Holden Beach RV Campground — Hotel in Shallotte

When confirming our reservation the staff was so friendly and excited to have us that we decided, at the last minute, to reserve and go a day early. After check in all that changed. The staff, aware this was our first stay, was extremely unhelpful with any area suggestions when asked anything. We were tent camping at sites with electric and water and were told where the bathhouses (all 2 of them) were but were NOT told the bathrooms at the pool area had AC. The closer bathroom did not have AC. They are expanding RV sites and only have 4 total bathhouses (showers and toilets) and only 2 have AC! The older ones dont even have a working fan or window! The flies are terrible! The park does nothing to treat the tent area (next to the playground) for flies. Their rules state that quiet time is 11pm to 7am. However we were sent a text in the middle of the afternoon that our dog was barking (inside the tent) and we needed to be respectful of others at the park. The person next to us said an RV'er behind us was screaming at our dog (again, inside our tent) and that was why she was barking. Also, after returning from another short trip to the Dollar General because the "large" (ha) park store didn't have fly strips or candles (and charges $5 for a bag of ice) we were again texted asking us to "please be mindful that the speed limit inside the park is 5mph". I would be stuck in one of the many pot holes because 5mph is coasting! And, BTW park management, I could not have been going more than 7-8mph. Unlike whoever is driving your little red golf cart about 10-12mph. I also paid for my stay and did NOT appreciate the texts when we did nothing wrong. I would give this place ZERO stars if I could and DO NOT recommend it. We will never be returning. THE FLIES ARE TERRIBLE. DO...

We stayed during October 2021 for 3 nights in our pop-up camper. Easy to book online reservations. Staff called after we booked online and checked to make sure we didn’t have any questions.

Family owned and they take great pride in maintaining the campground. Great place to camp and then drive 2-3 miles to the beach. Shaded, unlike many other beach campgrounds. Advertised as the only place at Holden Beach to tent camp.

Trolley (free) comes by hourly and takes people to local ice cream shop and public beach access. Activities planned for the year and advertised, so you can plan ahead.

Two bathhouses, one with one toilet/sink/shower and one with two toilets/sinks/showers and a laundry area. Updated in the last 3 years and very clean. Only drawback is sometimes we had to wait for one to open up.

Small pond and stream running through part of the campground.

Small tent area and RV sites are available for pop-ups. Note you’ll likely be next to the big rigs. Some spots are very close to one another, but we still felt like we had plenty of room, considering we weren’t there to spend time at the site, we spent the days at the beach. Sturdy picnic table at each site as well as a fire pit.

Fenced dog park available and small playground for kids. Open grassy space for yard games (like corn hole, provided) and community grill. Camp store and friendly staff.

Expect to be met at the entrance for check-in and they’ll escort you to your site. Will help with backing in if needed.

WiFi signal was exceptional! Power and water hook ups worked well. We stayed at a 30amp site and brought a converter that split into two for camper and extra for outdoor lighting/cooking.

We throughly enjoyed our stay and...

Absolutely the worst campground experience I've ever had. The host who lead me to my site and was supposedly spotting for me must have been asleep. Kept telling me you are good looking great right up until the crunch that destroyed my awning on a low hanging tree limb. I had already expressed my concerns over this low hanging tree limb but he kept assuring me that he could get me in there with no problem and that he had gotten many in there before. To make things even worse, the management really didnt seem to care and accepted no responsibility even though they had to have known or should have known better than to try to place me in that site. So next they say they can move me to another site, which they did, only to tell me the next morning that I needed to move to a different site again. I had told them that I didnt want to fully set up if I was going to have to move. They told me I wouldnt have to move and changed their story the next morning. So after such a miserable experience we packed up and left after one night with a damaged camper and no where to stay even though we had already prepaid for 4 nights there. Buyer beware. This place is terrible and the manager we were dealing with Becky should seriously consider a new line of work or at a minimum learn how to treat customers fairly. Also the main entrance is closed and there is serious road construction on the main road out front which makes getting there very slow and difficult. What a poorly managed business. I cant imagine that they will be in...