About Royal Restrooms of Georgia
Royal Restrooms owner, David Sauers, and his family.
If Royal Restrooms was a majestic southern oak tree, its roots would be in Savannah, Georgia and its branches would spread across the state and the country. Georgia is the birthplace of the company, founded on a hot summer day in 2004, where David Sauers, then a banker, took two of his daughters to a festival in the park. When faced with a dirty port-a-potty and a potty training child, he knew there had to be a better solution. From there, Sauers met up with Kappa Alpha fraternity brother Robert Glisson who took Sauers’ rough idea and gave it his engineer’s polish.
The two men worked weddings, backyard oyster roasts, and small company events until Hurricane Katrina hit. While the Savannah and coastal Georgia region collected diapers and baby supplies to send with the Royal Restrooms family as they headed to storm-ravaged Louisiana, Sauers and Glisson prepared for the worst.
“Up until then we had used our restrooms for parties and weddings. We had to rethink our mindset. We were driving into what looked like a war zone. From that moment on, we rethought our purpose.” Sauers was deeply moved by what he saw on his trip to Louisiana. “We provide luxury portable restrooms for weddings, parties, sporting events and non-profit celebrations but we also provide them for any time in life, be it a business remodel or a disaster relief situation. We want to be there in your time of crisis, and we don’t just mean when your in-laws are coming to town.”
From the flagship Savannah office, 47 additional offices have sprung up all over the country, with three offices right here to serve the peach state: Savannah, Atlanta, and Columbus.
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Meet our team
David Sauers
Owner, Savannah and Nationwide
David is the co-founder of Royal Restrooms Nationwide and Director of Nationwide Franchise Sales. He graduated from Georgia Southern University in 1997 with a degree in Political Science and minors in International Business and African History. After his professional golf career was cut short by an automobile accident injury, he went on to be a banking vice president and commercial lender before his entrepreneurial spirit led him to co-found Royal Restrooms in 2004.
David and Christy have five children and live in Savannah, Georgia. They attend Blessed Sacrament Church, enjoy boating the coastal waterways, and patronize local restaurants.
Robert Glisson
Savannah
Robert is the co-founder of Royal Restrooms Nationwide and President of Royal Restrooms Savannah. He graduated from Mercer University in 1995. A professional environmental engineer by trade, he co-founded Royal Restrooms in 2004. He left a lucrative job at an engineering firm to lend his technical skills to the design of the original luxury, portable restroom trailer. Robert is the managing partner of the flagship Savannah office, which has seen exponentially growth, from two trailers to 45.
Robert and Julianne have two children, Ross and Annabelle. They are proud residents of Savannah, Georgia.
Emma Sauers
Royal Restrooms Nationwide
Emma has worked as a marketing intern at the company for over a year. She has traveled to wedding shows in Denver, Dallas and Chicago to promote Royal Restrooms to newly engaged brides and their families. In addition to marketing, Emma has been learning a little plumbing and electrical as well so that she can trouble shoot trailer issues on the fly in order to provide better customer service.
Unexpectedly, one of Emma’s favorite parts of her time at the company so far has been driving the 20 foot trailers long distances. “Seeing America from the highway has always been exciting to me. With a Royal Restroom behind me, I enjoy getting waved to by the people who pass me by and seeing the excitement on their faces.”
Kym McCarty
Savannah
Kym McCarty has been with Royal Restrooms since 2006 and is the backbone of the Savannah office. Kym has watched the small company grow from notes scribbled on the back of receipts to networked computers and personalized software and she has been a part of shaping the progress every step of the way. Kym is truly a “leasing specialist,” able to service clients hosting small dinner parties or large, nationwide corporate clients with multiple site needs spanning many states.
Kendall and Katherine are Kym and husband Brooks’ daughters. Although Kym’s favorite hobby is taking care of clients who are more like friends, at the end of a long week, Kym enjoys landscaping in her yard to help herself get out of her head and relax.
Aixa Gonzalez
Royal Restrooms Nationwide
Since 2016, Aixa Gonzalez has been a part of Royal Restrooms. She started quite literally from the bottom with the company, cleaning and serving restroom trailers. Aixa has a deep appreciation for every facet of the business and can personally guarantee that when she says a restroom is up to her standards, it is. Aixa has experience in delivering trailers to their most desirable location and can direct customers to the best possible set up. Being onsite across the country at wedding shows and locally at community events, Aixa always ensures that the Royal Restrooms brand shines.
The only woman in a house full of men, Aixa has two sons and a husband who keep her on her toes as well as assorted farm animals.
Jeff Murns
Savannah
Jeff has been a fixture at Royal Restrooms for 13 years. The all-purpose, versatile utility player, Jeff is just as comfortable welding a retrofitted trailer as he is setting up a trailer for a black-tie gala. When asked what his favorite part of his time at Royal Restrooms has been he will respond off the cuff that it has been the travel opportunities but there have been so many memories and special events over his decade long service that he has a hard time picking just one.
Jeff and his wife, Carey, have two daughters and Jeff takes great pride in spending time with them when he is not with his Royal Restrooms family.
Tom and Denise Turner
Owners, Columbus
Tom and Denise Turner are proud franchisees of Royal Restrooms of Columbus.
Tom was part of the Royal Restrooms Nationwide family for 15 years, as was Denise briefly, before they both acquired the Columbus, Georgia office. They worked side by side in the Savannah, Georgia office gaining valuable knowledge and offering some experience to the staff there as well.
Moving to the Columbus office gave them the confidence to also acquire the first Alabama-based franchise, one based in Montgomery. It is run by Denise and her daughter, Jessie.
Tom and Denise have two daughters, both who have Royal Restrooms in their blood.
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