STAY: Tides Folly Beach

Tides Folly Beach, located just outside of Charleston, South Carolina, is a high-rise, oceanfront hotel. Driving down the Main Street of Folly, it's hard not to notice the Tides looming at the end of the road. A former Holiday Inn, the Tides is now an independently owned property - and it's also one of my favorite hotels. 

First off, the friendliness of the staff is beyond any other place I've stayed. Members of the staff greet you every time you walk into the lobby, they always say hi when you're walking around the grounds and the bar and wait staff engage you in conversation while you're waiting on your food or drinks. 

Service is fantastic, also. I've never waited more than a  few minutes for anything. If you need something, the staff will make sure you get it.

Location - right on the beach, next to the pier and within walking distance of several shops and restaurants - is the best around, too. Folly is such a small town that you don't have to drive far to get to what you need but the Tides is right amongst the action. If you want to visit Charleston for the day or evening, it's only a short 9 miles away. So you get the best of both worlds - city and beach.

There is a restaurant - Blu - on the grounds, an oceanfront bar, an oceanfront and heated swimming pool and a coffee shop for your morning coffee needs (and ice cream if you need that, too) They play movies every week on the beach that are free of charge, hold a killer New Years Eve party (so I'm told),host a New Years Day Oyster Roast and there is free parking for hotel guests. And, of course, if you want to get married on the beach, Tides Folly Beach can play host for your wedding - or they have elopement packages.

Every room has an ocean view - which means you have a view of the Folly Beach pier and the sunrise over it. They also have beachfront patio rooms so if you're there for the long haul, you can enjoy a first floor patio with a very short walk to the beach.

I'm most definitely a fan. Here's hoping I can make my way back there soon!

How about you? Have you been to Folly Beach? 

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