South Carolina

Pros: Rich in it's own beauty and close to nearby Charleston.
Cons: none

Review Topic:  Accommodations

Review Topic:  Whether traveling on business or pleasure, there’s one stop that is definitely worth making. Summerville is around fifteen minutes inland from beautiful Charleston and lacks...

Pros: Beautiful Town, Great Restaurants
Cons: Not Much Night Life (Could Be a Pro for Some)

Last night I drove through a snow storm from Savannah to Beaufort, South Carolina. Oh, the lengths to which the road warrior must go to get to the job site! While business brought me here this time, I've come and stayed for pleasure as well. Less...

Pros: Atmosphere, food, coffee
Cons: Occasional surly employees

Looking for a relaxed place to spend a few hours in Columbia, SC? Try Cool Beans! on College Street, right by USC's historic Horseshoe.

Formerly known as Cafe Espresso (or Cafe Depresso to some), Cool Beans has since then...

Pros: Huge beach with no commercialism
Cons: Expensive

We are about to embark on our 12th visit to Kiawah. We find it a perfect place to take in the ocean and relax, relax, relax. We usually rent a condo. There are many to choose from. We rent our condos and houses through the Kiawah Island Assoc. and...

Pros: Heaven on Earth
Cons: Heaven will cost a bit more

Review Topic:  Sights & Attractions

Review Topic:  Sights & AttractionsI fell in love in Hilton Head. Both with my future wife and with the island....

I flew down to the HHI <as it is sometime...

Pros: Golf, Relaxation, Large Quiet Beaches
Cons: Very Dark at Night, Pricey Golf

Hilton Head is a nice vacation for couples or a family. There is something for everybody. There are beautiful (very big) beaches, golf, plenty of happy hours and night life, shopping, great food, peace, quiet, and hot sun. What more could you...

Pros: Relaxing resort community, caters to wide variety of vacation needs
Cons: May be too quiet for some, especially young adults

Hilton Head Island is a coastal resort town near Beaufort (I95 to 278). It is situated on the Intercoastal Waterway. My family and I have been vacationing here from Baltimore since I was very young. We have seen many changes on the island, but it...

Pros: lovely, green, golf, beaches
Cons: pricey

Hitons Head Island South Carolina, also know as "Condo Heaven", it will amaze you, thrill you, and get you to spend every dime you have.

Being in beautiful SC gives HH green grass, ocean fresh air and tons of tourism year round....

Pros: Fun atmosphere, beautiful, unusual architecture
Cons: Long wait!

While staying in Myrtle Beach, we made the obligatory trip to the Hard Rock Cafe for one night of our stay. There were three of us, my husband and I, and our 6 year old daughter. The Hard Rock Cafe at Myrtle Beach is beautiful and unusual. It is the...

Pros: beautiful, tennis, golf, fishing
Cons: pricey

Hilton Head island is a great vacation area for any type of family. With professional golf courses, great tennis courts, wonderful beeches, and superb fishing Hilton Head will be one vacation you won't forget.

If you are lucky enough and...

Pros: "The magnificent Sombrero -- Eiffel Tower of the South."
Cons: Everything else...

One of the things I hate the most about my home States is this attraction, which amounts to nothing more than cheap gimmicks to part people from their money. I will not say that it doesn't have anything to offer but you will have to wade through an awful...

Pros: great town and great place to get away for awhile... enjoy the slow pace of life
Cons: none

Review Topic:  Sights & Attractions

If you will be visiting South Carolina anytime soon, check out Newberry, South Carolina. Newberry is a small town of about 10,000 people. The people of Newberry have recently revitalized...

Pros: Great little city with a wonderful opera house
Cons: Don't get balcony seating--it's the pits.

If you are looking for an overnight trip that's relatively inexpensive, Abbeville, South Carolina is the place to go. If you are within short driving distance, leave early Saturday morning. When you get to Abbeville, park your car in the town square...

Pros: Relaxation
Cons: Nope, none that I can think of.

If you crave thrills, chills and excitement, look elsewhere. Edisto Island is a quiet family vacation spot not too far from Hilton Head, but worlds away. There aren't any roller coasters, theme parks, cheesy tee-shirt shops, or carnival style food...

Pros: downtown, the zoo, the arts and cultural scene, variety of cuisines and cultures, bustling big business attitude, city on the move
Cons: ugly suburbs, heat, pollution, insane street layout (consult your maps), too many neighborhoods prosperity hasn't quite reached yet

There is a reason that visitors to Britain prefer London over Manchester, and tourists in New York visit the Big Apple more often than Buffalo. In South Carolina, the same holds true for Greenville-Spartanburg over other destinations such as Charleston...