Your Guide to Pet-Friendly Places to Stay in Myrtle Beach
The Grand Strand is one of the most pet-friendly stretches of coast in the Southeast, with fun activities, great restaurants and easy, comfortable places to stay with your pet in every category.
A few details simply vary by property, like pet fees, size guidelines and whether pets stay in your own RV or an on-site rental, so here’s a friendly rundown of where to stay with your pet and what to expect when you arrive.
Where can you stay with a pet in Myrtle Beach?
You’ve got options in every category. Here's how they break down:
- Among hotels, the DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Myrtle Beach Oceanfront and The Ellie Beach Resort are top options with great oceanfront locations and no weight limit on pets.
- Other pet-friendly oceanfront properties include The Sandbar and Ocean Park Resort, as well as The Shelby, a cute boutique hotel near the boardwalk.
- Away from the beach, spots like Hampton Inn Broadway, La Quinta Inn & Suites, Hampton Inn West and Homewood Suites near Coastal Grand Mall are happy to accommodate pets.
- It's also worth calling a hotel you're considering to check because many others are "pet tolerant" and may offer options for visitors with pets.
- For more room, pet-friendly vacation rentals from Dunes Realty, Vacation Rentals at Kingston Resorts, Elliott Beach Rentals, Garden City Realty and Sea Star Realty put you in a home with a yard and a kitchen.
- Camping options for pets include Carolina Shores RV Resort, Ocean Lakes Family Campground, Sun Outdoors Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach Travel Park and both Myrtle Beach and Huntington Beach state park. Pet fees, weight limits and policies vary by property, so confirm the details before you book.
Pet-Friendly Hotels & Resorts
An oceanfront hotel is one of the easiest ways to put your toes — and your dog’s paws — just steps from the sand, and plenty of Grand Strand favorites are delighted to host your pup.
Leading the way are the DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Myrtle Beach Oceanfront and nearby The Ellie Beach Resort, both nestled on the south end of Myrtle Beach's Ocean Boulevard, near the Myrtle Beach State Park, The Market Common and the airport.
These two expansive properties have no weight or breed restrictions: bring up to two dogs of any size, let them stretch out at the on-site fenced dog park and grassy relief areas, and settle into a pet room that opens onto an exterior corridor. You can expect about $75 per dog, per night (capped at $300 per stay), and well-behaved dogs may be left in the room.
If you're looking for an especially warm welcome for four-legged guests, try the Ocean Park Resort, which greets dogs with a treat-and-waste-bag welcome kit, an on-site potty area, direct beach access and even the FURology Paw Spa for grooming and doggie day care. It hosts up to two dogs of 40 pounds each.
Close to the Boardwalk, The Sandbar Hotel welcomes up to two dogs of 50 pounds or less in a dedicated pet building, for roughly $60-70 a night plus a $50 refundable deposit. Just north, also near the boardwalk, The Shelby is a newly-renovated boutique hotel experience that welcomes your four-legged friend for a flat $75 per dog, per stay, with up to two dogs of 75 pounds or less.
The Polynesian Oceanfront Hotel keeps things wonderfully budget-friendly at just $15 per pet, per night (plus a one-time $50 cleaning fee), welcoming up to two pets of up to 100 pounds in its ground-floor pet rooms.
Prefer a familiar name or a spot near the action? Hampton Inn Myrtle Beach Broadway at the Beach and the oceanfront Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Myrtle Beach Oceanfront both welcome dogs and cats — up to two pets around 75 pounds — for about $75 on shorter stays and $150 on longer ones. You'll also find pet-friendly stays at La Quinta Inn & Suites near Broadway at the Beach or the Hilton Garden Inn near Coastal Grand Mall and the airport.
Whichever you choose, bringing your pet along is refreshingly simple: just confirm the pet fee and your dog’s size when you book, and you’re all set for a comfortable stay.
Pet-Friendly Vacation Rentals
For a lot of pet owners, a rental home or condo is the sweet spot: a yard or first-row beach access, a kitchen to keep your dog on its normal diet, laundry for sandy towels, and often one flat pet fee instead of a per-night charge.
On the quieter south end, Dunes Realty runs one of the area’s longest-standing pet programs, with dog-friendly homes in Garden City and Surfside Beach, a pet fee applied at checkout, and a simple dog-friendly agreement — a reassuring choice for a first trip with a dog.
Garden City Realty and Sea Star Realty offer a curated set of dog-friendly homes across Garden City, Surfside and Murrells Inlet. These are good sources for pool-equipped, near-beach houses where the dog is genuinely welcome rather than just tolerated.
Up the coast, Vacation Rentals at Kingston Resorts offers select pet-friendly condos inside the gated Kingston Plantation community, pairing a resort feel with rental flexibility; because it’s a shared community, confirm the specific unit is a designated pet home and ask about building and pool rules for pets.
In North Myrtle Beach, Elliott Beach Rentals keeps a large catalog of pet-friendly houses and condos from Cherry Grove to Windy Hill, with policies that vary by home. Some require a refundable pet deposit or set a size limit, and dogs aren’t allowed on beds or furniture.
