The area known as Myrtle Beach, South Carolina by tourists who visit on a Myrtle Beach vacation is actually a stretch of beach 60 miles long called the Grand Strand.

This oceanfront beach destination starts in Ocean Ilse Beach, North Carolina and meanders South to Pawleys Island, South Carolina and will fill over 14 million Myrtle Beach condo room nights in a year.

Discount Myrtle Beach vacation offers historically have been the draw for most Myrtle Beach visitors, however, in the past decade with the development of North Myrtle Beach, especially the Barefoot Resort condo development, many more upscale visitors looking for larger 3 bedroom and 4 bedroom condos and premium Myrtle Beach golf guests have made the trip South.

Myrtle Beach began in the late 1800s as an area that produced timber for the Burroughs family of Conway, South Carolina. One rail road came into the town. In the early 1900s, the railway began bringing residents to the Oceanfront for an escape from the very hot South Carolina summers.

By the 1920s, the town, which was called new town, was lined with a few Myrtle Beach Beach House properties that served a meal daily to visitors of the cottage. These early Myrtle Beach Bed and Breakfast properties were common in that era. Most guests were South Carolina natives or North Carolina tourists with an adventurous spirit.

In 1929, Myrtle Beach was officially named and the Ocean Forest Hotel was a nationally recognized Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Hotel with its own riding stables, real estate development, and the first Myrtle Beach golf course that would later be known as Pine Lakes Country Club.

The area that exists today in the consumer's mind is actually made up of several towns. In order to uncomplicate the matter, we have broken it down as follows to help you get clarity on exactly which Myrtle Beach resort town you are actually visiting.