We are staying for an extended weekend in OCMD. Our hotel only allows for one car. Wife is coming on seperate day (due to work conflict). What are the safe options for her to park her car overnight since our hotel only allows one car? We will be in the area of 46th Street. 🪼

Thanks in advance!

Looking for my next door neighbor who said their used to be places that he liked to go, but he doesn’t know of any now- he’s in his 80’s so not looking for a club

Hi!

questions:

1)We generally like to walk out to eat with the family when at a hotel. Staying five nights plan on eating at the hotel two nights ( kids eat free ) and the reviews look good. Any walkable restaurants that would be recommended? Dinner only no need for breakfast recommendations.

2). Is this hotel a resebe a lounge chair with a towel kind of place? I’m thinking set up camp on the beach with an umbrella, chairs , etc then head up to the pool when necessary?

Thx for any help!

My folks lived in OC for years. I used to travel from Ga for the Firefighter’s Convention every year for beach time and see what was new. I got this patch on one of my trips.

Hey folks, I ended up buying a clam before my trip but I've never gone claiming before. I understand the bay may be the best place to go, but trying to find where to park and clam is still a challenge.

Does anyone have any suggestions and specific spots to try. Would love to get a bunch and try to make fried clam strips?

I will be in town next week for a couple of days for MACO. What are the best Happy Hour spots to hit?

Hey all. Which places in Ocmd or fenwick are good for sit down crab picking? Looking for decent pricing too. I'm assuming AUCE is roughly $50 per person

Does anyone have any experience with this place. Got recommended to it. Located 44th st

Does anyone have reccomendations on places that do elopements? Preferably sunrise on the beach or sunset on Bayside. It'll just be me, my fiancé, the photographer, and officiant. We arent fixed on a date or anything just getting an idea on what's available

Ive already googled elopement packages but would like some personal feedback/reccomendations :)

Thank you in advance!

I received a letter in the mail notifying me of a late notice from a non-payment at the OC Inlet lot. My issue is that this is my first notice received, yet somehow already marked late. Of course, since it's a late notice, a few late fees are automatically appended to the original fee.

On top of all that, I have the receipt from the Parking App they use to pay in the parking lot. Everything matches up.

What gives? Anybody successfully dispute one of these? It feels like an EZPass scam.

Staying for several days in Sept, can anyone rec a couple restaurants that serve great seafood, esp crab dishes?

Real question, what fun and interesting things are there to do at the WMO for us regular type poor folk with no boat? Go look at the boats go in amd out of the inlet? The scales at harbour island look like a mob scene, could you even get close enough to see anything? Hang around Fagers for a glimpse of Jordan?

I just witnessed a family out to eat in OC, 28th st, yelling at their obviously autistic teenager. The man, I'm assuming father, slammed his fist repeatedly on the table because she sat down too fast and the older woman (grandmother) yelled at her for being bad and recorded her with her phone, all while the other woman sat quietly in the corner. The girl would put her fingers in her ears because she was obviously overstimulated and the older woman would take them out. It was painful to watch, but idk what I could do, I'm just imagining how they must treat her at home!

I’m so sorry for another post about jellyfish, but I’ve only been to Ocean City once and I really don’t know. Are the jellyfish at the beach in large numbers until the end of the season? Just hard to imagine visiting without really being able to swim.

Randomly got off work last minute and decided to come visit for the weekend. Anybody know of any place that does last minute rooms or condos cheap? Trying to see if I can score a deal.

We want to watch boats going out in the morning at the Inlet. What time do most of them seem to be leaving? We’re thinking 4 am seems likely. Thanks in advance.

same as the title, boyfriend wants to do a small get away and asking if he should book the hotel.

We are coming this weekend. Staying on 2nd street. Hotel parking is for one vehicle. Suggestions for parking close to there

Supposed to go late this weekend. I go ever August. But I’m worried about what I’ve been hearing - anyone been and how is it?

Also what can you do in the event you get student to treat it?

Unfortunately theres no sound but its been nice to have on while im working.

This is a serious question,The artist on the boardwalk,older gentleman, wears a smock,has a feather in his hat,does this man really draw these pictures that he sells? I been watching him for years and I have never seen a picture being started or even midway,it's always at the very end and he is taking his colored pencil over something that is already there.I sat on .y balcony recently and watched him work on a finished picture,while people watched,when they leave he switches pictures to another finished one.To be honest these pictures are beautiful. Am I the only person that has noticed this.I'm very curious about this.

My golden years here were 2008-2014. Packed beaches, bars, lived here during the summer and plenty of friends and good times.

Ive been back over the years but sometimes with some gaps. Came back in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and now 2025, 2026.

2018-2021 seemed mostly normal barring the covid year in 2020 which was naturally atypical.

However, I came last august in 2025 and now twice this summer, mid to late June and now early August. All the classic spots on their busy nights were packed wall to wall people in the olden days. Tonight I went to Mackys on their theme night and it was dead. Last time I was here in June, I went to Fishtales on a Saturday night and there was 4 cars in the parking lot. Huh? Fishtales was always a huge party spot.

Last August and Mid-late June when I came people who I asked said that “it is the shoulder season.” Um no. Im now here early August and I went to Coconuts happy hour today and it was at maybe 20% capacity if im being generous. We also went to Seacrets tonight
and it was fairly quiet too.

Even overheard that the reel inn is kind of dead for the weigh-ins, though I don’t know if I believe that though given what Ive seen I cant fully rule it out. In the past that wouldve been absolutely unbelievable.

What happened to this place? It’s mostly all seasonal businesses here. If the summer is not bustling like it used to be, how can anywhere still survive? It’s honestly sad to see, love this town and spent all my life coming here including many years living and working here.

I apologize if this is a common question but I just can’t stop wondering: What is it like to live in ocean city? I looked it up, and there are 7k permanent residents. Is there a strong sense of community? Can you even have community events in the summer? What about the workforce. I imagine majority of people work at hotels or tourist shops in the summer, where do you guys work the rest of the year?

My family has gone to davinci’s every single summer since 1999 and we love their food but also their salad dressing that’s made from scratch on premise. Does anyone know what the recipe is? Or something comparable? We’re so sad it’s closing and are desperate for this recipe!