Fripp Island Golf & Beach Resort - Fripp Island, South Carolina

Matthew L.

Easy process to pick up and drop off our golf cart. No issues at all. I like the new space away from the clutter near the marina. We hope to be back soon.

Ethan W.

Fripp hosted our 12 man family golf outing in October this year. Was a fantastic trip from start to finish. Courses were in fantastic shape, beautiful views the entire time, wildlife roaming everywhere, and service at both the courses and restaurants was excellent.

We plan on going back soon!

Adriana J.

The island is lush, peaceful, and reserves its natural beauty. We love that it’s less commercial than other resort areas in SC and that it’s a bit off the beaten path. Our favorite things about Fripp are: the large beaches, the abundant friendly deer, and golf cart life. For us Fripp is a great vibe!

Now, what we don’t love about Fripp is the state of some of their properties. I went to Fripp twice this year and had similar but different experiences. For Instance, my visit in April didn’t include amenity cards and, while I was aware of that, there was no info available in the condo to let me know what was going on in the island or what places I could visit without the cards. I wondered why someone renting out their unit wouldn’t offer some helpful tips to their guests to help them enjoy the time when they don’t have access to pool, tennis, main restaurants, etc. But I had a nice time and had no problems with check-in and check-out. And the Beach Club Villa was perfect for me traveling alone. It was tastefully decorated and in pretty decent shape. I rented it through an outside agency.

My second visit was in July and we rented a 3-bedroom house (838 Fiddlers Ridge) with our family group of 7 through Fripp Resort Management. It came with a golf cart and amenity cards—tho the price reflected such additions. What we weren’t prepared for was the state of the house we rented. The floors were filthy, bed sheets sandy (and no extra sheets to use), broken or run down appliances or furniture, and trash all over the grounds. In some of the photos we took of the deer on the property, you can see cans of soda and beer in the bushes. I don’t mean one or two, it was all around. I picked up many of them and bottle caps throughout the week. The final straw for us was when we were cooking dinner one night and the lid on a pan fell apart during cooking. No big deal, we were resourceful and covered up the hole in the top that was left after the handle broke off. But when we found the screw in someone’s plate of rice, we realized this was a bigger deal.

The house is fully stocked but there is no organization to the motley crew of kitchen items dispersed among all the cabinets and drawers. It is chaotic. I don’t think the owners have set foot inside this home in a while. There’s no way anyone would choose to live with such disarray. It seems like they found a place for every discarded kitchen gadget they ever had. Even

The AC was controlled by them not us which added some frustration. At least all rooms had ceiling fans.

We enjoyed our July stay at Fripp very much but wouldn't rent 838 Fiddlers Ridge again.

JP N.

Published pictures did not accurately represent property. Dark, poorly lit parking lot in rear to access rental. Location and setup did not feel safe. Refused to stay there, attempted to make contact without response. After finding independent lodging was told there would be no refund, not even partial because I should have kept calling until I connected with someone.
Setups like this rely completely on pre-payment and do not care about customer service or experiences. Have already steered others from following through on rentals here. Terrible people, terrible experience.

Paige H.

The new owners who are :not from around here" are ruining the charm of Fripp as they simply look to make money for investors. They closed Fripp Ship store and gave 30 day notice to vacate. They have now done the same thing to Mango's. I have shopped here for years every summer while at Fripp. My experience last summer was enough to run us off and never spend another dime. We are now visiting Harbor and enjoying the peacefulness and no one calling us racists simply because we are Southerners. It's forever changed and ruined by progressives who think they know better.

Natasha H.

We arrived and checked in with the resort. There was no mention of any issues with our condo. After unpacking for a while, we realized why the condo was still hot because we had no AC! There wasn't much we could do with it being so late. While getting ready for bed we realized we also did not have hot water in the master bathroom. At this point we are all tired and need the rest. We ended up finding several fans throughout the condo meant to cool us for the week I imagine. We also found dead bugs everywhere (means they couldn't have adequately swept, mopped or vacuumed) the bed linens and pillows all had saliva and blood stains and were too nasty to use, the kitchen had sand all in the floor, sticky residue on the counter tops, dried food inside and out of the microwave, half the light bulbs were blown out, none of the outlets in the second bathroom worked, the tub drain was broke and laying in the tub there was hair on the walls of the shower in the master bathroom (that didn't have hot water) hair and dust all over the living room rug & under the furniture that blew out from underneath every time someone walked by, there was also dirty underwear left outside on the patio in front of our condo. They were still doing construction work in the complex, so we were awakened many mornings with loud talking, music and banging outside our window. We called guest services the following morning to report the issues. We had to spend the first day of vacation cleaning and waiting on repairmen to come fix the AC and the hot water. The girl at guest services also wanted to argue with my husband that the water issue had already been fixed although we still had no hot water! Upon checking out my husband went to guest services to discuss the issues we had, and he was told "thanks for letting us know" We were inconvenienced and spent an entire day cleaning a filthy condo we had to stay in all week and that was the response! We also found out that guest of our condo two weeks prior had the exact same issues, so the resort definitely knew there was an issue with the AC not working and the lack of cleanliness in that unit. We have been loyal renters at Fripp for eleven years and we usually rent direct from a homeowner or use Fripp Island Stay and never had any issues at all. The only two years we used the resort we had a terrible experience! Unfortunately, the resort has a lot of homeowners duped! Of course, they'll give homeowners the best service & tell them what they want to hear but I don't think the homeowners know how poorly maintained their properties are and how guest of their home is being treated! Homeowners see their property booked all summer & great for them, but it comes as a loss for the renters when they arrive to a filthy, dated home where nothing works great! The homeowners and resort are getting paid so apparently that's all that matters as long as they keep the house rented! Oh, and the resort filters renters' reviews left on the resort page for properties and
don't post the bad reviews therefore potential renters don't know what they are walking into! We are regular visitors to Fripp Island and our only bad experiences in the now 15 years of vacationing here have been with the rentals through the resort directly. We do not have any issue with rentals through Fripp Island Stay or previously with VRBO directly with the home owners!

Angela S.

Our group stayed at 778 Marlin Dr this past weekend for the Pledge The Pink event. If it were possible, I would give less than 1 star! The house was FILTHY. Dust was everywhere, mold throughout the house, dead and live bugs were present as well. We contacted rental property on several occasions. Cleaning crew did not clean as was promised to rectify the situation. It took 2 visits to get the house fairly clean. On the first night, we bought supplies to try and clean it ourselves. 3 of the toilets did not work properly and it took 3 visits for them to be prepared.
The furniture was old and worn (see photo evidence)
The office offered to move us to another house but is was 2 days into our stay and would have been too small for our large group. To make it worse, we were traveling with a toddler.
If there were hotels on the island, we would have checked out.
This entire nightmare put a damper on what should have been a great weekend. I would HIGHLY advise against renting from this company.

Lauren R.

Gorgeous views! Reminded me of an old school family beach vacation. We stayed in the sun suites which was a very short walk to two different pools, Ice cream, and food. (Get the nachos!) There we’re plenty of newer more modern homes and we enjoyed driving around and looking at the fancy beach houses. There was an amazing pirate ship escape room activity happening during our stay and it was fantastic! Wonderful place for family’s and couples of all ages.