The garage is free, so the room rate carries the parking
The 20th Annual Myrtle Beach Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk presented by United Bank starts at 8 a.m. on Thursday, November 26, 2026. The start and finish sit at Grand Park Lake Courtyard on Farrow Parkway, on the Farrow Parkway side of The Market Common between Nevers and Hackler streets.
The entry page publishes its own parking beside the start time. Free parking in the Farrow Parking Garage next to Nacho Hippo, and free parking along the side streets of The Market Common. A Thanksgiving night rate that bundles a parking charge bundles something the race gives away at the start line.
What the morning costs before the room
The 5K is $50, and the page showed 1,259 spots left at this desk's read on October 24. The price rises after November 2, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Registration runs online only and closes Thursday, November 26 at 6:00 a.m. That close lands 45 minutes before the race-morning packet window opens.
The Gobbler Kids' Dash is a 50-yard run at 9 a.m. and it costs nothing. It carries its own online registration, showed 76 spots left, and closes at the same 6:00 a.m. cutoff on race day. The dash is the second registration a family files that week.
Two packet pickup windows and one shirt rule
Wednesday, November 25 offers pickup from 4 to 7 p.m. at a location the organiser prints as TBA. Thursday morning offers 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. at the Grand Park Lake courtyard on Farrow Parkway.
The page states the consequence of skipping Wednesday in capitals. Miss pickup before race morning and the t-shirt waits at the info tent until after the finish. Only race bibs are distributed on race morning. A household that drives in on Thursday and leaves straight after the race leaves without the shirt.
The clock a buyer holds the room against
Bib pickup opens at 6:45 a.m. The 5K goes at 8:00. The kids dash runs 9:00 to 9:10. The race window closes at 10:00 a.m. The morning commits three hours and fifteen minutes from the first pickup minute to the close.
A 7 a.m. checkout puts a guest in the courtyard before the window opens and frees the room before the holiday check-in push. That early departure is the concession to trade. A 7 a.m. checkout frees the room before the holiday arrival wave.
No water stop changes the packing list
The race page reads: No water stop on course. Post-race water and snacks are for participants. A property that puts a filled bottle in a hand at 6:45, or opens breakfast before the pickup window, supplies the thing the course does not supply.
The same page bars baby joggers, strollers, skateboards and bicycles from the course, with disqualification as the penalty. Service animals and ADA mobility devices are allowed with notice at bib pickup. MyrtleBeach.com welcomes strollers on the same race, so the entry page governs what a family packs.
The per diem sets the ceiling
The GSA rate for Myrtle Beach, Horry County, South Carolina runs $113 a night in November and December 2026, with meals at $74, for the fiscal year beginning October 2026.
South Carolina taxes accommodations at 5 percent sales tax plus a 2 percent accommodations tax, and local governments may add up to 3 percent of their own accommodations tax, per the Department of Revenue. At the state 7 percent the $113 ceiling becomes $120.91. A quote that stacks a parking charge on top of that total needs the charge named as a separate line and priced.
The trade the property can price
A guest who leaves at 7 a.m. returns the room before the holiday arrival wave. Ask the property to price that departure as a concession on the night.
Add the family shape. Two adults and two children running the 5K and the dash need beds for four, and a single king quote does not hold the party. The dash registration is the reason those beds are needed on Wednesday night.
What goes into the request
A hotelhaggle request goes to 50 or more properties in the destination, hotels bid against each other in one dashboard, and the guest pays the hotel directly with no markup added. Four lines carry this booking: Wednesday, November 25 with a Thursday departure; a 7 a.m. checkout at no fee; parking held at zero; breakfast open before 6:45 a.m. or a to-go bag at the desk.
Add a fifth line that costs a property nothing to answer. Ask for the walking time from the lobby to 1150 Farrow Parkway. The courtyard sits on the Farrow Parkway side of The Market Common between Nevers and Hackler streets, and the answer separates a walk from a drive on a morning with a 6:45 deadline.
Two figures the tourism listing prints differently
MyrtleBeach.com prices the registration at $45 and counts 1,200 runners and walkers. The RunSignup page prices it at $50 and prints no field figure beyond the spot count. Price the entry from the registration page, and treat the listing's crowd figure as the only published one. The 45-minute gap between the 6:00 a.m. registration close and the 6:45 a.m. pickup open is the margin a buyer works inside on race morning.
