Hotel Stay at Avista Resort Hotel in North Myrtle Beach, SC

It was perfect for our vacation. It is close to everything. Plus it is autism certified training for their employees.

Great hotel & resort, with a peaceful location. Friendly staff as well.

If you really want something specific for kitchen take it from home This popular resort is OK but could be better. I believe they are managed by several hotels in the area and might be relying on past good reviews and performance. Yes, the hotel is in a good location and has lots of pools for the family. However, it seems they're slipping in overall value. For example, for a 2 bedroom family unit there was no ice cream scoop, pizza cutter, rubber spoon for stirring, small child friendly glasses, etc. How can a family hotel advertising full kitchens not have ice cream scoops and pizza cutters? We bent a cheap spoon or two while trying to dish up ice cream. There was a higher end coffee maker in the room but instructions how to use it. You do receive a text reminding you it's a full cleaning day in advance. Housekeeping was very uneven. Yes, your room is cleaned every 4th night and trash is taken out daily. Every housekeeper we had for the clean omitted at least one item such as replacing dishwasher packets, shampoo and even the towels. One day our cover sheet/blanket disappeared (not dirty) from our bed and didn't appear until the next full cleaning. The pools are OK considering the amount of people that use them. It's very inconvenient to have to use your key to go into the pool area. Yes, I realize the hotel is trying to keep our non-guests but I think that's a non-issue. The pool attendants can be really good about keeping up the towel supply but that's uneven. It seems like no one sweeps the pool areas when closed as candy wrappers, etc tend to be in the same place they were the day before. Pool area trash is sometimes overlooked and overflowing. One of the 2 spray hoses for guests to wash sand off their feet was broken the entire time we were there significantly slowing down the traffic over the dune bridge from the beach. Parking is interesting as the parking garage is very tight, especially for larger SUVs. The corners are blind (yes there are mirrors) and the traffic areas are very narrow. Sometimes you have to back up or park to allow movement of cars. It's better to park on the upper floors. The Avista advertises a good children's activity program. It's sadly lacking! For example: Mondays is sand or shell painting, both $5. Tuesday is a self-guided scavenger hunt, Wednesday is rock painting $5 and Thursday is a duck race. Friday offers tie dye for $15 on hotel poster but at sign up is $20. When I think of a children's program I think of a dedicated employee or two running several activities throughout the day such as story time, relay races (pool or recreation area which by the way is very small and usually has smokers), crafts (not charging $5 for a cheap $2 craft), dance party, puzzles, etc. The first week of our 2 week stay they did a good job passing out bubble making supplies to kids but the next week that Thursday they didn't offer any. The S.U.R.F. program advertising free activities wasn't useful We were not handed our key in the appropriate packet explaining the program at check in and only found out about it the 2nd week. We reserved in advance for priority seating for the Pirate Voyage so the discount didn't help. (Sometimes was one free adult or other times $2 off admission) The good? The beach is nice and there's a chair rental service (not sponsored by hotel) along with a life guard. The location is good as it's near a variety of grocery stores. The walls in the rooms are thick so we couldn't hear our neighbors. The balcony had a decent amount of space and two small tables for drinks/food. Our two bedroom suite had plenty of room for our family of 2 grandchildren 8 and 4 years of age. There were TVs and DVD players in each bedroom and one in the living area. You could borrow one DVD movie at a time. The pool D.J. was very good on Thursdays and Saturdays from 12-4. Would we stay here again? Maybe. We've stayed at several condos throughout the years and wanted to have access to a children's program and several pools. Depending on when we go back to the area and age of the grandchild we'll see.

Great time, clean great staff It is a great place to stay love the room. You can cook and save money. Also this older gentleman name Coach is a very big part of this experience he is so nice and helpful fun to talk to and you can tell it's just who he is. Just genuine

Amazing Coach was very helpful! All staff was super nice and welcomed us! The music by the Dj was also very nice. Pool was perfect temperature and we had a great time everyday!!!