Reviews

Shannon Mace

I will continue to make accounts to leave 1 star reviews until this issue is resolved since this seems to be the only place I get a response. The campgrounds phone response has been beyond atrocious, VRBO is trying to help me, but says the campground will not reply to them. I stayed at happy travelers RV resort as a booking through VRBO. Upon arrival, we were told that VRBO never sent the reservation and it was a "common issue", so we would need to rebook through them, and they would contact VRBO to refund from there. No problem! I am flexible! Except it was actually a huge problem. Neither service will refund so I am still being double charged! I tried calling, ended up texting with a "manager" who could not care less. I've finally resorted to claiming the charge as fraudulent with my bank, because at this point? that's what this is. The night we stayed wasn't even good? the smoke detector beeped the entire time, and it was on a high ceiling that we couldn't reach. We stood on a table and still could not reach it. Tried calling, and they did nothing about it. After being awake all night because of it, we left early. They will hear nothing about this complaint and will not refund even though this is clearly "services not rendered". I paid for a safe place to sleep for one night. I got none of that. I'm sure "Martha" the director will reply to this review as well, there is no Martha. I asked to speak to her and was met with confusion. This resort is running a scam through VRBO, stay away! TLDR? 1) they are running a scam through VRBO 2) this is NOT a safe place to stay- do not bring your children here! if there is a fire or any emergency they will simply die! and happy travelers will already have your money so not their problem. 3) always pay with a credit card so when they double charge you, you can file fraud with your bank :)

Nicole S

Ok I really wanted to love it! We were visiting from out of state and were going to Busch Gardens and stayed 2 nights. We got cabin 6, very cute, nice space inside, decent beds. However, check-in was a hassle. I never received the so called confirmation that had our access code. So we had to call a number and figure it out at 7:40pm or so. Got our cabin, kids were beat (we all were), took showers and hit the bed. At night, both my husband and I saw a cockroach in the cabin bathroom. The next day (yesterday), we spent all day at Busch Gardens and got back to cabin around 7:30. Kiddos took their showers. I went to go brush my teeth and I killed 5 baby cockroaches in the cabin bathroom within 10 mins. I reached out to their website, haven't heard anything yet. At 11:30pm, my husband got up to use the bathroom and killed 12, yes that is correct...12 cockroaches in the bathroom!! We checked out at 8am, I was really disappointed. This cabin has a serious bug problem. I saw 3 staff members walking up to the office (which opens at 9am) and I said something to them. Was told "the bug guy was just here Monday" "I'm really sorry about that". Totally unacceptable, should have been more than just "I'm sorry".

julianna gawne

Big thanks to the team who keeps this place running so smoothly! We had a great stay and really appreciated how cozy and inviting it was. We also want to thank you for being so responsive and kind in resolving the little hiccups we ran into — that kind of care really stood out. You helped make our trip easy and enjoyable!

Suzy Smith

We took a chance on these cabin and we very happy! Clean, quiet, and everything we needed for a quick weekend trip to visit our son at USF. The bed was a little hard for me but perfect for my husband who would sleep on the floor if he could. The bedroom was small but it was fine since we didn’t spend much time there other than to sleep. We will definitely be back!

Amy Teague

Friendly staff. You have to book through a third party which is not convenient. You have to wait for the office to get your information before check in. You can not call the establishment to book. The cabins are very nice and clean. Quiet and safe area. The beds are comfortable. Basic kitchen supplies so bring extra supplies. They do not have an ice maker. Bring your own ice. They are on well water so can stink of rotten eggs in your cabin. The property was recently bought and the owners are not hands on. Hopefully they change some issues, because this place could be fabulous. We would stay here again.

Jaheim Pennyfeather

First off this is easy a 5 star but the reason i did not give 5 stars is one reason but i will say why as the last thing but the cabins are beautiful, clean and gives you the feel of being in the forest. You actually smell the wood when you arrive. There is things to do as well like a grill if you feel like outside cooking, tables to sit outside, a pool table and guest what yes a heated pool and i was surprised with this one. Inside the cabin there is a range and refrigerator also dishes if you wish to use. There is a coffe maker for the coffee fiends. So why not the five stars? This was because the water inside the shower and all pipes smell like roten eggs i think they need to soften the water and if they do this i will definitely be back with the kids and grab the bigger cabin.

krazy ISH

Great find! Plenty of 1 & 2 bedroom cabins with more being built. Glamping! Staff was friendly & helpful. Great location to local activities. We had a rugby Tournament at the Tampa Sports complex which was a 13 min drive away. Only things that need to be fixed: shower water pressure was low & the pathway lights shine in the bedroom. We will definitely be back!

