Rules and Guidelines
Reservation // Payment // Cancellation Policies
Payment Policy
All credit and debit card payments are subject to a 3.5% convenience fee.
To avoid this fee, you may pay by cash, ACH transfer, or check.
Thank you for your understanding.
1. All site fees are due and payable at the time the reservation is made or at check-in.
2. Reservations guarantee a site type, not a specific site number. Unlocked bookings may be reassigned as needed.
3. Cancellations
- More than 72 hours (3 days) before arrival → $50 cancellation fee
- Within 72 hours (3 days) → one-night charge
- No refunds or credits for early departures or weather issues.
Check-In // Check-Out
- Check-In: 1:00 PM Check-Out: 11:00 AM
- Late check-out requires prior approval and may incur fees.
- Departures disrupting incoming guests may result in a $250 fine.
RVs // Vehicles
1. Only one (1) RV per site; units must be 10 years or newer or have management approval.
2. Tents and Add-A-Rooms are not permitted.
3. One (1) vehicle per site.
- Electric-vehicle charging requires payment.
- Absolutely no parking on roads, grass, vacant sites, or protruding into streets.
- Violations → towing at owner’s expense or $100 fine.
4. Registration tags must be visible at all times.
5. Boats, trailers, and car caddies must be registered and parked in the 53rd Ave lot with visible tags.
6. Golf carts may be operated on streets only – no use on grass, sidewalks, or courts. No ATVs/UTVs.
7. Must hold a valid driver’s license to operate any motorized vehicle.
8. Speed Limit = 5 MPH. Strictly enforced for everyone’s safety — violators may be evicted without refund.
9. No skateboards, scooters or hover boards allowed. Electric bikes are ok but they must follow the same rules as vehicles.
Property // Site
- Keep sites clean and orderly.
- Dispose of trash only in designated bins – no overnight trash.
- Wastewater must enter authorized receptacles with approved, sealed sewer connections.
- Campfires allowed only in approved fire pits; must be attended at all times.
- Outside firewood prohibited; available for purchase at store.
- Do not attach, drive, or stake anything (flags, posts, décor, clotheslines) into resort property.
- Grass-damaging mats/rugs are not allowed.
- No smoking or vaping inside any building, pool deck, or Lanai; use designated
receptacles.
Registrants // Visitors
- Firearms, weapons, or fireworks = strictly prohibited.
- Quiet Hours: 11 PM – 8 AM. Generators not allowed onsite.
- Max 4 guests per site; extra guests incur additional charges.
- Registrants are responsible for conduct and safety of all occupants/visitors.
- Visitors must register at front desk and display a parking pass.
- No selling, advertising, or offering services without management approval.
- Do not share gate codes – maintain guest privacy.
- Guests are financially responsible for any damage (intentional or accidental). Willful damage → eviction & prosecution.
- Facility use is at guests’ own risk; resort is not liable for loss or damage due to accidents, theft, or weather.
- Courtesy required – any abusive, profane, or harassing behavior toward staff or guests → immediate eviction without refund.
- Palms of Gainesville is privately owned; management reserves the right to refuse service to anyone.
- Anybody under the age of 16 needs to be accompanied by an adult that means the pool and all common areas.
Pool Rules
- Pool hours: Dawn – Dusk
- No lifeguard on duty. Swim at your own risk.
• Children under 16 must be supervised by an adult (18+). - Proper swimwear required; infants must wear swim diapers.
- Shower before entering the pool.
- No glass containers allowed. Broken glass may require pool draining — responsible guest will be charged for cleanup and repairs.
- Management may close the pool at any time for maintenance or safety.
Pet Policy
- Two (2) pets maximum per site (unless approved).
• Restricted breeds: Akita, Chow, Wolf, Rottweiler, Pit Bull, Doberman, and other aggressive types. - Pet owners are legally responsible for their animals and any damage or injury.
- Pets must be leashed and supervised when outside the RV; always provide water.
- Excessive barking or aggression → immediate removal.
- Pick up after pets. Failure = $50 fine.
• Use waste stations throughout the resort (including dog park).
• No cigarette butts in pet areas. - Pets may not urinate or defecate on other guests’ property.
Photos & Videos
Photo/video notice: We occasionally take photographs and video of the park, its amenities, guests and RVs for use in park brochures, on our website and on social media. If you or anyone in your party prefers not to appear in photographs or would like an existing image removed, please notify the park office at 352-451-4566 or [email protected]. We will make reasonable efforts to exclude you from future images and remove images upon request. This notice is provided in accordance with applicable Florida law.
Attention
- All rules and regulations are enforced.
- Violations may result in immediate eviction without refund.
- These rules supersede any earlier versions.
- Management may update rules and policies at any time without notice.
Privacy Policy
Last updated: 8/22/2022
Palms of Gainesville (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates https://palmsofgainesville.com (the Site). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from users of the Site.
We use your Personal Information only for providing and improving the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Information Collection and Use
While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include but is not limited to your name (“Personal Information”).
Log Data
Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site (“Log Data”).
This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.
In addition, we may use third party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor, and analyze.
Communications
We may use your Personal Information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information.
Cookies
Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer’s hard drive.
Like many sites, we use “cookies” to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.
Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of 8/22/2022 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.
We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.
If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our website.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.
Chapter 513, Fla. Stat.
Section 513.114, Fla. Stat., Liability for property of guests.
(1) The operator of a recreational vehicle park is not under any obligation to accept for safekeeping any moneys, securities, jewelry, or precious stones of any kind belonging to any guest; and, if such properties are accepted for safekeeping, the operator is not liable for the loss of any of the properties unless such loss was the proximate result of fault or negligence of the operator. However, if the recreational vehicle park gave a receipt for the property, which receipt had a statement of the property value on a form which stated, in type large enough to be clearly noticeable, that such park was not liable for a greater amount than $1,000 for any loss exceeding $1,000 and was only liable for an amount up to $1,000 if the loss was the proximate result of fault or negligence of the operator, the liability of the operator is limited to $1,000 for such loss.
(2) The operator of a recreational vehicle park is not liable or responsible to any guest for the loss of wearing apparel, goods, or other property, except as provided in subsection (1), unless such loss occurred as the proximate result of fault or negligence of such operator; and, in case of fault or negligence, the operator is not liable for a greater sum than $500, unless the guest, prior to the loss or damage, filed with the operator an inventory of the guest’s effects and their value and the operator was given an opportunity to inspect such effects and check them against such inventory. The operator of a recreational vehicle park is not liable or responsible to any guest for a greater amount than $1,000 for the loss of effects listed in such inventory as having a value of a total amount exceeding $1,000.
Section 513.121, Fla. Stat., Obtaining accommodations in a recreational vehicle park with intent to defraud; penalty: rules of evidence.
(1) Any person who obtains accommodations in a recreational vehicle park which have a value of less than $300 on a transient basis, with intent to defraud the operator of the park, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083; if such accommodations have a value of $300 or more, such person is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(2) In a prosecution under subsection (1), proof that the accommodations were obtained by false pretense; by false or fictious show of property; by absconding without paying, or offering to pay, for such accommodations; or by surreptitiously removing, or attempting to remove, a recreational vehicle, park trailer, or tent constitutes prima facie evidence of fraudulent intent. If the operator of the park has probable cause to believe, and does believe, that any person has obtained accommodations at the park with intent to defraud the operator of the park, the failure to make payment upon demand for payment, there being no dispute as to the amount owed, constitutes prima facie evidence of fraudulent intent.
Section 513.13, Fla. Stat., Recreational vehicle parks; ejection; grounds; proceedings.
(1) The operator of any recreational vehicle park may remove or cause to be removed from such park, in the manner provided in this section, any transient guest of the park who, while on the premises of the park, illegally possesses or deals in a controlled substance as defined in chapter 893; who disturbs the peace, quiet enjoyment, and comfort of other persons; who causes harm to the physical park; who violates the posted park rules and regulations; or who fails to make payment of rent at the rental rate agreed upon and by the time agreed upon. The admission of a person to, or the removal of a person from, any recreational vehicle park may not be based upon race, color, national origin, sex, physical disability, or creed.
(2) The operator of any recreational vehicle park shall notify such guest that the park no longer desires to entertain the guest and shall request that such guest immediately depart from the park. Such notice shall be given in writing, as follows: “You are hereby notified that this recreational vehicle park no longer desires to entertain you as its guest, and you are requested to leave at once. To remain after receipt of this notice is a misdemeanor under the laws of this state.” If such guest has paid in advance, the park shall, at the time such notice is given, tender to the guest the unused portion of the advance payment. Any guest who remains or attempts to remain in such park after being requested to leave commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(3) If a guest has accumulated an outstanding account in excess of an amount equivalent to 3 nights’ rent at a recreational vehicle park, the operator may disconnect all utilities of the recreational vehicle and notify the guest that the action is for the purpose of requiring the guest to confront the operator or permittee and arrange for the payment of the guest’s account. Such arrangement must be in writing, and a copy shall be furnished to the guest. Upon entering into such agreement, the operator shall reconnect the utilities of the recreational vehicle.
(4) If any person is illegally on the premises of any recreational vehicle park, the operator of such park may call upon any law enforcement officer of this state for assistance. It is the duty of such law enforcement officer, upon the request of such operator, to remove from the premises or place under arrest any guest who, according to the park operator, violated subsection (1) or subsection (2). If a warrant has been issued by the proper judicial officer for the arrest of any guest who violates subsection (1) or subsection (2), the officer shall serve the warrant, arrest the guest, and take the guest into custody. Upon removal or arrest, with or without warrant, the guest is deemed to have abandoned or given up any right to occupancy of the premises of the recreational vehicle park; and the operator of the park shall employ all reasonable and proper means to care for any personal property left on the premises by such guest and shall refund any unused portion of moneys paid by such guest for the occupancy of such premises. If conditions do not allow for immediate removal of the guest’s property, he or she may arrange a reasonable time, not to exceed 48 hours, with the operator to come remove the property, accompanied by a law enforcement officer.
(5) In addition to the grounds for ejection established by law, grounds for ejection may be established in a written lease agreement between a recreational vehicle park operator or permittee and a recreational vehicle park guest.
A current copy of Chapter 513, Fla. Stat., is available in the park office for public inspection, in the registration area.