If you like Myrtle Beach, I'd stick to Myrtle Beach. I've never been there as, quite honestly, I usually hear it as the butt of jokes more than anything. Most of the other places mentioned are going to be a bit classier (with the exception of Panama City, perhaps) and if you loved Myrtle Beach, probably best to just go back there as from what I hear it's one of a kind (just not my kind). Don't know if you'd care for Key West - a totally different crowd (much more diversity than what most "myrtle beachers" would be comfortable with (IMHO)).

I'd say South Florida beaches. Also, Key West doesn't represent the whole key area. I'd highly suggest the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale/Keys area, the water is warm and terrific and there is plenty to do. This area outshines Myrtle Beach.

I'd have to agree with GoTravel on Myrtle beach. It's diverse, has a lot going on at all times, and it can be very enjoyable.

But then we know that I enjoy Ocean City, Maryland too!! But OC does not have the shows, entertainment, or too many gold courses available that Myrtle Beach has.

snowrooster,

your comments made me laugh. While admitting that you have never been to Myrtle Beach, you are nonetheless able to conclude that: (1) it is a lower-class place and (2) its patrons lack diversity/sophistication.

I humbly suggest you actually visit a place before giving advice to others about that place. (I readily admit my bias: I vacationed in MB for 3 decades before choosing to make it my home.)

Once again, this is a perfect example of the elitist attitude that often exists on this board.

The original poster asked a viable question. ***WHY*** must people proceed to interject their personal bias (a.k.a INSULTS)?

And BTW, Myrtle Beach is like many beaches; there are many lovely, upscale accomodations, and then there are areas that many on this board wouldn't touch with the proverbial 10 foot pole. Some people choose too spend their bucks on hotels. Some people choose to eat their bucks, RE: current thread about $500+ for dinner for two in Chicago. How nice for them but IMO that's a LOT of cash in the *toilet*. But so what? They couldn't care less what *I* think, nor should they. So therefore I will not reply to that post.

But back to this thread about Myrtle Beach. To each his own. Live and let live. Please don't waste cyberspace inflicting your snobbery on us. We don't CARE.

Perhaps you should remember what your mother taught you; if you can't say anything *good*, don't say anything.

Bottom line, money does NOT equal class!

topping for snowrooster and la_dolce_vita. As you can see there are many who think Myrtle Beach is a wonderful family and golf destination.

I suppose it depends on how it's said, but there is nothing wrong with pointing out that Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head are two completely types of beach destinations in the same state. I have always thought of Hilton Head as the anti-Myrtle Beach.

Yes, MB has a lot to do but as a poster said it does have a reputation as a redneck type of place. HH has a reputation as being elitist. I prefer to go to neither for exactly those reasons. I have gone to both for business reasons but prefer to go elsewhere when I'm on my own dime.

I suppose it's hard to accurately describe each destination to someone who has never been without falling back to stereotypes. I would imagine someone wanting a more HH experience would be unhappy to have booked a week in MB and vice versa.

Why don't all you Myrtle Beach fans calm down? No, I haven't been there but I know many people who have been to both Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head (where I go often) as they are both popular vacation destinations in my area. I didn't realize that there were requirements for posting comments. It's not like I pretended to have been somewhere I haven't. If my friend just had a horrible vaca experience somewhere and told me all about it, am I not allowed to share that because I didn't have the experience myself? Give me a break. If you like Myrtle Beach, good for you - I have just been warned by many people who refer to it as the "redneck riviera" which is more than enough to keep me away. That's my opinion. Don't like it, don't take it into consideration but don't fault me for posting it.

Just read audra's comment about "if you can't say anything nice . . ."

Don't think that's the point of the board. If there is some rule about only sharing positive comments perhaps you could share it with us all.
This is preschool - it's a bulletin board where folks share their opinion. If you don't agree, that's fine, hence the word "opinion!"

Yes, and presumably the opinons (positive and negative) of people who've actually been to the places asked about will be given more weight than those who haven't but yammer on about some threadbare cliches.

Snowrooster, (hmm, is that like a snow-bird?!) perhaps that isn't the point of this board. But its also NOT a place to blast a destination when you haven't even been there!!! I believe that's called (something like) *Here-say* and thats NOT the purpose of this board, either!

So if my husband has been to Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head and told me his thoughts, I can't share those. Could provide me with a link to the rule book for this board - I wasn't aware it had one. Oh, while you're at it, how about a link to where I "blased" Myrtle Beach. I just passed along what I've heard and admitted it was what I'd had heard, nothing more, nothing less. Calm down.

Now audra makes fun of my screen name. Are you three or four years old? Since you are so interested, it is a combo of my cats' names (one of whom we recently had to have put to sleep). Thanks for making fun.

Snowrooster, not at all.

Just wondering *out loud*. Kinda like you.

Have a lovely day!

:)

I don't think it is very fair to make negative remarks about a destination you haven't visited.

It is a fun town with a lot to offer.

Brookgreen Gardens is the largest outdoor sculpture garden in the US. The outdoor sculptures you see at Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan come from Brookgreen. I don't think they would enjoy redneck.

That's your opinion. I admitted I hadn't been there, but my husband has as have many people I know. Obviously I don't everything about the town and never claimed to. I'm tired of being criticized for sharing what I know. Don't like it, don't take it into consideration. If I were about to take a vacation to a place that is often referred to as the "redneck riviera" - which is how many people refer to it - like it or not, I would want to know. Don't know if it's true, but that's what people I know who have been there call it.

Might as well give up people...

snowrooster is never going to be convinced that she and her ilk could ever be lured to such a tawdry place as MB.

Funny, I grew up not too far from MB, have been to the area zillions of times, and have never heard it referred to in the manner that snowrooster does. I guess I just don't travel in the same rarefied company.

Let's only hope snowrooster will continue to share her wisdom with us all so we can make the correct travel choices where we won't run into rednecks eating wings. ;)

I've never been to Myrtle Beach and certainly never called it tawdry. Those are your words and your words alone. I didn't make-up the term "redneck riviera" - that's how I've heard it referred to, sorry if it offends you.

I didn't realize it was a crime to not like wings.

I've not heard it referred to as the RR. It just isn't very nice to put labels on anyone and redneck is very derogatory.

A quote from one of Diana's posts . . . "Another possibility is Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. All that you want but almost all resorts are AI, so I would not go there personally." So you haven't been there but you wouldn't go there?!? I thought we weren't supposed to comment on places we haven't actually been visited? Ever heard of the pot calling the kettle black?