Is Updated Downtown Gem pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows cats and dogs (limit 1 total).

How much does it cost to stay at Updated Downtown Gem?

As of Aug 23, 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Updated Downtown Gem on Sept 5, 2025 start from CA $255.09, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Where is Updated Downtown Gem located?

Located in the heart of Nacogdoches, this vacation home is within a 5-minute walk of Nacogdoches Visitor's Center and Sterne-Hoya House Museum and Library. Lanana Creek Trail and Durst-Taylor Historic House and Gardens are also within 10 minutes.

Updated Downtown Gem - Latest Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Aug 21, 2025

We love this place. So peaceful and great access to all the downtown places.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca H.

Apr 22, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Convenient to downtown

This was our second time to stay at the Downtown Gem. It was a girls trip to the Nac Wine Swirl. This house is perfect to visit downtown Nac. Convenient and walkable.

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Patricia F.

Jan 3, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good location

We had a few minor issues which were address quickly and properly.

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jordan H.

Apr 7, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location

We enjoyed our one night stay and the location was perfect! Thanks!

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sue C.

Nov 12, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place

Cute two bedroom place located right off the main square. Host was wonderful to work with.

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Vernon P.

Oct 12, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

October stay

Good property, dryer did not have heat but everything else was good

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Jul 22, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nacogdoches darling

This was absolutely perfect. Clean and walking distance to downtown shopping, Fredonia etc. Equipped with everything we needed. Loved our stay, thank you.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joseph Y.

Jun 16, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Model A Texas Tour

We had a great stay, plenty of parking (for a trailer if need be), car was safe. We had an issue when we first arrived and the host was quick to resolve. Good place to stay a block from downtown shopping and eating. Thank you for being a great host.

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joel M.

Aug 28, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

College student drop off

Great Place!!

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca H.

Apr 15, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent location for the Wine Swirl

The location could not have been more perfect! We booked this home for the convenience of walking the Nacogdoches Wire Swirl. The home was perfect for the 4 of us, which was my sister and 2 daughters. The home was very cute and had everything we needed for our short stay.

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael G.

Oct 26, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great house near downtown

The house is super clean, right next to downtown, and well maintained. The owner is available if needed, but also makes it a point to give you your privacy. This will definitely become my go-to rental every time I come back to Nacogdoches.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tricia H.

May 14, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Downtown hideaway

We came to nacogdoches as I had been here before and it was such a pretty town. We were looking for a place where we could walk to town. This is perfect. Perfect size for us three girls. We will be back.

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Miranda K.

Jan 4, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Relaxing and Quiet!

Stayed New Year’s Eve and everything was there! Got to see the light show from the privacy our huge gorgeous deck! The little details and “spare” everything you might forget was there! Love it!

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

KATHLEEN O.

Apr 4, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great customer service

Very quaint houses on property. Quiet neighborhood, close to Main Street. Owner was extremely accommodating and bent over backwards to resolve Wi-Fi issue affecting the TV. My husband and 2 teen boys wanted to go home, but the owner cleaned another open unit with working Wi-Fi, so my boys could watch March madness. LOL. Thank you!!!

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Kimberly B., Brock, TX, USA

May 9, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in

Disliked: Location, listing accuracy

Owner Decided New Roof Was Needed During Stay

We really, really wish we could write a lovely review of our stay here, but we want to be transparent and honest. We actually had family members stay here the weekend before and let us know the photos don't accurately show the outside of the property. The photo shows a quaint cottage within a beautifully landscaped entrance. The reality is that that was taken from the perfect angle and didn't show the lack of upkeep of the roof and exterior. We woke on our final morning at 7:30 am to see workers peering in the windows of the back patio at us as we walked through to get coffee in our pajamas. The owner decided getting a new roof on our final morning of our stay was more important and came to the door within the hour to ask us to move our (new) car. The workers had pulled up in a truck with a flatbed and parked beside our car, spreading tarps down around the property and began pulling the roof off. Before we could finish getting dressed, roofing materials and nails were flying off the roof to the flatbed parked within 5 feet of our car. There was no possibility of our teen sleeping in as the nail gun began shooting off nails. When it was time to load our car and leave at checkout time, we had to walk through the roofing materials with our bags as the workers continued throwing items to their flatbed. We received a refund for 18% of our stay.

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Raquel T.

Mar 31, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fabulous location!

The location is excellent! We were able to walk to dinner and truly enjoyed the convenience. The home had everything we needed. Michael is extremely responsive and great to work with!

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

JENNIFER

Mar 17, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, communication

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Angela S.

Sep 29, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

A quick girls' getaway.

This gem provided us with a quick girls' getaway, which was so refreshing. We could easily walk to all the downtown attractions in Nacogdoches.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tricia H.

Jul 31, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

Allison G.

Nov 13, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Go Jacks!

We found ourselves not able to book at our regular hotel for the last home football game. I jumped on VRBO, and found this house! It was right off the square and was everything we needed for our night stay. It was clear the owner takes pride in providing a nice experience. The master bed is a traditional pillow top mattress. My teens had no issues with twin mattresses. Slept great. This is a larger side of a duplex, so we did hear the couple next door come in on Sat night, but there were no issues related to that.

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

4/10 Poor

Lisa P.

Mar 1, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Disliked: Listing accuracy

Ask about the extra room before booking!

Everything was great about this property until 6:30 am Sunday morning, the second night of our stay. Great location, great bedding, helpful check in book with wonderful restaurant & bar suggestions! Very friendly owners but…. I assumed we had the whole place to ourselves all weekend but we did not… there is a separate room of the house that they also rent out that they don’t mention in the listing. The beds of the rooms are only separated by a very thin wall & from 6:30am until noon our second day the young guests in the extra room were VERY inappropriately loud, had kids coming & going & even sounded like they were moving furniture! It was horrible! The only way I would stay here again is if the other attached room were not rented out…. Sad ending to our weekend

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

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