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What taxes can I expect to pay? The tax rate breaks down as follows: + 5.0% State Sales Tax + 1.0% Horry County Road Sales Tax + 2.5% Hospitality Fee* + 2.0% State Accommodations Tax|...
Read More About Frequently Asked Questions at Ocean Reef ResortEver try to describe your vacation memories to family and friends? No matter how vividly you paint the picture, it's hard to replicate the moment in time and space. And you can literally watch their eyes glaze over as they try to process an album filled with random vacation photos. It's one of those "you had to be there"...
Read More About Five Tips for Enhancing your Myrtle Beach Vacation with Social MediaWhen most people think of dining out in Myrtle Beach, seafood understandably comes to mind. After all, the pond in our backyard happens to be the Atlantic Ocean, so it only makes sense that seafood takes center stage. But often overlooked in this little corner of South Carolina is our local tradition for Southern cuisine. Country...
Read More About Top 5 Places for Southern Cooking in Myrtle BeachThe NFL is hitting the home stretch, the NBA and NHL are scoring and skating, and the college football season is crossing over with college hoops. Sounds like the perfect time of year to plant your backside on a bar stool and watch all the action at once on multiple big-screen televisions. Let someone else pour you a cold beer and serve you a...
Read More About Top 5 Sports Bars in Myrtle BeachFor whatever reason, beach vacations have become synonymous with unhealthy foods. Maybe it's the convenience of grabbing some quick grub to go, or perhaps it's the vacation mentality that you deserve to spoil yourself. Of course, it could be the fact that there are pizza parlors, burger joints and ice cream shops on virtually every...
Read More About Top Five Places to Eat Healthy in Myrtle BeachWhen Signa Curry of Charlotte, NC, decides it's time for a trip to Myrtle Beach, she doesn't have to worry about where to stay. Whether it's a family vacation or a girls' weekend getaway, she has found her home away from home at the beach at Ocean Reef Resort. "We've been staying there for 10 years now and...
Read More About Charlotte Family Finds Home Away from Home at Ocean ReefFor more than 20 years, the Alabama Theatre has been providing quality, family-friendly entertainment to local and visiting audiences on the Grand Strand. And based on all the dancing, singing, laughing and clapping going on at the Barefoot Landing venue, there’s a lot more in store for the future. Although the palatial 2,000-seat...
Read More About Alabama Theatre Brings Family-Friendly Entertainment to the Grand StrandMyrtle Beach has long been known as a "family beach," and that's certainly the case. Families have been flocking to the Grand Strand’s seashores for generations to enjoy affordable fun in the sun and the many family-friendly attractions of Myrtle Beach. But a more accurate description may be an "everybody in the family beach,"...
Read More About Why Myrtle Beach is the Perfect Vacation Spot for EveryoneOne of the most curious creatures on the planet is the human being, in part for our desire to watch other animals do what they do best. Although the Grand Strand doesn’t have a major zoo like San Diego or Cincinnati, the Myrtle Beach area does have a unique collection of specialized facilities that give guests an up-close look at various...
Read More About Top 5 Places to See Animals in Myrtle Beach