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Great Family Beach House and 5% off weekly stays, last minute or mobile booking!

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Welcome to Dolphin Cottage!
Dining area view of kitchen and side door to porch with dog door
Living area
Entrance off front porch
Fully equipped gourmet kitchen

Reviews

10 out of 10, Loved by Guests
Top 10% of guest reviews in this area
3 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 6

Popular amenities

  • Onsite parking available
  • Dog-friendly
  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Air-conditioning
  • Barbecue grill

Explore the area

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Folly Beach, SC
  • Place, Folly Island Beaches
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Folly Beach Fishing Pier
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Place, Center Street
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Airport, Charleston, SC (CHS-Charleston Intl.)
    ‪30 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 3

2 Single Beds

Master bedroom

1 King Bed

2 bathrooms

Bathroom 2

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Master bathroom

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Office
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Great Family Beach House and 5% off weekly stays, last minute or mobile booking!

Year round is wonderful at Folly Beach, and Dolphin Cottage makes a beach vacation in this eclectic little seaside town even better. Now through the end of the year, we are offering an additional 5% off for mobile bookings and/ or last minute booking (reservations made less than 14 days out of arrival date). Only one of these promotions is available, on top of a weekly stay.

The cottage is named after a dolphin that was rescued from inside the house after Hurricane Hugo, Dolphin Cottage offers a light, open space to relax with family and friends. Even better, canine family members are welcome too! The maximum number of pets is 2, and there is a non-refundable pet fee of $150.00 for one pet and $200.00 for 2 pets. This goes towards extra cleaning and pest control services. Thank you for understanding!

The kitchen, dining, and living areas come together under a vaulted ceiling, and a wall of windows overlooks a secluded garden where the large deck flows through the tropical greenery. Bamboo floors and bright colors with whimsical accent walls hand-painted by the owner create a cool and easy place to spend a vacation.

The combination of quality linens, a king in the master bedroom, a queen bedroom, and two twins bedroom, ensures a good night’s sleep. The two artistically-decorated full baths are generously-sized. The kitchen has everything needed for cooking and sharing meals together, and the private garden deck offers a shady respite from the sun and an outside grill. There is also a washing and dryer.

Only a few blocks to the beach, playground, tennis courts, pickleball and Center Street, with shops and restaurants. This house is the perfect location for being in the mix of everything that is Folly Beach. And of course, historic Charleston is only 12 miles away, where you can admire the architecture, soak up the city's vibrant history, view art exhibits, and even book a pirate tour with the whole family.
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About the area

Folly Beach

Located in Folly Beach, this holiday home is near a water park and near the beach. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Folly Island Beaches and Waterfront Park, while South Carolina Aquarium and Patriots Point are popular area attractions. Ready for a night out? Consider Historic Rice Mill and Alhambra Hall. Jet skiing and kayaking offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with horse riding and ecotours nearby.
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Folly Beach, SC

What's nearby

  • Folly Island Beaches - 1 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Folly Beach Fishing Pier - 7 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Center Street - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Folly River Park - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Folly Beach County Park - 4 min drive - 3.6 km

Getting around

  • Charleston Station - 31 min drive
  • Charleston, SC (CHS-Charleston Intl.) - 34 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Rita's Seaside Grille - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Tides Folly Beach - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Dead Low Coffee - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Circle K - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪LoLo's - ‬3 min drive

Reviews

10

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 264 out of 280 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 15 out of 280 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 280 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 280 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 280 reviews

10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ravaioli N.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Place was spotless, beautiful and had everything you could possibly need! Would stay here again on our next trip!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Rachel C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great property, great location within walking distance of the beach, restaurants and shops. Had a wonderful Spring Break trip here.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Virginia C M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We loved the Dolphin Cottage! So close to everything and yet quiet and private.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Very clear property, close to the beach and restaurants. Walking distance was great. Porch was beautiful.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Alice E.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The location is great, the house has everything you need and is cozy! The beds are comfortable and the showers don’t lack in hot water like many others. We enjoyed the proximity to the beach, pier and places to eat, especially morning coffee runs.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2026
Verified

8/10 Good

David R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The weather was a 2, but the house was a 5.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Vicki M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The house was perfectly located to walk to the beach and to town! Also really appreciated being able to bring the fur babies. The yard was perfect for them. Loved our stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Bradley C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This was a very nice place to stay while visiting Folly Beach. The house was well stocked with necessities and super clean. It was also very close to the beach.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Melissa S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay

Perfect for our group of 5. Super comfortable, clean and within walking distance to all our favorite folly spots. Hope to stay here again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Steven B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The house is a very short walk to a nice portion of the beach. The house is charming and decorated as a beach house. We enjoyed the entire stay and plan to choose that house again next year when we return to Folly Beach.
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 10 Oct 2025
That is wonderful! We would love to have you all back. Everyone really enjoys the artwork and coziness of the cottage, I am glad you would like to return. We enjoyed living there for years and it is nice to share with others. Take care! Darlynne
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Dr Steve K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

great location and stay

Great location and stay for my family and puppy
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Louise C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay

Very close to beach. Short walk to downtown. Very clean and would stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 9 Jun 2025
Thanks, we’d love to have you stay again! Have a great summer!
Verified

8/10 Good

Jose G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in
Disliked: Communication

A good stay!

Was looking for a property right by the ocean, so a map picture or aerial picture would it help to know I was going to stay 3 blocks from the beach!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 3 Sept 2025
We are so glad you stayed with us! That is a great idea to show an aerial photo since not everyone reads the description. Now all we need to get is a drone. Hope to have you back, since we are walking distance to Center Street and the beach!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Robert C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

It was a great place to stay.

The property was nice and very clean. We enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Russell P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

The best spot in folly beach!

We had a great stay. Close short walk to beach with little kids. Perfect family vacation spot
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Josephine C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Wonderful, cozy home that had lots of nice home-y touches and was ideally situated with an easy walk to the beach or to the shops/restaurants. We enjoyed the pirate mermaid festival on the Main Street and loved the cute nautical themed rooms with little fish everywhere. The kids especially loved being there and were super sad to leave when check out day arrived. We would definitely rent this place again if it’s available the next time we are in the area.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Anna B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Stay!

The place was everything we could've hoped for - well stocked, private, and very comfortable! The host was very responsive as well. We would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kelly R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing Week

We loved our cute little home away from home on Folly Island. Dolphin Cottage had everything we needed and was a quick walk to the beach and main part of town. We had a blast!
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Carol T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family friendly

Cozy and roomy
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jean P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A great beach cottage

Perfect location with easy walk to the beach and town. Well appointed cabin with lots of homey touches. We did not have to purchase or bring any basic supplies which was much appreciated. We had such a great time with our grandkids and 10/10 hope to stay here again.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Greg V.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Stay and even Better Patio!

Perfect location, Cozy and Clean!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Enjoy being close to Center, Street, also close to beach. It was my daughter‘s 16th birthday.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 3 Oct 2025
Glad you all enjoyed yourselves, please let me know when you all want to return!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Leigh W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Get Away

We loved the Dolphin house! Great location and perfect our our quick family get away!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

nico a.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Location

Nice quite place with a great location . We didn’t not spend to much time at the house but it’s quite , safe and easy to check in.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Rob P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Daddy/Daughter Weekend

The property is as advertised. Dolphin Cottage is in an excellent location. A quieter section of beach is just steps away, as well as plenty of dining options. The property is clean and comfortable, with ample space for a family stay. We had an amazing weekend! We would definitely stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025
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