This Resort was a study in contradictions. It is currently undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation and will certainly be a destination in the future. However, right now you have to have a reason to stay here. It has a beautiful pool and pool area. The beach is great. The lobby area is o.k. and there is a cafe that is open only certain hours.
The place is a strange mixture of privately owned units operated by the Harbour Beach Owners Assoc'n, and other units owned by Westgate Resorts. If you can get a room on the first two, maybe three floors, you will probably have a good experience. Anything above that will be chancy. They have a pigeon problem and the units on either side of us had balconies so full of pigeon poop they made it impossible to use our balcony without feeling sick. Also, the higher balconies have not been kept up and they are not a place you want to spend any time. They outdoor hallways and walkways on the upper floors need renewal. It is not a pleasant walk to your unit. We were in a Westgate unit on the 7th floor that was just o.k. once you were inside the door and if you stayed off the balcony.
I don't know the prices of other places on the beach as we chose this because of Westgate's reputation. It was not up to it.
If you absolutely must be on Daytona Beach, this would be a decent place if you had a lower unit.

We recently stayed ( family of 5) at Harbour Beach Resort in the month of June. We booked through the front desk( Angela is a gem) and our stay was wonderful.
We recieved daily maid service and had a beautiful ocean front room.The room was very clean and the balcony was great. The pool is one of the largest I've come across, and my children loved it! The beach and pool areas are locked so I didn't feel like I was sharing the pool with a bunch of people off the beach that didn't belong, which happened at another hotel before.
There is also a free park directly next door that had a huge play area and water streams that shoot up from the ground and a volley ball court. My kids loved it and it helped cut down the cost of the vacation and gave us some nice variety. The only downside to this condo/hotel was that we did not have more vacation time!! We will be back soon, Thanks for a wonderful stay!

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.