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The Drift

Property class: 3

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Reviews

6.0 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
  • Laundry

Explore the area

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4142 Dorchester Rd, North Charleston, SC, 29405
  • Place, Jenkin's Orphanage
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, North Charleston Coliseum
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Place, Charleston Area Convention Center
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Airport, Charleston, SC (CHS-Charleston Intl.)
    ‪9 min drive‬

Room options

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Business Duplex | Desk, laptop workspace, iron/ironing board (on request), WiFi (free)

Business Duplex

  • 19 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 50
  • 7 King Beds, 14 Queen Beds, 3 Double Beds, 1 Twin Bed and 1 Twin Trundle Bed

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About the neighborhood

North Charleston

With a stay at The Drift in North Charleston (Waylyn), you'll be a 4-minute drive from North Charleston Coliseum and 10 minutes from College of Charleston. .This guesthouse is 7.8 mi (12.5 km) from Charleston City Market and 5.1 mi (8.2 km) from Riverfront Park.
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What's nearby

  • Jenkin's Orphanage - 3 min drive - 0.9 miles
  • Charleston Tanger Outlets - 5 min drive - 3.7 miles
  • North Charleston Coliseum - 6 min drive - 2.5 miles
  • Charleston Area Convention Center - 6 min drive - 3.9 miles
  • Riverfront Park - 10 min drive - 4.1 miles

Getting around

  • Charleston Station - 11 min drive
  • Charleston Intl. Airport (CHS) - 11 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Burger King - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Circle K - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪APlus at Sunoco - ‬13 min walk

About this property

The Drift

The Drift offers 20 air-conditioned accommodations with portable fans. These individually decorated and furnished accommodations include desks. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests can make use of the in-room full-sized refrigerators/freezers and microwaves.
Make yourself at home in one of the 20 air-conditioned rooms featuring microwaves. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include desks and portable fans, and you can also request irons/ironing boards.
Featured amenities include express check-out and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free uncovered self parking on site
  • Free RV/bus/truck parking on site

Family friendly

  • In-room full-sized refrigerator/freezer
  • In-room microwave
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Virtual front desk

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Cleaning supplies
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Dishwasher
  • Freezer
  • Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
  • Microwave
  • Stovetop

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Laptop workspace
  • Laundry detergent
  • Portable fan

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 5:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime

Early check-in subject to availability

Early check-in is available for a fee

Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Late check-out subject to availability

A late check-out fee will be charged

Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property

Guests will receive an email within 24 hours before arrival with check-in instructions and an access code; access will be through a private entrance

A virtual front desk provides assistance to guests

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Access code, private entrance

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: USD 100 per accommodation, per stay
  • Cleaning fee: USD 200 per accommodation, per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

The Drift Guesthouse

The Drift North Charleston

The Drift Guesthouse North Charleston

The Drift Reviews

Reviews

6.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 6 out of 19 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 19 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 19 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 19 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 19 reviews

6.6/10

Cleanliness

5.6/10

Staff & service

4.0/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Sharda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very happy

Hotel was clean and check in was simple. Not in the best area but we felt very safe in the building
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Charles

This is an unconventional property. It is not a luxury property. Be prepared that its not what you might expect. I stayed the night and it was ok in an emergency. night
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not recommended

Was not a good spot for family. The keys were left inside the door. The back door was wide open. There were dirty linens on the kitchen table. We did not stay there, we left and went to an actual hotel room. Lost the money spent on booking this stay, but was not going to have my family at this place and be uncomfortable the whole night. Do not recommend
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Verified review

4/10 Poor

David

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Bait and switch

I was shocked to find out that the Drift was not in fact a hotel. The picture on Hotels.com shows a very nice and spacious room. I got a room barely big enough for a queen size mattress. My room did not have a bathroom in it. I had to share an impossibly small bathroom with five other rooms. I would never recommend this property to anyone. The only nice thing I can say about the Drift is that it was clean.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

William

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
If you paid more than $50 a night … you overpaid. Not a motel or hotel, not even an Inn, more like a bunkhouse located in an industrial area. Very small room with a bed and wicker chair. Small bathroom, broken faucet and toilet paper dispenser. That was it. No tv, closet or wardrobe. Very basic accomodation. Walls are paper thin, we could hear the kids next door quite clearly as well as the traffic going by on the busy road. Although we booked two nights, we left after one and lost our money on the prepaid second night.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Verified review

4/10 Poor

SYMELA

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
it's one level old but renovated house with rooms. There is nowhere the name of the property as it's presented. No front desk or a host. You just enter to a house, that you share with other tenants and get into your room. Not the best area, very noisy. No soundproof at all. I could hear every single thing of outside noise and other rooms. I didn't sleep a minute Good we had it only for few hours cause we had early morning flight Pictures of website very deceiving. Good try but far from a good and safe hospitality. Not recommended
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Buyer Beware

This is not a hotel but a hostel. There are shared bathrooms and the common areas were filthy. The room I was placed in looked NOTHING like any of the pictures I viewed on hotels.com and literally was as big as the bed in it with enough room to walk around the bed only. There is no sign on this collection of mobile homes telling you you've arrived. Additionally, all keys are in all the doors so that anyone could take keys and copy them and return to take advantage of guests. As a woman, I felt very unsafe with this arrangement. Additionally, the contact does not answer his phone and his voicemail message lets you know that he will not be responding unless he knows your phone number. I texted him after I attempted to leave a message. He upbraided me via text for trying to check in early although I was attempting to do so AFTER time he had emailed me telling me to check in. Notably HOTELS.com staff who attempted to contact him were not able to do so either and I received a refund due to this.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Travis

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
My Review of the Drift 1. On arrival we found out that the room they gave us was super small it could hardly hold our luggage, I paid for 3nights and had to basically have my girl sleep right up on me the whole night you move in the bed you fall that’s the kind of bed we had. 2. The pictures on Expedia weren’t as it seemed in person the pics made it seem that you would have your own bathroom and kitchen but no you have to share with people. 3. Upon arrival the bathroom that was provided to us had poop in the toilet I had to flush it, as grown people we shouldn’t have to remind people to clean after themselves. 4. The Drift smells like a marijuana dispensary after 8-9pm, atleast the dispensary smelt better, people kept smoking in their rooms at night turning the drift into a smelly mess. 5. The rugs in the bathroom was always wet toilets always dirty I had to flush the toilet on multiple occasions because the people that share with us kept peeing and pooping in the toilet and not flushing at all and when they did there were skid marks all over the toilet no one cares enough to keep the toilets clean. 6. There should be a sign TELLING these people to make sure that they KEEP BATHROOMS CLEAN!!!! Make sure to put their rags and towels in a place in their rooms that they can dry and keep them from smelling. 7. I felt like I couldn’t trust this place I hardly wanted to be there and hardly wanted to shower there that’s how bad it was I wouldn’t recommend anyone going to stay a
Verified review

8/10 Good

Araceli

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Esta muy limpio el la propiedad
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Kelvin

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Briante

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Abigail

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Javier

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Russell

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

James

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Erich

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Arnaldo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023