Looking for suggestions on where to stay.  Prices are outrageous.  We are just looking for a small room with a balcony facing the beach.  Not looking for the fancy huge Motels either.  Just something that's clean.  Outdated, fine by me.  A Mom n Pop type or anything similar.  We use to stay at Indigo Inn.  It has been absorbed by Compass Cove.  Any suggestions are appreciated. 

Just from my own experience, I'd suggest somewhere in North Myrtle Beach.  A few years ago we stayed near the Boardwalk area in Myrtle Beach.....nightmare.

We did Surfside area for over 10 years straight a number of years ago.  Sea Cloisters I and II complexes were where we stayed, but many other 3 or 4 story complexes in area.  Convenient to Murrell's Inlet restaurants, mini-golf, water-park, and southside golf courses.  Before finding Surfside we stayed at Ocean's Creek on north side.  Huge property but the ocean view is only from large tower complex.  Two story units are back away from beach. 

 

 

Thanks for the info! 

Funny how times change.

I remember the year that gas went up to a dollar a gallon, and there was supposed to be a gas shortage.

We took a group of kids to Myrtle Beach anyway.  The rooms were dirt cheap, there was free parking downtown, and we had the place pretty much to ourselves, without encountering any gas issues.

Now that gas is $3.50 a gallon, hotel prices are through the roof, and you can't find a place to stay.