff.

Skiers get a shoutout too: a renovated Park City, Utah, condo sleeps up to 10 on bunks and sleeper sofas, with a gear-drop entryway, stone fireplace and an aprés-ski tub minutes from Deer Valley and Park City Mountain.

Couples and small crews have quieter options. A glass-walled cabin in Laurelville, Ohio, sits a five-minute walk from Hocking Hills State Park — bring an AWD/4WD vehicle for the rough access road. In El Prado, New Mexico, an earth-walled architectural home on 15 acres near Taos offers a Japanese soaking tub, an outdoor hot tub and Manby Hot Springs nearby, with Rio Grande Gorge trails a minute's walk away. A Yucca Valley, California, rental puts Joshua Tree National Park 15 minutes from a stock tank pool and hot tub, with roadrunners and coyotes as evening entertainment.

There's also a wellness-leaning Woodstock, New York, house with a cedar cold plunge, massage room and bookable sound baths near Catskill State Park; a log cabin on six acres in San Marcos, Texas, for stargazing soaks among deer and turkeys; Bear Pause Cabin in Seven Devils, North Carolina, for Blue Ridge forest views and Grandfather Mountain hikes; and a 2026 Vrbo Vacation Rental of the Year on Squam Lake in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, with a private dock and trails up Mount Morgan.

Why it matters: hot tubs turn a rental into a four-season retreat — sunrise in the desert, aprés-ski in Utah, stargazing in Texas — and several of these homes are built for splitting costs across a big group, which keeps per-person prices reasonable. Anyone plotting a reset weekend or a reunion with the group chat will find a fitting base here.