Folly Beach, SC

Turns out the Be A Stock Car Driver driving experience that led us to take our vacation to SC this summer ran into some troubles and was cancelled. I called The Tides Hotel and added another night to our stay, so instead of Greenville, we went on to Folly Beach a day early.

The Tides is a really nice hotel, like both a Beach hotel, and upscale, all at once.

Our room was on the 8th floor, and was lovely and comfortable.

The view from our beach-side balcony was gorgeous, with a nice view of the Folly Fishing Pier.

From the *front* door of the room we had a view of Center Street where there were several good restaurants, clubs, and souvenir stores.

Also from the *front* door, but looking a bit off to the left, was a nice view of the (Folly?) River that made for some lovely sunsets.

From the end of the Folly Fishing Pier looking back towards the beach and The Tides Hotel.

*Trip Deal:
They had a *Chill & Fill* deal where if you stayed 2 or more nights, you got a $50.00 gas card.
The price difference in the room cost for the gas card deal was $10.00, so if you stayed 2 nights, you basically profited $30.00.
In our case, we stayed (4) nights, which cost $40.00 more than not getting the gas card deal, but I got the $50.00 gas card, so I *made* $10.00 on the deal.
Or saved an extra $10.00 on the total bill, however you want to look at it.