Pelican Cay Harbor

Had a one nights experience which lasted only 1 hour. This place is a dump and encourage anyone to stay away. Looked like a junk yard and very tight quarters. We had booked a two-​week stay and quickly advised them that we could not stay in this place. No refund has been forthcoming. Please research this place thoroughly before booking. Our stay ended when the neighbors came home and turned up the music and then harassed us saying «oh don’t like music». Felt very uncomfortable.
This is not a campground, this is a ghetto — don’t go there.

I cannot believe that anyone would give this DUMP any stars at all!
I should have known better because no deposit was required, but this was the only campground that did not have a minimum stay for Labor Day weekend.
40 minutes before check-​in I get a message from Suzan that the electric blew in the houseboat. We tried calling her back but no answer. So we drive by and this guy moves the barricade cones and it seemed like Suzan recognized who we were and tried hiding. I yelled her name out and she told us «she’s sorry but there is nothing she can do». Supposedly everything she had was booked. My husband is pretty handy and she wouldn’t even let him check out the electrical problem. She didn’t offer to call around other local places to stay, Here we are trying to look up somewhere else to stay in the car on our cell phones. We couldn’t find anything local and the south bound traffic was so bad by then – WE JUST WENT HOME!
The place looked horrible and Suzan was completely unhelpful. My sister-​in-​law said she would not let her daughter walk around alone.
Thanks for ruining our vacation!

Suzan completely hosed us. Gave us a price by phone, and then after a week, gave us a bill for 3x the agreed upon amount. Everything was done by phone, so no proof. We go down to FL in the busy season and waited too long to book, so our usual park was full. She responded to our ad on craigslist a month and a half before we went down to FL. The park looks like a junkyard. The trailer we were renting had no working bathroom and no hot water. It couldn’t even be cleaned well, and wasn’t. The floor was so rotted that she had to put plywood down and cover it with a runner.
The day of the 3x higher than agreed upon amount bill presentation, we attempted to talk to her about it, and she started yelling and flailing her arms and stormed back to her trailer and slammed the door.
She’s completely nuts. Gets you to come down to her craphole and charges you triple, thinking you have nowhere else to go. Luckily, we found somewhere else to go. She did this to two other families while we were there. One family ended up leaving a week after us and stayed at the same place as us. Just save yourself the headache and skip this place!

This place is great if you want a low budget experience. It is a no-​frills vacation park with good fishing on-​site. If you’re used to fancy parks you will not be impressed. Junk everywhere, several sections of dock were falling apart. I rented a trailer here, it was very musty and most of the screens missing. Some of the other trailers for rent seem to be in better condition.
Suzane the owner/​operator was friendly and accommodating, but she needs to catch up on the maintenance and repairs.
On the upside, the other guests were pretty chill and there’s none of the pretension that you get at the pricier parks. There are also kayaks and canoes for your use at no extra charge. The shower in the bath house had good pressure and the bathrooms were pretty clean. There’s also a couple junk pontoon boats parked at the dock for you to relax or fish on.
If you decide to stay here, I absolutely recommend you get everything in writing to make sure there won’t be confusion about how much you paid, what you paid for, etc.

our stay at the campground at pelican cay was very interesting. we stayed in a travel trailer for 2 weeks. it’s a very laid back campground and suzan is a pretty cool crazy lady! she’s also a one woman show! she can guide you in parking your camper like nobody’s business, is great with the kids (gave them lessons on mangrove trees, bought them a basketball, brought them star fruit each morning, and let them go shrimping!), and overall was pretty pleasant. there were a few nights where some guys on the boat were pretty noisy but they left after the first week of our stay. if you are in a self contained camper you’ll do fine. there are no laundry machines, but down in town there is a nice one that’s easy to find and use. and if you need to know where anything is suzan is sure to know :)