Chris if you want to be near Myrtle Beach but want a cleaner beach, Pawley's is nice. I actually have never been to Myrtle Beach except for the time I met my WWII Veteran friend for dinner. Where I live is very quiet and the beach is very clean and more calm for kids, and it's super quiet and relaxing here. But, it's a hike into Charleston or much in the way of family restaurants, you'd want to have a place with a kitchen, and make your own food, there is a regular supermarket here. Google 169 High Hammock Villas, the unit above me, there's a chance too the owner would give a more favorable rate since I know you. It's about the same as a standard hotel room in Charleston where you'd have to drive back and forth to the beach.