My husband and I searched the internet listings for a Motel /Hotel that offered us on the beach location away from other resorts and motels and offered a jacuzzi, after all we are on vacation. We found the Tides Inn that offered spectacular photos of it's location and it offered jaccuzzi rooms. When I called to find out the rates the lady from Tides Inn declared it was going to cost $500 for 4 days. This seemed resonable, after all the photos showed a wonderful room.
When we arrived to Myrtle Beach we had a hard time finding this Motel. It was in between two other hotels. Not anything like its photo on the internet! Parking was even worse! We checked in at the store in front of the motel, and the store stank of pee. The clerk who barely spoke english handed me the key to the room and the remote control to the television in the room. The remote was caked with a white substance which appeared to be dried sperm. I asked the clerk for a clean remote and he handed it to I think the store owner, who declared it as clean! Imagine that. I informed my husband that if the room was anything like the remote we will ask for our money back!
The room was average, I requested a Non Smoking room and what do you know, they put us in a smoking room! Please dont get me wrong, I am not a nit picker, but when paying $500 for 4 days you would expect top notch service. The room stank of ciggarettes!I smoke on occassion,but never in doors especialy where I sleep. The Jacuzzi was stained with cigarette and cigar burns and stains. It was also not clean.
We immeditly returned to the front desk and declared our money back! They refused. Because I had booked the room in advance with a credit card they would not give us back our money, they stated that we had to stay that one night and they would refund us for the next 3 days. So we stayed one night.
The only thing nice about the TIDES in is the bars they have and the beach that was built on.
I would not recomend this place while it is being managed by these discusting people.
We later checked out some other motels, Beach Board walk for 30 bucks a night, what a dump! that place needs to be burned to the ground!
We ended up finding a spectacular 1 bed condo including all ementys such as washer and dryer, full kitcheN, with the room facing the ocean for only 75 a night. The Ocean Plaza! I highly recomend it.

Best regards!

Dawn Owens

If you are looking for a place to just lay your head while you are at the beach then the Tides Inn would probably be the perfect for you. If you are looking for more than just a pit stop this not the place for you. We travel from Baltimore to Myrtle Beach and it took forever because of a 3 hour delay on 95. All I could think of was sitting on the balcony enjoying the ocean and falling asleep by the sounds of the beach. When we opened the door and I saw the room I almost cried. The room was so small and packed with furniture it almost looked like a storage unit. The lobby was the mini mart. the remote contol was handed to you when you checked in and it had to be returned when you checked out. There was a coffee maker in the room, but no cups, spoons, sugar or etc. You really couldn't use the balcony because it was so small and the motor from the air conditioner took up most of the space and also when the air was on in the room the motor was so hot it made the small balcony very hot and uncomfortable. No on site parking. Windows that didn't open, no patio door, juat a plain wooden door that led to the balcony. Irons and hairdyers had to be borrowed from the lobby/mini mart. The buttons on the phone that was was not of any use was taken out leaving empty spaces which looked tacky. Even if you had a calling card it still cost .50 to use the phone. The roof to the downstairs restaurant blocked part of our balcony so we also got a view of beer tops and cigarette butts that was thrown on the roof. I am not going to mention price because I wouldn't stay at the Tides Inn again even if it was free. I could go on but I sure by now you get the idea. But I would also like to say that even though we were unhappy with our room we did not let that ruin our trip. We went on a casino cruise, shopped at the different stores and outlets, and spent time on the beach. Myrtle Beach is a wonderful vacation spot with lots of fun and interesting things to do and we will visit again soon and this time we hope to have better accommodations.

Stayed at Tides Inn and Suites July 11-13 because it was the ONLY hotel we found with available rooms. Staff at check-in desk (inside the mini-mart) were VERY unpleasant. Hotel has four floors, and the sideview rooms are over the bar, which is loud all evening and night. Room smelled terrible, like old beer, and was rather torn up. Had a fridge and microwave. Pool was small in size with very few chairs, but was 8 ft deep, rare in Myrtle Beach. My travel partner enjoyed his stay and wasn't bothered by the low-end quality. If you are on a tight budget, this place will do. It is also VERY close to the Pavillion and action, an easy stroll at most.