They have a mail room to receive packages but it is a $1.00 per package to pick up. This park is known for its great customer service and we found the staff pleasant and helpful. The roads are narrow (they call them alleys), luckily we had an end site so pulling out was easy, but many of our neighbors had to hitch up almost sideways. LOVED the park during the quiet season, I personally, would not want to be there when it is full, it would be too crowded. They did have large load machines (like a laundromat) took advantage of them and washed our large blankets - cost $5.75. HUGE Laundry facility, the size of a large laundromat so never had to wait for a machine. There are a lot of amenities but during winter most of them were not open. Site was not quite long enough for truck and trailer, we had to ask the people in front to move some stuff so we could pull in and unhitch, same when we unhitched. Utilities worked good, had a few times where the water pressure stopped but only for a few seconds.

Just walk out the door, across the road and there was the beach and Atlantic Ocean. We had a pull-through site right by the beach - that's the bonus. This was our first and last stay at Ocean Lakes. We were told, “Well, Ocean Lakes isn’t for everyone”. We were always made to feel welcome, and could relax and enjoy our vacation as opposed to our stay with Ocean Lakes where we were constantly looking over our shoulders expecting to be talked down to for the next supposed infraction. We have stayed at several other campgrounds in the area and absolutely loved our many stays at those. The icing on the cake was our last night, when they had a golf cart parade right in front of the beach house we had rented - going until 11:00 pm with VERY loud music, singing, and shouting. All of this and more was handled very unprofessionally. Coolers that had waters and snacks for our little ones, because the concession stand wasn’t open for us to purchase the items from them. Then they told us we couldn’t have coolers at the pool. We purchased a child’s football and float in THEIR store, only to be told we could not use it at their pool. Ocean Lakes Family Campground is a division of The Jackson Companies, a family-owned enterprise that includes Prestwick Golf & Country Club, Ocean Lakes Properties, Crystal Lake Mobile Home Village, Ocean Lakes RV Center, Ocean Lakes Golf Cars and the master-planned development SayeBrook.Although the experience with the staff at Ocean Lakes could have completely ruined our vacation, we chose to enjoy our family time regardless. In 2010, it received the Earth Day Award from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control for its iCare Program.

This puts Ocean Lakes Family Campground in the Top 1% of the private campgrounds in North America. It holds a perfect 10/10*/10 rating from the Good Sam RV Travel Guide & Campground Directory for its overall operation, recreational offerings, services and appearance. On an average seasonal day, Ocean Lakes has 25,000 to 35,000 guests enjoying the countless amenities that have made it a local favorite and a national vacation destination. It opened with 30 campsites and one bathhouse in 1971. It was built by Mary Emily and Nelson Jackson and their five daughters, starting in 1970.

It offers 3,428 sites - 859 of which are large and pull-through to accommodate larger RVs. Ocean Lakes covers 310 oceanfront acres with nearly one mile of beachfront. In 2006, Ocean Lakes received the prestigious South Carolina Governor's Cup for making a significant economic impact on South Carolina. Ocean Lakes received the TripAdvisor® 2019 Hall of Fame Certificate given only to businesses that have received a Certificate of Excellence for five consecutive years based on guest reviews. It is the 2017 National Mega RV Park of the Year and has received that honor from the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (arvc) six times. Located in Myrtle Beach, S.C., it has received numerous awards for excellence. Ocean Lakes Family Campground, a division of The Jackson Companies, is the largest campground on the East Coast and one of the largest in the United States.

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