Ocean Isle Beach · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels on the beach in Ocean Isle Beach
Mei-Lin Zhou Japan
These are my five favourites in Ocean Isle Beach, out of the 58 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.8969483 down to 4.8775773.
Small room in Sea Trail Condo-Tel is the one I would book myself.
Highest rated of the five
Small room in Sea Trail Condo-Tel
★★★★★4.8969483 from 1,029 reviews
Small room in Sea Trail Condo-Tel comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.8969483 from 1,029 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is found under downtown and around $111 a night on the dates we checked.
58 hotels in Ocean Isle Beach qualified for this list and five made it. Close to Beach, Pool and Hot Tub Sunset Beach Effy is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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2Close to Beach, Pool and Hot Tub Sunset Beach Effy
★★★★★4.9209137 from 569 reviews
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4Close to the Beach : Turtle Cove Haven: Your Coastal Escape
★★★★★4.8963637 from 462 reviews
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5Renovated King Bed Condo near beach with pool access.
★★★★★4.9408865 from 203 reviews
How this list was put together
58 Ocean Isle Beach hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Mei-Lin Zhou Japan
Works agency hours in Vancouver and spends all 18 vacation days abroad. One new country and one repeat visit per year. Five trips to Japan and a running list of ramen shops.
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