The bride's personal favorite play to eat and play, just 5 minutes from her parents house. Located about 25 minutes south of the wedding location. Views of the marsh, nightly live music and friendly atmosphere with many cool bars and restaurants.
Beautiful gardens with world-class sculptures, located about 30 minutes south of the wedding venue. Hosts one of the South's most popular holiday light festivals, Nights of a Thousand Candles. If you decide to do this the night before or after the wedding, make sure to get tickets early as this popular event is usually sold out!
Located in Downtown Myrtle Beach, about 15 minutes south of our wedding, at the location of the old Myrtle Beach Pavilion. Fun Landshark bar and Skywheel make this an attraction for both young and old. Also nearby are the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk and Promenade, a 1.2 mile walking path along the beach, as well as many other family friendly attractions like Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Awesome family friendly aquarium at Broadway at the Beach, about 10 minutes south of wedding location. Tons to do outside the aquarium as well, including shopping for trinkets, dining (Margaritaville, Paula Deen's Kitchen, Yamato Hibachi Steakhouse and many more), and nightlife in Celebrity square.
Great shopping, about 10 minutes north of wedding location! Stores like Brooks Brothers, Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade and Lululemon.
For our sports fanatics who may be dying to see the famed teal Chanticleer football field, CCU is about a 20 minute drive inland to Conway, South Carolina. Downtown Conway is just 10 minutes beyond CCU, and offers small town walkable charm (and will be decorated very adorably for the holidays!).
As seen on Tiger King, this once in a lifetime experience comes highly rated (especially by many of the bride's friends!). Call ahead to book a package that includes simply hands on wildlife experience, versus a whole safari package.
About 10 minutes north of wedding location, just beyond the Tanger outlets. Offers shopping and dining on the intracoastal waterway at many restaurants, including Lulu's, Greg Norman's Australian Grill, and Dick's Last Resort. Alligator Adventure, Alabama Theater and House of Blues are all located in this area as well. For our day drinkers, Duplin Winery recently built a new muscadine wine tasting location here, and for beer lovers Crooked Hammock Brewery is also in this area.
For our sports lovers- this is a 16 team National basketball tournament that takes place annually at Myrtle Beach Convention Center for the past 40 years. It is the Premier High School Holiday Tournament in the United States. Previous high school turned college turned pro starts include Kobe Bryant, Rasheed Wallace, Raymond Felton, and Vince Carter.