You should go. Magnificant old homes/mansions, lots of history, Fort Sumter, carriage ride around the city, plantation tours, restaurants and bars. We stayed on Sea Brook Isand which is only houses, townhomes and some condos. Only the golf course club house. No IHOPs, restaurants, bars, Starbucks...nothing. But Charleston was only about 35 minutes or so away. Relaxed on Sea Brook and when we wanted to we drove into downtown Charleston to sightsee. It would be great to stay in the downtown area but it was my family and my parents. We wanted to spend some time together and didn't want to stay in hotel rooms.