Anytime Fitness — Attraction in Palm Coast

This place is a complete disgrace for a commercial gym. If you're considering signing up, I suggest you read this review in its entirety beforehand.

Here's what you will pay with the base level membership: $27.81 twice per month ($55.62/month), plus $39.58 twice a year. (Note: you're locked in for a full year and can't break your contract unless you move 25 miles away from Anytime Fitness, or if you have a note from your doctor that states you're medically incapable of working out.)

Now on to what you get... First off, this location is about 1/4 the size of a LA Fitness, Crunch, or Planet Fitness; so be prepared to wait your turn for mostly everything. Their clientele is mostly 60+ year old individuals, who treat the gym as their social club. They fraternize so loudly, unless you have noise cancelling headphones, you're going to be constantly listening in on all kinds of political conversations from the hard of hearing. The gym is always completely understaffed. The one lady there is always too busy taking personal phone calls to tend to members, and if you do catch her actually working, she's incredibly difficult to understand. The staff also never replaces the sanitizing wipes, each station is always depleted of wipes. The couple of TV's they have are about 20 years old and are usually turned off for some reason.

Finally, let me enlighten you on the condition of their machines; everything is damaged and falling apart, including all their dumbbells and plates. This franchise owner blatantly does not care about upkeeping the equipment. To me it was like going to a gym in a third world country! The pictures attached to the review were taken within the last 6 months.

Use your money, time, and sanity wisely by crossing this place...

I have tried twice to cancel my Anytime Fitness membership, to no avail. When I moved to Palm Coast, Florida in 2013, I joined this Anytime Fitness. I loved the gym! Clean, not crowded! Staff was wonderful and helpful! I had to cancel my membership in 2014 because I was going to be out of town for a prolonged period of time. I cancelled with no problems!!! Because of my wonderful past experiences with this gym, I rejoined last year. Tammy signed me up, and she was very helpful and nice. When gyms reopened after the pandemic shutdown, I came into the gym to cancel my membership. I am afraid to use the gym at this time. I spoke with Crystal. I had never met her before. She informed me that I couldn’t cancel until August. She told me that I could freeze my membership for 3 months. I first thought that I would freeze my membership for May, June, and July. My contract would be up in August, and I could then cancel. Crystal corrected me and told me that after August, 3 more months would be added on to make up for the frozen months. I refused that offer. Although I understand about gym membership, I also totally think it is just bad business and bad faith not to cancel anyone’s membership in the middle of this pandemic. I went home to wait for August. I have continued to be billed, although I don’t use the gym out of fear. I returned on July 21st hoping to, once again, cancel my membership in August. Crystal told me that my membership would now not be up until the end of October. That is definitely not what she told me last time. Also, I felt that she was unprofessional in her manner. All I want to do is cancel my gym membership. Florida COVID 19 positive cases are spiking and I am very fearful of gyms,...

Highly considering suing this place and the manager. I signed a one year contract (12 months). Dec 5th 2024 I called in to cancel my contract, as it had already been over a year, I had to look that one up since I joined I the beginning early Nov 2023. I was informed that I had to wait until my contract ended first and sign paper work in person to end my membership. I went in on the day of expiration as per the information on the app of Jan 14 2025. I signed my cancelation paper work and was treated like crap. I was told I would be charged an additional 30 days because I didn’t give 30 days notice…. After I just canceled my membership…and tried canceling a month prior…I left my key card on her desk and she kept pushing it back to me. I left without it and revoked their draft authorization with my bank. The entire “year” contract also covered 2023 to 2025 which is not right. There was also zero mention in the contract of this that was articulable in any sense, in other words I didn’t find anything in it. They claim I owe them money. Prior to all this my wife and I joined on the same day. She called in numerous times to change her bank information even tried the app. She was charged at least 5 times to old bank information bi-monthly, creating bank and gym fees left and right. 2 and a half months and they couldn’t get it right. She couldn’t close the old account because they kept over-drafting it. She was very rudely treated and was forced to block this company from charging and was subsequently sent to collections for $300. In total we went to this gym between the two of us 5 times. Worst experience I have ever had...