compasscove, Author at Bay View Resort

Top 10 Fine Dining Restaurants for the Holidays

A big part of the holidays is the traditional family dinner, but all the hours of preparation and cleanup make it far from enjoyable for the entire family. Forget about all the shopping, cooking and cleaning this holiday season and let one of the many fine-dining establishments on the Grand Strand provide the perfect setting, food and...

Five Holiday Movies You Don’t Want to Miss This Season

Christmas is a time known for old traditions like tree lightings, caroling and gift giving, but the modern world has added a few more rituals for families to enjoy together. One of those activities, although you will never see it on a Christmas card or read about it in a Santa story, is the family movie night. It’s no coincidence that...

Christmas is a Magical Time to Visit Myrtle Beach

You've heard the old carol "The 12 Days of Christmas," and probably even sang it a time or two when you have an hour to spare. But you may not know that Myrtle Beach offers at least 50 days of Christmas fun this holiday season without having to repeat the same verses over and over. You can do something to get in the holiday spirit everyday...

Top 5 Reasons to Book Your Spring and Summer Vacation in Myrtle Beach Early

The weather is cold and your schedule is full, so thoughts of spending a sunny spring day or a hot summer night on the Myrtle Beach oceanfront might be the last things on your mind and to-do list. But these factors should serve as motivation to book your Grand Strand vacation early and put some sand, surf and sunlight at the end of the winter...

Five Ways to Enjoy Wintertime Fun in Myrtle Beach

Some people think there’s nothing to do in a beach town in the winter time. Those folks are wrong. While the Grand Strand was once a summer-only destination, the growth of the 60-mile stretch of Carolina coast that surrounds Myrtle Beach has seen an explosion in offseason opportunities. Although the winter months see smaller crowds and cooler...

Celebrate the Holiday Season in Myrtle Beach

Bay View Resort guests who visit during the holidays are in luck. There are so many fun things to do and see to get into the holiday spirit that will make your stay at Bay View even more enjoyable than normal. No matter when you are visiting, there is sure to be something good cooking at one of these holiday-themed events: Nov. 2-Dec....

Your Black Friday Survival Guide in Myrtle Beach

A growing number of vacationers are discovering a dual purpose for visiting Myrtle Beach for Thanksgiving weekend. The obvious reason is to celebrate a full day of turkey and football with a relaxing four-day holiday on the oceanfront at Bay View Resort. But more and more tourists are also coming for Black Friday and the abundance of shopping...

Celebrate Thanksgiving with a Non-Traditional Holiday Feast in Myrtle Beach

For generations Thanksgiving Day meant gathering at home with family and friends while feasting on turkey and pumpkin pie. But a trend toward turning the four-day weekend into a mini-vacation brings a growing number of visitors to Myrtle Beach to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday in a new way. With offseason rates making it affordable to stay...

Myrtle Beach Stays High and Dry in Wake of South Carolina Flooding

Bay View Resort and the city of Myrtle Beach have a message for those considering a getaway to the Grand Strand this autumn: Our coast is clear. Not even record rainfall and major flooding in South Carolina could put a damper on the fun this fall in Myrtle Beach. Only days after parts of the Palmetto State experienced as much as 2 feet of rain...

SC State Bluegrass Festival Comes To Myrtle Beach for Thanksgiving Weekend

There will be a whole lot of picking and grinning going on in Myrtle Beach for Thanksgiving weekend, and we're not just talking about picking up a fork and digging into some pumpkin pie. The South Carolina State Bluegrass Festival returns to the Grand Strand for the 46th consecutive year, bringing some of the nation's most popular bluegrass,...

Catch Your Own Seafood Buffet aboard a Myrtle Beach Fishing Charter

Myrtle Beach is famous for its bountiful seafood buffets, but the freshest catches are just off the coast waiting for you to wet a line. It's hard to reach the big ones from the beach or even the fishing piers, but the Grand Strand is lined with fishing charters ready to take you out to sea for a fun day of fishing. Whether you want to take the...

Top 5 Places to Take Kids Trick-or-Treating in Myrtle Beach

This Halloween promises to be a big one on the Grand Strand, thanks to a little help from the calendar. Oct. 31 falls on a Saturday this year, allowing for a full weekend to celebrate the spookiest holiday of the year. It only happens an average of once every seven years, so a kid may only experience a Halloween on a Saturday night once in their...

Beach Ball Classic Brings Top Basketball Talent to Myrtle Beach

Myrtle Beach may be best known for the multi-colored inflatable beach balls you see bouncing in the air and blowing in the breeze on our white-sand beaches. But for thousands of basketball fans who attend the event every year, the Beach Ball Classic represents the finest holiday high school hoops tournament in the nation. Since 1981, the Beach...

Six Great Hiking and Biking Trails on The Grand Strand

Fall is a great time to enjoy the great outdoors on the Grand Strand, and perhaps nothing is more enjoyable and rewarding than the area's abundance of biking and hiking trails. While Myrtle Beach's many attractions, shops and restaurants may be more popular forms of entertainment, hiking and biking are better for the body and mind. So lace up...

Top 5 Reasons to Visit Myrtle Beach in the Fall

Did you miss out on your Myrtle Beach vacation fix this summer? Or did your one-week whirlwind trip fly by so fast that you already feel like you need another getaway? Don't let the calendar fool you; the summer may be over, but the fall is the best time to visit Myrtle Beach. But what about the millions who come every summer to enjoy the sun,...

Experience Myrtle Beach Fall Festivals at Bay View Resort

The summer season may be coming to a close, but the fun is just starting to heat up in Myrtle Beach and Bay View Resort. The end of the busy tourist season also signals the start of the fall festival lineup, and guests at Bayview are in a prime location to enjoy some of the best events the Grand Strand has to offer. Just steps away from the Myrtle...

Food, Music, Fun Highlight Labor Day Weekend in Myrtle Beach

Labor Day was designed to give hard-working Americans a break from the daily grind before summer fades into fall. Celebrate the occasion with a long weekend in Myrtle Beach filled with lots of fun and free activities. Food and music are the main courses on the menu this Labor Day weekend, along with the usual fun of the beach, fireworks and...

Tupelo Honey Cafe Delivers Flavors of the South in Myrtle Beach

There's an old Southern expression reserved only for the best country cooking dishes: "These (fill in the blank with biscuits, ribs, collards greens, etc.) are so good they will make you slap your Pappy." If you've never heard it before, there's a decent chance you will overhear it at the new Tupelo Honey Cafe at Market Common in Myrtle Beach. In...

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