With any rental company, the trick is simply to look for the homes marked pet-friendly and skim the quick dog agreement when you book — it lays out the easy details, like how many pets a home welcomes, so everyone arrives on the same page.
Pet-Friendly Campgrounds
Camping may be the most naturally pet-friendly way to enjoy everything the Grand Strand has to offer. At our expansive campgrounds, you'll find wide-open sites, room to roam, and likely some neighbors who also brought their pets to the beach.
The area’s largest park, Ocean Lakes Family Campground, is also its most dog-equipped, with the Lakeside Paws N’ Play dog park and Sandy’s Wash N’ Wag rinse station on site; pets are welcome on your own campsite (not in the rental homes), on a six-foot leash, with a breed exclusion list and a $100 fine for not cleaning up.
If you want the ocean at your doorstep, Carolina Shores RV Resort on South Kings Highway is a pet-friendly, beachfront park with concrete-pad sites, pull-through hookups, and cabins and villas, plus a pool, lazy river and mini golf. Also oceanfront, Myrtle Beach Travel Park offers camping with pools, a lazy river and a lake, with dogs welcome on standard camping sites (leashed outside your vehicle).
A little inland in Conway, Sun Outdoors Myrtle Beach pairs full-hookup RV sites with vacation cottages and outstanding resort-style amenities. It's a great homebase if you want more space and a quieter setting and don’t mind a short drive to the sand.
The Grand Strand’s two state parks are wonderful pet-friendly camping options too, and both are as scenic as they come.
Oceanfront Myrtle Beach State Park sets a shaded, maritime-forest campground and a fishing pier right on the sand in the heart of Myrtle Beach, and leashed dogs (six-foot leash rule) are welcome throughout the park, including on its beach.
A little south in Murrells Inlet, Huntington Beach State Park is a birder’s favorite, with campsites tucked between the salt marsh and the ocean and the historic Atalaya Castle to explore; leashed pets are welcome in the campground and much of the park, with a few stretches of beach set aside for nesting shorebirds.
One handy thing to know across the area’s campgrounds: pets are typically welcome on your own campsite. If you’d rather rent an on-site cabin or cottage, just check that unit’s pet policy first.
Rules for Dogs on the Beach
By community, the summer daytime hours are enforced
Community | When Dogs Are Allowed | Leash Rule |
|---|---|---|
Myrtle Beach | Off the beach 10 a.m.–5 p.m., May 1–Labor Day; allowed before 10 & after 5, and anytime off-season | 7 ft or shorter |
North Myrtle Beach | Off the beach 9 a.m.–5 p.m., May 15–Sept. 15; allowed other hours | 7 ft, year-round |
Surfside Beach | No dogs on the beach May 15–Sept. 15 (fines up to $500) | 7 ft or shorter |
Pawleys Island / Georgetown County | Leashed 9 a.m.–7 p.m.; off-leash 7 p.m.–9 a.m. under voice control | Leash or voice control |
Rules are set by each municipality and can change, so please verify current dates and hours before your trip, and always pick up after your dog.
Frequently Asked Questions
Traveling with a pet in Myrtle Beach, answered
Are there pet fees at Myrtle Beach hotels?
Almost always, and they’re usually charged per dog, per night. Expect anywhere from about $20 a night at Bar Harbor to $75 a night at the DoubleTree, sometimes with a cap per stay and a separate refundable deposit. Over a week with two dogs, those nightly fees add up — which is often when a flat-fee vacation rental becomes the better value.
What’s the difference between a pet-friendly rental and a hotel?
A vacation rental usually charges one flat pet fee instead of a per-night charge, and it comes with more room, a kitchen to keep your dog on its normal diet and often a yard or first-row beach access. The catch is that being pet-friendly is decided home by home — if a specific listing doesn’t say pets are welcome, they aren’t.
Can I bring my dog to a Myrtle Beach campground cabin?
Usually only if you bring your own RV or tent. Most Grand Strand campgrounds, including Ocean Lakes and Myrtle Beach Travel Park, welcome pets on your own site but don’t allow them in the campground’s rental cabins, cottages or trailers. Breed restrictions and leash rules apply too, so check the specific park’s policy.
Do pet-friendly hotels have weight or breed limits?
Often, yes. Limits range from around 30 pounds at Bar Harbor to 40 at Blu Atlantic and 50 at The Sandbar, while the DoubleTree has no weight limit at all. Many properties also exclude breeds they consider aggressive, so confirm your dog qualifies before booking a non-refundable rate.
When are dogs allowed on the beach in Myrtle Beach?
In Myrtle Beach, dogs are off the beach from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. between May 1 and Labor Day, and welcome before 10 and after 5 (and anytime the rest of the year). North Myrtle Beach restricts dogs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. between May 15 and September 15, and Surfside Beach bars them entirely during that window. A leash seven feet or shorter is required everywhere, and you always pick up after your dog.