The best RCI resort in Hilton Head is the Disney resort but I’m sure your odds of getting that resort are less than zero percent. The best resorts are the Marriott’s, but those are in II. Actually, two of them are in RCI but I know they get very few deposits and the odds of getting one for April are probably even less than getting the Disney resort. If you give the search a year or so to match, you might actually get one of the Marriott’s or Disney resorts, so consider that for next year.
I’ve gone to Hilton Head for Easter week three times and lucky me, I am going again this year at Marriott’s SurfWatch (so excited). If this will be your only vacation this year, then I would skip Hilton Head for any time but the summer. I love going to Hilton Head for Easter but only if it is an “extra” vacation – meaning I am also taking a summer vacation.
The weather is hit or miss and two of the three years I was there for Easter, the weather was mostly a miss. For the first week in April, the Ocean will be COLD but you should be able to touch the water with your feet and maybe even go as deep as your knees and put up with the occasional dunking. The weather should be very pleasant and there should even be a day or two when you flirt with 80 degrees, but most days, the weather is low 70’s at best and usually in the mid to upper 60’s. Two of the years I was in Hilton Head it rained and was mid 50’s for most of Easter week. One year, we actually had a few days near or above 80, and that was beyond wonderful, especially after a tough Cleveland winter.
Whoever posted about the weather being good for outdoor activities is very accurate. You should be able to bike ride in relative comfort all week. I’ll have my fingers crossed for you and me that the weather will be hot and sunny the first couple weeks of April this year. After getting turkeys in the weather department the last two years we went to Hilton Head for Easter, I want hot weather this time. I just wouldn’t want this to be my big vacation for the year because odds are, the weather will be a bit cool and hopefully, not cloudy and wet.
Don’t let not being on the beach scare you too much. Almost always, I would pick beachfront over anything else but that time of year, it really isn’t that much of a disadvantage being a mile or two from the beach. From experience, you will not get good beach weather for most of the days that week, so if your resort is closer to the bike paths and limited island attractions, you will not miss the beach. I’ve always stayed away from the beach at the Disney resort and never missed the ocean. For me, it is fun to bike to the beach and at night be within walking distance to a bunch of places to eat and a mall and stuff like that.
Have fun, should you decide to book something. All it takes is good weather one year doing a Spring break vacation and you will get hooked.
