Encore Royal Coachmen Resort

Very nice campground. Some of the best amenities we have ever seen. Lots of activities throughout the park. Quiet, park like setting. Large number of permanent spots with camp sites mixed in. Roads are tight and sites are a bit tight to maneuver into but overall fine once we got into position. Place has a real sense of community. Would be a great place to stay for the the winter.

Campground Name: Royal Coachman RV Resort Location: Nokomis, FL Overall Campground Rating (1-5): 2 Maneuverability*: Very difficult to maneuver through the park. Roads are two-way but only a single width. If someone is coming the other way you must find a place to pull off the road into someone’s site or the grass. Even golf carts have to pull off. Campground Notes: This campground probably would have gotten a 5 if it were easier to get around and if we did not have issues with Mary in the office regarding our mail. Site #: 53 Site Rating (1-5): 3 Site Notes: Very nice site. We had full hookups with 50 amp electric. It included a picnic table but no fire ring. The only negative was the fulltime site behind ours had a shed on the back of their site and their ground mat and picnic table were in our site. Amenity Rating (1-5): 4 Amenity Notes: Very nice pool. Laundry was cheap, big, and nice. Kayaks available for $5 for a few hours. Mini-golf was nice but no playground. Nice indoor amenities like a library and sitting area that were open during Covid-19. Reason for camping here: Good reviews and location Miscellaneous Notes: Local beach, Nokomis Beach, has lots of shells which is interesting but you need to keep your flip-flops on. Close to the amazing Siesta Key beach and the Manatee Public Beach on Anna Maria Island. Shamrock Park has an awesome playground (with an elevator!) and has some great biking paths. Visited the Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium which is always good and honors a 50% AZA discount. Dates Stayed: 12 days – 12/20/2020 thru 01/01/2021 Price Paid: $307.33 with Thousand Trails membership Weather: Christmas Day was cold but other than that it was in the 70s and sunny Verizon Cell Quality: 13.5Mb/s download, 7.2 Mb/s upload T-Mobile/Sprint Cell Quality: 22.3 Mb/s download, 15.9 Mb/s upload Mail: So big issues with mail at this campground. Some of it is USPS’s fault but mostly I blame Mary in the front office. Mail is sent directly to your site unless you are an annual resident at the campground. My parent’s wanted to send us a Christmas present but couldn’t ship it until we had checked in and had our site number. When we checked in and got our site number, we gave my mom the number and she sent us the package the next day, the 21st, 3-day priority mail. It should have been delivered the 24th, Christmas Eve, and predictably it was delayed until the Monday the 28th. On Monday the 28th USPS updated the tracking information saying it was currently in Newark, NJ (so in seven days it had traveled 50 miles). On the 31st, the day before we were checking out, USPS hadn’t had any further updates so I went to the office and spoke with Mary asking if she could leave a note or message with the people checking in to our site that if our package arrived to bring it to the front office so we could drive over and pick it up. Mary very firmly said no, that she wouldn’t bother the next guests with our issue. At this point my Mom filed a package intercept so that it would be held at the local post office instead of being delivered, for an additional fee of ~$50. A few days later the USPS returned her money and said that an intercept was not possible. At this point we figured the package was lost. Around the 13th of January my Mom started the process for a lost package. Surprisingly on the 15th of January I received a text message from the USPS that the package had been delivered. I called the office and Mary picked up. I told her that the package had been delivered and I wanted to come and pick it up. She was confused and said she would not hold it at the office and that it would be delivered to our site. When I told her we were no longer staying there she said she would refuse delivery and return it to sender when it arrived. Then I said it’s already there, having been delivered, in her office. She was pretty upset at this point and given no other option to make our lives more difficult finally agreed that if we made it there by 4:30 we could pick it up, otherwise she would return it to sender the next morning when USPS arrived to drop off the mail. This call took place around 11:45AM and I was Homestead, FL. So I dropped everything, drove 4 hours up to Royal Coachman, walked in the office and picked up my package, and drove 4 hours home. Because of this whole incident with Mary and her terrible and uncaring customer service, we will never stay at Royal Coachman again. For reference we are pulling a 33’ long Jayco travel trailer with a 2016 F350 Crew Cab Short Bed 4x4 which is 22’ with hitch giving us a total length of 55’. Verizon - two Google Pixel 2 XL on Verizon’s ‘Play More” unlimited data plans. For data we have an Inseego 8800L on Verizon’s expired prepaid unlimited hotspot plan. In areas of low signal we use a Netgear 6000450 MIMO antenna. T-Mobile/Sprint – Alcatel Linkzone 2 on unlimited Calyx Institute Sprint/T-Mobile plan. A review by sdplusztravels, a fulltime family of three living on the road in a RV. This review is our opinion and we have not been sponsored or compensated by anyone. Follow us on Instagram (@sdplusztravels) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/SDplusZ/).

Very nice place. Back in spot with 36ft fifth wheel. Wi-Fi was available for purchase but cable TV was good. Lot of permanent people. Well kept area. About four miles from good beach. Close to shopping and restauants. Tennis, pickleball, heated pool among activities. Did not use laundry, bathrooms, or showers. Would stay again.

I entered the office in an attempt to check-in and was promptly ignored. An employee named Wally finally looked up after a few minutes and reluctantly acknowledged my presence. This gentleman exudes indifference and is completely lacking in enthusiasm. Why would the resort put Wally at the front desk? Perhaps friendlier individuals should be considered? Anyway, the resort itself is BEAUTIFUL! The grounds are immaculate and well maintained. Endless amenities including pickleball, tennis and kayaks. Our full hookup back-in grass site was tight but comfortable. Enormous pool and great exercise room. Clean bathrooms with excellent shower stalls. And the 50 free cable channels were amazing! Further exercise note: there is a fabulous bike trail less than a mile from the campground. Great recycling program that includes plastic, aluminum and paper. We heard that the free clubhouse wifi was good but we didn't try it. Sadly 5 stars are not possible due to the unrelenting grumpiness of Wally!