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We loooove Charleston!! We've actually been visiting for years: We used to live in NC and my inlaws are in SC. I actually got engaged down there and married on Folly Beach.

I'm so excited b/c we're headed down the first half of Thanksgiving week for a little family vacation before heading to my inlaws upstate for Thanksgiving---so we are so so excited to take our son down to our favorite place ever! (he'll be 15 months old at the time)

You will want a car--while you can walk around the downtown area fine--you'll want it to go out to the beaches or any of the plantations or the outlet mall. Also, the rental for a few days is probably not too much more than the taxi cab ride to and from the airport.

We don't normally stay downtown--we have been really spoiled and stayed most of our visits with friends in Mt Pleasant or at one of the beaches. This time we are renting a little apartment from vrbo--we're still deciding if we'd rather do Mt Pleasant (close to the playground near the base of the bridge) or out at Folly or Sullivan's. But your considerations might be different, we've been so many times that we opt to skip staying downtown but it is so historic and beautiful that I could see wanting to stay there for a first trip.

I have obviously never been there with a child, but we are really looking forward to playing on the beach (and we're going in November--it's going to be even better in May!) and we're looking forward to checking out the aquarium and the lowcountry children's museum.

I have loads of restaurant recommendations if you want those too--just let me know!