Don't even think about renting from the front desk in this place! They don't answer the phones, so you can't even get a reservation! We found a private owner, Stephanie Jones, who rents 4 units there. We stayed in 501, and our friends stayed in 809. Both units were great. 501 was spacious, clean, and the view was totally awesome! I will never try to rent from anyone but a private owner again!! Mrs. Jones took care of our every need! We ran out of clean towels, and she had the cleaner there within 1/2 an hour. She could have told us to sit on it and go to the darn laundry room, but that sure wasn't the case! The units were nicely furnished, well lit, comfortable, clean, and had an awesome view. The complex itself leaves a lot to be desired, so our room was our little heaven from the cruel world below.

We had a great time in Daytona. We rented from a individual 202 "mary" and she is a great person to rent from. Our air went out and she had it replaced the next day. She was straight up with me and told me the building was a little worn from the hurricane. And the managment said that they just got the insurance settlement to fix it back up. I didn't think it was that bad. Our room was nice and a beautiful view of the beach. The pool was great and the spa was even better after a long ride. It was also nice to hace a small water park "free" next to you for someting different. The kids love that. She also had beach chairs so we did not have to rent.

Now for the bad which is no way any reflection on the owner. We did not have any thing to carry our lug.. on. And that was hard. The elevators was hot in the day. Also a lot of water in the halls as you walk to you room from other air condition units.

Over all it was great. The grounds were well kept and clean. I will stay here again.

We always rent from Stephanie Jones who books for many of the private owners there at Harbor. This time we brought our extended family, so we needed a larger place with more room. Unit 501 had a king bed, queen, and 2 single pullouts in the living room, 2 bathrooms, full separate kitchen, and it was plenty spacious for the six of us. I love the decor, which Ms. Jones designed herself. It's sort of 'retro' and very colorful. We loved it so much, we're going to request it every time we return. The unit was immaculate, the resort is great, and the proximity to everything is wonderful. It's only a short walk up the beach to the pier and boardwalk, there are grocery stores within a mile, and more restaurants than I could count. The view from the huge balcony in the living room and picture windows in the bedroom was awesome! There's also a park next door with cooking grills, an interactive water park for little kids, basketball, volleyball, and a fantastic play area for young ones. You may read many negative comments about the Harbor, but if you rent from private owners, especially Ms. Jones, you'll never go wrong!

We rented a condo (motel room) from an individual owner for the week of July 2-9. The pictures on the internet looked great, the building was described as a newer building. (maybe in the 70's) .. when we arrived there was no luggage carriers to haul your luggage up on. The elevators were nasty and also in one of these the expiration date was 8/2004. made us feel very comfortable, also the elevetors had no air. we arrived on Saturday 7-2-05 the owner met us there, the room was a dissapointment. there was no headboards, beds were to be queen size but they were full size. the sliding glass doors that lead to the balcony were very hard to open. The pictures on the internet showed this place decorated with stylish pictures, curtains, etc. The owner said that everything got damaged from the hurricanes last summer. How long does it take to remodel a 16x30 room?

They have a service desk but unless you are renting directly from harbor beach they wiil not help you with anything. but even then they leave at 6pm after that you have to use a pool key to get in any of the doors. also you need to pool key to go anywhere in this resort.We had one pool key and one room key for a family with (2) teenagers. I was so tired after a week of running up and down the hall to let one of the kids out to the pool and then having to run back to the door to unlock it so they could get back into the building. The lobby was not cleaned until about wednesday. I think that was the first day we saw any employees anywhere.