Visitor's Center Mary Street Parking Garage

We didn’t spend the night, but wanted to register more info. It is inside the parking garage. First 10 spots on your right as you pull in are marked RV only. There were multiple cars and pickup trucks in theses spots, so good luck. There’s a bus stop on the sidewalk with lots of people mulling around. When ready to leave, stay on the ground floor and put your ticket in and pay the amount indicated via credit card.

Yes it's downtown, yes it allows RV parking, and even overnight if you're desperate but just be aware that people were here shouting and peeling out their cars listening to loud music until almost 2am. I am considering driving further out of the city now just to avoid another night here the noise and concern it raises isn't worth the location convenience in my opinion

Big rig friendly and very convenient to city center by walking. Rent a car budget and Avis are just across the street if you’re planning to drive further to folly beach, Angel oak tree etc. The location is great but very loud at night. I stayed 2 nights because of the reasonable price and the proximity to city center. I was able to use my generator at night and no one bothered us. I will stay again if I wanna visit Charleston downtown. Just be prepared for the LOUD noise at night!

We pulled in at about 8pm and took an RV parking spot. We noticed people hanging out in the parking garage, but didn’t think much of it. We cranked up our fans to dampen the noise of the guys talking, but it was too much for us. It wasn’t that they were doing anything wrong, but it was an uncomfortable feeling having a bunch of guys just hanging out behind our van, and they didn’t seem to have any plan to leave that area. They would be quiet for a while, then start talking really loud. We left for the James island Walmart after about two hours. It was much more comfortable and quiet.

As others have noted, there were some noisy folks loitering but they didn’t bother with me & left by “bedtime “, it was quieter than I expected overnight. I was the only camper there on a Tuesday though when I arrived after 3 there was an RV parked. They may have been put off by the group. There is a loud nightclub that others have noted, open Thursday to Saturday only. The after 3 & 5pm flat rate only applies until midnight so it was 15 not 7 but still worth it. There are a couple places where parking is not limited or metered near the Battery but some that used to be now has a 6 hour limit & signage for no overnight parking. There is lots of unlimited parking away from the historic center but probably not for very big rigs.

We read the reviews about this place and thought we’d give it a try. We arrived about 2:00 p.m. Getting in the garage was simple and the RV spots were large and worked out great as a place to park for a few hours. However, there were probably 10-15 homeless individuals loitering at the entrance and around the RV area, despite the signs that said, “No loitering, sitting or standing”. They were very loud but seemed pretty harmless. No one approached us. We locked everything up and and set out on foot to explore the area. We came back to the parking garage at 6:30 p.m. and there were still people loitering. They were still very loud. We had originally planned on staying overnight here, but we felt a little uncomfortable, so we left, and paid just $8 and moved on about 20 minutes north to Camping World and stayed there for the night. It was much quieter and we felt safer. The parking garage was great for daytime RV parking, but I wouldn’t recommend it for overnight. This was the only place we saw in the downtown historic Charleston area that we could have parked our RV while exploring, so we are thankful for the city of Charleston’s thought to RV’ers!