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The Sand Dollar Motel: Traveller Reviews

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Average price*: £34 ($67) (year-round)
TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 based on 9 reviews 9 reviews
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #8 of 12 hotels in Atlantic Beach
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Description: The Sand Dollar Motel is a small family owner motel. We are on the beach side with a short walk to the beach. We have regular rooms with 1 or 2... This description is based on information provided by the hotel.
Address:
101 Henderson Blvd
Atlantic Beach, NC 28512

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Reviews of The Sand Dollar Motel

( 5-9 of 9 )
“wonderful little place”

The Sand Dollar Motel

13 Aug 2007

My husband and I enjoyed our visit at this wonderful little Inn. The owners and workers were very helpful. We have stayed at most all of the hotel,motel and inns in the area and will be returning to this Inn. Its not the Ritz but it is quiet, close to the beach and clean!!

D&T

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superDog1101's Summary
Date of Stay: June 2007
Member since: 13 August 2007
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“Clean, simple, inexpensive”

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5 of 5 stars
North Carolina
13 Aug 2007

For starters, this hotel is very reasonably priced. When I saw the price, I was expecting a grungy, dirty, old hotel. Instead I was met with a simple yet cute hotel and an extremely well-kept room with many small touches of home like the decorations in the bathroom and the chairs outdoors.

I highly recommend this hotel if you're looking for a clean and simple, yet inexpensive, room for the night.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — the price and cleanliness
    • Disliked — nothing
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purpleblobofgoo's Summary
Date of Stay: August 2007
Travelled with: Friends
Visit was for: Quality time with friends
Age group: 18-24
Member since: 13 August 2007
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
Absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
Young Singles, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older Travellers, tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
An Amazing Honeymoon, Great pool scene
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Beach / Sun
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“Do Not stay here.”

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1 of 5 stars
Winston-Salem NC
5 Aug 2007
1/2 found this review helpful

Absolutely do NOT stay here. I made reservations about 10 days out from our vacation. Less than 24 hours later I had to cancel them. The owner said that we could not cancel since it was within 2 weeks of the reservations. I could understand if I called 1 or 2 days before our reservations to cancel, but I was calling 9 or 10 days before and less than 24 hours after the reservations were made.

The owner said at the very least he would charge us for 1 nights stay. Or course he chose to charge us the weekend rate.

DO NOT STAY HERE!!

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ACobra289's Summary
Date of Stay: July 2007
Travelled with: Family with young children
Visit was for: Quality time with family
Age group: 35-49
Member since: 18 March 2006
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Management Response
3CATS00, Owner
(Management representative)
24 Aug 2007
This person and everyone that makes a reservations is told at the time that a reservations is made that we have a 2 week cancellation notice. I am sorry but I only have 11 rooms and I can not let my rooms set empty because someone did not show up or cancel. I am only open from March till Dec and count on the income from my rooms to make it all year. I am sorry that people can not understand this. If they do not like my cancellation notice I would suggest not making the reservations and just take a chance that I will have a room when they come down. Again we tell all people that make reservation that there is a two week cancellation notice. If this person will check other motels I am not the only one with two week notice. Again we enjoy our guest and try our very best do what we can to help them have a wonderful vacation.
Thanks to all my wonderful guest that help keep me in business. I am one of the small family motels left here in Atlantic Beach.
Patricia
Owner
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“Loving AB & The Sand Dollar”

The Sand Dollar Motel

9 Jun 2007

My best friend and I recently had guest (her brother and his girlfriend ) in from Spartanburg SC. They rarely get the opportunity to visit the beach. We contacted the Sanddollar and could not have been more pleased. It is a small ,quaint, immaculately kept motel. I have been going to Atlantic Beach for as long as I can remember and have stayed in probably 90% of the motels, condos, & resorts but I have finally found some place that feels like home. I"ll never spend my money anywhere else. We were treated like we were family. Kudos to the owner she made our mini vacation wonderful. Can"t wait to get back to the sand, the salt and the Sanddollar.

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AGDKinston's Summary
Date of Stay: June 2007
Member since: 09 June 2007
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“Don't plan on staying here again”

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2 of 5 stars
North Carolina
27 Jun 2006
3/5 found this review helpful

The rates were not what I was quoted. The picture on the internet is not what you are getting! I don't know what room they showed, but no room I saw looked like that. They tell you they don't do room service everyday, what they meant was they do room service after you leave. They were the cheapest place to stay, until you tell them you will have an extra person, then the price is just as much as everybody else. These rooms are for people working construction that have to stay there all week. And one more thing, the commode drove me crazy. It ran all the time and apparently it was supposed to. I can't see myself staying here again.

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Management Response
sanddollar2006, Owner
(Management representative)
13 Dec 2006
I am sorry that this person had a problem with their stay at The Sand Dollar. We try our very best to make all our guest comfortable and have a nice vacation.
The picture on the internet is Room 1, we have several different rooms sizes and layouts and can not put them all on the internet. When a person make reservations they are ask how may people and how may children over 12yrs. My rates on the internet are based on 2 people and this is state on the internet. If this people was quoted a rate and arrived with more people then yes they will pay for the extra people. This is a small family owned motel. We do not have a full staff of maids. I do not go in a make beds and clean rooms everyday. Guest do get clean towels and if they need me to go in and clean all they have to do is ask and we are happy to do what they need. They are told this at time of check in. If this person had told us about the toilet we would have been glad to fix it. I do not like paying for extra water because of a toilet running. I do not know why this person thought that the toilet was suppose to run all the time. My rates are in line with the other small motels at this beach and this is one of the very few family motels left here. I am not a Sheraton and do not charge what they charge. If you want full service go to the bigger motel and pay the price. My motel is well maintain and I have a 99% health rating. We are a family motel. I have may guest that come back year after year. We go out of our way to make our guest fill comfortable and welcome. If anyone has a problem we always try to work with them. People must understand we can only put so many people in a room and they must be honest with us when checking in and tell us how many people they have. It cost more in linens, water etc. Again we are a sorry that this person had a bad experince.

The Sand Dollar Motel
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Reviews of The Sand Dollar Motel

( 5-9 of 9 )
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101 Henderson Blvd, Atlantic Beach, NC 28512