The rooms were very clean but the bedspreads smelled like they could have been washed.
However, the the bathtub was stopped up and the safe didn't work. The tub was fixed right away, but the safe never did work. We had to lock our stuff in the trunk of the car each time we left the room. We did however get a great deal on the room, so this was a small price to pay. The pool area and closeness to the beach was good. If I had to choose one negative it would be that the room was very, very dark. The walls were painted dark and the lighting was terrible.

As a priority club member for many years, Holiday Inn has always been my number one choice in hotels that are reasonably priced and usually clean. I was very disappointed when booking with our points that the lobby smelled like vomit from the time we arrived. Also when using points I have always been given the utmost courtesy with respect to rooms. Not only was the value terrible but the hotel ranked on the lower end of most in the Myrtle Beach area. When informing Holiday Inn and the hotel of my displeasure we have never even received a response. Therefore, I call it a case of poor management. I would not reccomend staying at the Holiday Inn Surfside Beach, SC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My husband & I booked a room at the Holiday Inn after an awful experience at another hotel a few miles away, I called Victoria at the Holiday Inn at 8:00 AM & asked if there were any rooms available immediately. She was so friendly & helpful & after I explained our situation she was able to get us a room right away. We checked in 9:00 AM, got settled in our beautiful, spotless room & were on the beach by 10:00 AM.
Can't say enough about the staff & the location was perfect.

Our family stayed here on a recent trip to Myrtle/Surfside beach. We booked our first six nights at another hotel and were disappointed. It was old, dirty, not at all maintained, filled with smoke on the lobby from the bar and half the elevators were down. So for our last teo nights we wanted to stay somewhere else and booked at the Holiday Inn at Surfside which was about 4 miles down from where we stayed at Myrtle. The hotel may have a few years on it but has been very well maintained and they are in the process of renovating. Our room had very ice updated furniture. The beds were very comfortable; probably more so than my own. It was clean and the staff were all very friendly and accomodating. The bar has great watermellon margarites btw;)
There's also a very lovely sitting area in the front to lounge.
My only complaint about our stay here was not directly related to the hotel itself, was the biting flies. For some reason we were being swarmed with flies everytime we stepped outside of the hotel - even on the beach. I'm not sure if its the area itself of another patron mentioned something about the garbage cans on the beach which could have been attracting them but it was a great annoyance not to mention painful after about 20 bites from the guys. If the hotel itself could do something to reduce these flies like spraying or possibly getting rid of the trash cans all along the back of the hotel along the coast then we would be happy to stay here next again for our next trip.