Vacation Rental Management
Vacation Rental Management in North Myrtle Beach, SC
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North Myrtle Beach market overview
North Myrtle Beach draws families from across the Carolinas and up the East Coast to nine miles of wide, swimmable beach spread across its four original towns — Cherry Grove, Ocean Drive, Crescent Beach and Windy Hill. Guests fish from the Cherry Grove pier, dance the shag along Main Street, and fill the tee sheets and the Barefoot Landing boardwalk from spring through fall. Demand is emphatically seasonal: the summer school-holiday window does the heavy lifting, with June and July running at the year's highest occupancy and nightly rates and August still strong. Spring arrives early — golf groups and spring-break families push bookings up from March through May — while September and October taper into a quieter shoulder of anglers and off-peak beach trips. Winter is genuinely slow, which is when owners schedule their own stays and the maintenance the busy season leaves no room for.
What homes earn in North Myrtle Beach, SC
These figures reflect the top tier of North Myrtle Beach short-term rentals: homes listed on Airbnb and Vrbo that hold a review score of 4.8 or higher and were available or rented at least 300 days of the year. They show what a well-kept, well-run beach home actually earns across the town's pronounced summer peak and quiet winter — not an average dragged down by part-time or neglected listings. You can customize a projection for a specific home.
| Month | Total rent | Occupancy | Avg. daily rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | $0 | 13% | $180 |
| Feb | $468 | 22% | $194 |
| Mar | $2,324 | 41% | $235 |
| Apr | $3,515 | 50% | $287 |
| May | $3,741 | 50% | $330 |
| Jun | $7,156 | 75% | $403 |
| Jul | $8,350 | 83% | $420 |
| Aug | $5,305 | 61% | $350 |
| Sep | $2,730 | 43% | $270 |
| Oct | $1,449 | 30% | $243 |
| Nov | $786 | 20% | $229 |
| Dec | $399 | 17% | $216 |
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This is based on properties listed on Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com with an average review score of 4.8 out of 5 or higher, limited to homes available or rented at least 300 days a year. Earnings vary based on the unique amenities and qualities of each home.
Vacation Rental Taxes and Regulations in North Myrtle Beach, SC
Short-term rentals are welcome here
Vacation rentals are legal throughout North Myrtle Beach. There is no short-term-rental zoning restriction, no cap, and no separate rental permit — a rental operates under a standard City of North Myrtle Beach business licence, renewed annually. City ordinances on trash collection, parking, noise and occupancy apply to rentals the same as to any other home.
Lodging taxes come in three layers
Three governments tax a short-term stay (fewer than 90 consecutive days), and each is paid separately.
The State of South Carolina taxes accommodations at 7% — a 5% sales tax plus the 2% state accommodations tax — filed monthly with the South Carolina Department of Revenue. Horry County's two countywide 1% sales taxes, one for school construction and one for road projects, are collected on that same state return, bringing what the Department of Revenue collects on a North Myrtle Beach rental to 9%.
The City of North Myrtle Beach levies a 1.5% local accommodations fee on gross rental proceeds, remitted to the city by the 20th of each month.
Horry County levies a 1.5% hospitality fee on rentals inside the city limits, remitted to the Horry County Treasurer, also by the 20th.
Registering your rental
The sequence is short. Obtain the city business licence before hosting, and renew it each year. On the state side, an owner who takes bookings directly needs a retail licence from the Department of Revenue to file accommodations taxes; a home whose bookings all run through a management company does not need its own, because the manager is responsible for the tax on the full booking.
How Fairly handles it
Fairly registers your home for the state, county and city lodging taxes and collects and remits every layer on every booking — the Department of Revenue return, the city's local accommodations fee and the county's hospitality fee. We also assist with the business licence application and its annual renewal, so the one obligation that stays in your name never lapses.
Operating a vacation rental in North Myrtle Beach, SC
Running a rental here is a summer sprint with a maintenance tail. From June through August most weeks are booked, so turnovers stack up back-to-back and often same-day — linens, deep cleans and inspection walkthroughs have to land inside a few afternoon hours. Salt air and coastal humidity work constantly on HVAC systems, exterior finishes and deck hardware, and hurricane season means securing outdoor furniture and watching the forecast from late summer into fall. The slow winter months are the time for repainting, servicing equipment and owner stays. The city also expects rentals to operate like good neighbours: its trash-collection, parking, noise and occupancy ordinances apply to short-term rentals, and the business licence every rental carries must be renewed each year.
Frequently asked questions
Are short-term rentals allowed in North Myrtle Beach?
Yes — throughout the city. North Myrtle Beach has no short-term-rental zoning restrictions, caps or separate rental permit. A rental operates under a standard city business licence, renewed annually, and follows the same trash, parking, noise and occupancy ordinances as any other home in the city.
What taxes does a North Myrtle Beach rental pay?
Three layers. State accommodations taxes are filed with the South Carolina Department of Revenue, which collects Horry County's two countywide 1% sales taxes on the same return; the city levies a 1.5% local accommodations fee; and the county levies a 1.5% hospitality fee. Fairly registers your home for all of them and collects and remits each one on every booking.
When does a North Myrtle Beach rental earn most of its revenue?
In the summer. June and July are the year's strongest months for both occupancy and nightly rates, with August close behind, and the spring golf season builds steadily from March. Winter is quiet — many owners use it for their own beach stays and for the maintenance the busy season leaves no room for.
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We guarantee that homeowners coming from self management or other managers will make an extra $5,000 in their first year with Fairly.
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