Chuck Masterson

Sending this review as I also plan to post it to Yelp and Google: We stayed at Happy Traveler resort just this past week, to spend spring break with our son who attends college at USF. The two things this “resort” has going for it are the friendly employees and the close proximity to USF. Aside from those two things, I would avoid this place like the plague. I would absolutely not consider this place a resort. There are several dilapidated RVs occupying sites, which seem to belong to full timers. Nothing against full timers, but several of the sites remind me of my child hood growing up in a trailer park. The only real amenity is a swimming pool, but what rv park or trailer park doesn’t have a pool these days. A few days into our stay, we left our two cats in the camper while went out to spend the day with our son. When we returned that afternoon, we found the power had been out nearly all day. The maintenance crews were on site, but had no idea why the back half was without power. It was over 100 degrees in our camper and our cats were struggling. When I spoke to the very nice lady at the front office, she too had no idea why the power was out, but was scrambling to get it back on. I was present while she was on the phone with the electric company, when it was revealed that the “resort” didn’t pay its bill. We spent that evening looking for a different park to move to, only to have the power turned back on around 6pm. Needless to say, we stayed for our last two days. The next day however, caused me to question that decision when we again lost power for about 30 minutes. Because I couldn’t trust that the electricity would stay on, I stayed at the camper while my family went on an outing…and I’m glad I did. It was much warmer that day, but being that I was there, I could open windows. I asked why this “resort” didn’t have some sort of text or email notification system, and got a look similar to a cow looking at a new gate. To boot, I reserved a “premium” site which was an unlevel gravel pad, with a small concrete pad and dilapidated picnic table. Nothing about my site screamed premium at all, unless you count the morning view of fornicating ducks a premium feature. At least there was a bit of humor bouncing around from site to site. The laundry facilities were acceptable, and accepted tap pay over coins which was nice. Even nicer was that certain wash setting resulted in free washing, which meant it only cost me $2 to wash and dry a load of laundry. Overall, nothing about this place earns it the title of resort. I would argue that very little is actually “nice.” I get that there aren’t many options that close to Tampa, but I’d urge you to first look elsewhere.

Niki Gilbertsen

The campground is convenient and located near all sorts of food options and places to go. We parked our camper here for a weekend to be close to a tournament that helped us bypass I4 traffic. It's a simple and quiet campground. They did change the site I originally booked when we arrived. They are Installing cute cabins which I tried to book a few weeks later. You have to call a 3rd party place where I always got someone different each time I called asking about availability. I was told by one person that I could book 1 night in a cabin and then told by another that I could not only book one night even though there was availability. I understand they're new, but get it straight.

Matt Pietri

First, the good. This park is is really cozy, completely tree covered spot to park your RV. It's quiet and peaceful, but still in a fantastic part of town convenient to the interstate and pretty much anywhere you'd want to go in the greater Tampa area. However, we had a very negative experience here. We arrived for check in after hours and were informed by the security guard that our site was no longer available. This was frustrating because I paid extra money on our reservation to lock/guarantee the site we picked. So the guard directed us to set up at a site that was "not being used". I would've been fine with that. But the next day, a manager named Scott called and informed me I needed to move. Now, this particular trip we were away from our camper and had absolutely no extra time to pack everything back up and move. But he very aggressively strong armed me into moving the camper, even saying "if you don't move it, I will" because of some construction that was to happen there. Needless to say, I had to make time at 5am the next morning to pack everything up and move. What is worse, Scott informed me there is no way to apply any form of discount for our troubles, so there was absolutely no recompense for the bad experience we had. And the extra salt on the wound was that the next few days we were there, absolutely no construction was happening on the original site as Scott claimed. Long story short, it's a nice resort. But you're taking a chance staying here as it's apparently wildly mismanaged.

Dr Sonja Gasque

Super Great Resort !!! I have an RV on the premises as our recreational "go to". Wonderful Place to relax and enjoy. Security is great in the Storage Area as well as the Park.

Mary Rudy

A very beautiful tree shaded resort. It's a 55 and over Park with pool pickleball horseshoes shuffleboard clubhouse activities 85° heated pool Winters. Great staff. Yearly lease right now is $625 per month plus electric.

Zac Sitzlar

We loved this campground! The staff were so friendly and the place was amazing- really close to Busch Gardens, only 20 minute drive from Downtown Tampa. Amenities were great. Wi-Fi was fast. Really enjoyed our stay!

Diane Abbott

Fantastic Experience! We came for an extended stay and were very happy with the location, amenities, and cleanliness of the park. I was able to work from the RV using the parks wifi and it worked seamlessly. They have social events each evening and the hosts were a blast for the ones that we attended. Currently they have food trucks come in twice a week that seem to be received well by the campers. The grounds are maintained and even though they allow pets I haven't seen "evidence" left by any of the pooches that I encountered. I would have given 5 stars if it wasn't for one cranky maintenance guy that would patrol the streets and never had anything nice to say.

Candy Johnson

Very nice RV park would definitely stay again if back in area. Sally is the best to deal with!!