Myrtle Beach in 7 Days on a Budget (Daily Costs) Seven days is a full resort week, with room for a real day trip on top of everything shorter stays cover. Keep the same rule all week: beach and pool underneath, one outing layered on top, never two stacked back to back. Day Focus Est. spend Day 1 Free beach + Boardwalk, $21 SkyWheel $0-21 Day 2 Broadway at the Beach + beach afternoon $0-43 Day 3 Brookgreen Gardens/Huntington SP + Murrells Inlet dinner $25-33 Day 4 Golf or mini golf + a live show $10-60+ Day 5 North Myrtle/Barefoot Landing, slow beach day $0 Day 6 Water park + dolphin/on-water excursion $50+ Day 7 Full day trip to Charleston Gas/tolls only Day 1: Beach and the Boardwalk Full day on the sand to start.

Myrtle Beach in 6 Days on a Budget (Daily Costs) Six days earns a water park day and an on-water excursion on top of everything a shorter trip covers. It still runs on the same rule: one layered outing a day, beach and pool underneath all of it. Day Focus Est. spend Day 1 Free beach + Boardwalk, $21 SkyWheel $0-21 Day 2 Broadway at the Beach + beach afternoon $0-43 Day 3 Brookgreen Gardens/Huntington SP + Murrells Inlet dinner $25-33 Day 4 Golf or mini golf + a live show $10-60+ Day 5 North Myrtle/Barefoot Landing, slow beach day $0 Day 6 Water park + dolphin/on-water excursion $50+ Day 1: Beach and the Boardwalk Full day on the sand.

Myrtle Beach in 5 Days on a Budget (Daily Costs) Five days is where the pace should actively slow down. You’ve covered the free core and one nature half-day by day 3; add golf and a second district on day 4 and 5, but keep it to one outing a day and let the beach carry the rest. Day Focus Est. spend Day 1 Free beach + Boardwalk, $21 SkyWheel $0-21 Day 2 Broadway at the Beach + beach afternoon $0-43 Day 3 Brookgreen Gardens/Huntington SP + Murrells Inlet dinner $25-33 Day 4 Golf or mini golf + a live show $10-60+ Day 5 North Myrtle/Barefoot Landing, slow beach day $0 Day 1: Beach and the Boardwalk Full day on the sand to start.

Myrtle Beach in 4 Days on a Budget (Daily Costs) Four days sits right in the “long weekend” sweet spot: enough time for the free core, one half-day nature outing, and a live show, all still paced around beach and pool time rather than back-to-back sightseeing. Day Focus Est. spend Day 1 Free beach + Boardwalk, $21 SkyWheel $0-21 Day 2 Broadway at the Beach + beach afternoon $0-43 Day 3 Brookgreen Gardens/Huntington SP + Murrells Inlet dinner $25-33 Day 4 Mini golf + a live show, easy beach morning $10-60 Day 1: Beach and the Boardwalk Ease in with a full day on the sand.

Myrtle Beach in 3 Days on a Budget (Daily Costs) Three days is the point where a Myrtle Beach trip starts to breathe: still beach-anchored, but with room for one half-day outing and a proper seafood dinner. Keep it to one layered activity a day - this is a resort week in miniature, not a checklist. Day Focus Est. spend Day 1 Free beach + Boardwalk, $21 SkyWheel $0-21 Day 2 Broadway at the Beach + beach afternoon $0-43 Day 3 Brookgreen Gardens/Huntington SP + Murrells Inlet dinner $25-33 Day 1: Beach and the Boardwalk Settle in with a full day on the sand.

Myrtle Beach in 2 Days on a Budget (Daily Costs) Two days is a taste, not a tour: the free beach and free Boardwalk, plus one paid attraction if you want it. Don’t try to stack more in - this is a beach trip, not a sightseeing march, and a short stay works best with one outing at most per day. Day Focus Est. spend Day 1 Free beach + Boardwalk, $21 SkyWheel at sunset $0-21 Day 2 One headline attraction, then more beach $0-45 Day 1: Beach, Boardwalk, and the SkyWheel at sunset Check in and head straight for the sand.

Myrtle Beach on a Budget: 14 Cheap and Free Things Myrtle Beach is one of the few US beach towns where the free stuff is the whole point of the trip. The sand costs nothing, the 1.2-mile Boardwalk costs nothing, and the honest core of a Grand Strand vacation is beach and pool time, not a checklist of paid attractions. Budget for one paid outing a day at most: a $5-8 state park, a round of mini golf, or the odd $21-45 splurge like the SkyWheel or Family Kingdom’s wristband.