If you want to be near the ocean, you could rent a house for a week and spend thousands of dollars. Or you can camp on the sand and drift off to the sound of the waves for $30 a night. The so-called ...

Trisha Kraker wakes up in the morning, opens her door, walks down her stairs and steps right into sand. She looks up and there it is — the Atlantic Ocean. For this, she pays less than $40 a night.

MYRTLE BEACH — There's something about finding a shaded area under a live oak at Ocean Lakes Family Campground that just tops summer vacation in Myrtle Beach. What has grown from 30 campsites and one ...