Sunshine Holiday Ft. Lauderdale

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This is trailer park not an RV resort. Rode our bikes to store and did not feel safe. Lots of shady characters in and surrounding area. Confused about where to go when we arrived. Gate is an open door with cars coming in and out. PLEASE do the RV’ER a favor and advertise as a trailer park. We will not be returning. Very disappointed.

Terri Seay

We arrived today, August 31, 2025. We are Thousand Trails members and we pay extra for the Trails Collection, we were not given any instructions on how to get into the park, and no one is in the park office, no gate code, we contacted Thousand Trails office and were told they were supposed to have sent an email and didn't; only a text message with a confirmation number in it. We met THREE residents as we were trying to get into the park who were helpful. The spots are very small and they put 2 pull through sites per spot and nowhere to park your tow vehicle. The hookups are on the opposite side than in any other park, the sewer hookup is right outside the front door. If there are 2 RVs with slides, there's no way they will fit in these spots. We are very disappointed so far, if it gets better I will update, but the stress level is through the roof. The codes for the buildings aren't right and I didn't see any bathrooms around the pool area. So far we will not be coming back here, we're not picky people so it takes a lot to upset us, but this park did that from the moment we arrived.

Ben Walcott

This is a very shabby run down RV park in a very sketchy neighborhood. Our site was a converted mobile home site. The sewer hook up was on one side, water and electric on the other. We had booked for 5 nights. We left after one night and forfeited our entire payment willingly.

Slingshot Joe

Lived here for a little over 1 year, not exactly by choice. Let me start off by saying I've lived in South Florida for 10+ years. 3 years ago I bought my dream fifth wheel. 42' Vanleigh Vilano. I'm also a local business owner. My family and I decided to take a 1 year vacation using Thousand Trails. We visited 23 states and countless campgrounds in that time. When we decided to come back home we settled on Sunshine Holiday. What an absolute mistake SMH. It's been an absolutely horrible experience since day 1. Started off month to month First week we got here we were welcomed "home" by getting one our E-bikes stolen. The one with the child carrier on the back. Whoever stole it took the child carrier off the bike and left it in the parking lot on the other side of the wall towards the gate. Police report was made but no type of compensation was offered. Week 2 we were told our spot was only for 1 car. My neighbor only had 1 car but was in a spot that offered 2 spots. He had told me I could use it since it was open and unused. Office told me that's not how it works and I would need to pay $150 a month and park the other car in storage. Ultimately the neighbor ended up leaving the park all together and the office made us move our entire rig 1 spot over so we could have the 2 parking spots. Why move an entire rig 1 spot over when we could have just used the spot? Whatever we moved it over. Month 4 we were told our new spot had been rented by a Canadian family long term and we would have to leave the park all together because there were no more spots. We had signed for 6 months by this point. We stood our ground and miraculously a spot opened up. We had to move the rig again this time closer to the pool. This spot only offered 1 spot. We were forced to pay the $150 for storage every month from this point forward. Month 6 all of sudden we could no longer rent the spot under our name. Now we were told it would have to go under someone else name that had a valid driver's license. I flew my mother down from PA and signed another 6 months under her name. We were told in 6 months it could go back in my name. And we would just need to switch it back and forth. Fine. Month 8 my other E-bike was stolen. Again police report filed. Again no type of compensation. 3 cameras were than installed on our rig. Month 12 all office staff were fired. Michael gone. Anthony gone. Sade was fired a few months prior. All gone except the one that should have been fired first. We were all told there was no management at the moment as corporate was taking the park over and sending one of their people. Month 12. My rig was hit on one of the slide outs as another camper was trying to pull his rig into the spot next to mine. Light damage. Office called the police and accident report filed. Month 14. I show up 1 week early to pay for the next 6 months. Due date June 6. It's May 30. Payment schedule for 6 months to stay here. Month 1 $3750 Month 2 $1875 Month 3 $1875 Plus electric Plus storage (if applicable) I walk in to the office 1 week early to give them a little over $4000 for their parking spot and they tell me I have to leave for 30 days and come back! I now have 6 days before I'm homeless and nobody thought it would have been a good idea to let me know this new rule has come into play! The park is almost completely empty since all the Canadians left. Many of which won't be returning. This campground has great potential but management is ruining the experience. The crime doesn't help it any. The cost is extremely exuberant for what you get. The gate is broken more than it's working. The park floods every time it rains. The park caters to the Canadians and screws over the locals. The new manager Joe Rivera is going to ruin it further. Nasty attitude over the phone. I will take Joe's advice "there are a lot of other parks in florida where you can stay... go find one" you're right joe. Thousand Trails/Encore you should be ashamed of yourselves. I understand this is a business like any other but take one look at your own reviews!

Ryan Garrett

0/100 The only compliment I will give this place is to the photographer who took the pictures for the website. Fantastic photos, they make you think you're staying somewhere nice. This place is a trailer park!! Not a mobile home community, a TRAILER PARK. Not an RV resort either. We called and told them we were going to show up an hour after the office closed, they said no problem. Our problem was they did not leave us any information, no site number, we had to find an empty spot to park for the night. The hookups are on the wrong side at every site. Used laundry house water drains in the street daily. The front gate is broken so the property is not secure. I need to stop thinking about the other issues with this place, it's causing my blood pressure to rise. Does not live up the Encore name. I hope someone turns the place around. Could be something special someday. Here's a few photos from the "RV resort" side of this place.