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carolinavic
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Member since 8/08 34 total posts
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6/7/2009 3:00 PM
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Bourne Mansion
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
do you have any suggestions..
did you like the hotelll
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Posted 1/15/09 4:19 PM 
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nicopico13
Finally husband and wife!! :)
Member since 2/07 3300 total posts
Wedding Date:
8/9/2009 3:30 PM
Wed. Location:
Hamlet Willow Creek
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
Can't believe I never went to the "honeymoon" section before !! So glad I found this post after the day I've had researching hotels in Tahiti!
I was starting to get discouraged by the bad reviews I read for each hotel, people were saying that the service was horrible and the people were very rude to americans. Girls who went, did you experience this?
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Posted 1/17/09 4:33 PM
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tammi2308
He's the reason I smile :)
Member since 2/08 1137 total posts
Wedding Date:
7/3/2009 7:00 PM
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We love it!
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
Posted by nicopico13
Can't believe I never went to the "honeymoon" section before !! So glad I found this post after the day I've had researching hotels in Tahiti!
I was starting to get discouraged by the bad reviews I read for each hotel, people were saying that the service was horrible and the people were very rude to americans. Girls who went, did you experience this?
Hi, Ladies. I'm still looking into honeymoon packages. Can anyone share about how much it is to go on a honeymoon here for about 7-8 days? I don't want to start looking into this if it's way out of our budget.
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Posted 1/18/09 5:38 PM
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KerriJohnS
Final Count - 208
Member since 11/08 7656 total posts
Wedding Date:
11/6/2009 3:00 PM
Wed. Location:
The Royalton
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
Mine is 8600 for both of us with airfare for like 12 nights or something. Its for 2 islands, bora bora and moorea... overwater bungalow in bora bora and a garden with private poll bungalow on moorea. I know thats longer than you asked for but just to give you an idea.
i think i saw some deals in the 4000 range and upwards. im sure you might even find it for a little less if you research.
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Posted 1/18/09 9:28 PM
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tammi2308
He's the reason I smile :)
Member since 2/08 1137 total posts
Wedding Date:
7/3/2009 7:00 PM
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We love it!
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
Thanks, I'm looking into this now.
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Posted 1/18/09 9:47 PM
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Mrs. V 2008
Married 8 months already!!!!
Member since 9/06 22396 total posts
Wedding Date:
8/15/2008 4:00 PM
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Watermill A++++++++++++++
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
Posted by KerriJohnS
Posted by Mrs. V 2008
Bora Bora was incredible!!!!!!!! I stayed at the pearl..so if anyone has any questions..i might have answers!
You stayed at the Pearl beach resport? i am staying there in Moorea.
yes in both Moorea and Bora Bora..it was incredible!!!
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Posted 1/19/09 4:06 PM
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KerriJohnS
Final Count - 208
Member since 11/08 7656 total posts
Wedding Date:
11/6/2009 3:00 PM
Wed. Location:
The Royalton
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
Posted by Mrs. V 2008
Posted by KerriJohnS
Posted by Mrs. V 2008
Bora Bora was incredible!!!!!!!! I stayed at the pearl..so if anyone has any questions..i might have answers!
You stayed at the Pearl beach resport? i am staying there in Moorea.
yes in both Moorea and Bora Bora..it was incredible!!!
OK so did you like Moorea? I saw someone was less than pleased with it.. which happens.. and can happen almost anywhere.
Do you have any recomendations of excursions that you went on and loved or wished you did? Anything you could recommend would be appreciated! TIA!
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Posted 1/19/09 9:16 PM
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nicopico13
Finally husband and wife!! :)
Member since 2/07 3300 total posts
Wedding Date:
8/9/2009 3:30 PM
Wed. Location:
Hamlet Willow Creek
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
Posted by tammi2308
Posted by nicopico13
Can't believe I never went to the "honeymoon" section before !! So glad I found this post after the day I've had researching hotels in Tahiti!
I was starting to get discouraged by the bad reviews I read for each hotel, people were saying that the service was horrible and the people were very rude to americans. Girls who went, did you experience this?
Hi, Ladies. I'm still looking into honeymoon packages. Can anyone share about how much it is to go on a honeymoon here for about 7-8 days? I don't want to start looking into this if it's way out of our budget.
Like me, if you go, you will be going during the popular time so unfortunately the prices are higher.
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Posted 1/20/09 10:21 AM
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nicopico13
Finally husband and wife!! :)
Member since 2/07 3300 total posts
Wedding Date:
8/9/2009 3:30 PM
Wed. Location:
Hamlet Willow Creek
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
we are also looking into the other less popular islands of Tahiti to stay for most of our HM to save money. Right now we are looking into doing most of our stay in Manihi and then do 2-3 days Bora bora.
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Posted 1/20/09 10:31 AM
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KerriJohnS
Final Count - 208
Member since 11/08 7656 total posts
Wedding Date:
11/6/2009 3:00 PM
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The Royalton
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
to cut some costs what we did was... stay in Moorea for some of the time, instead of Bora Bora the whole time. Also while on Moorea we will be staying in a Garden Bungalow with a private pool instead of an overwater bungalow. the overwater bungalows are super expensive. And to be perfectly honest... I can't say i am upset about staying in a garden bungalow with my own private pool! I mean come on... that will still be a very nice place! In Bora Bora we did the overwater bungalow.
We also didn't pick a super expensive resort like St.Regis. I read a lot of reviews on 3 and 4 star hotels... and we are willing to not stay in a 5 star resort to save some money. In the end cutting these things made it a certain that we can go! I can't wait!
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Posted 1/20/09 5:17 PM
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evonm
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11/24/2007 12:00 AM
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
So I just heard from my TA that the airline Air Tahiti Nui is stopping their nonstop flights from JFK to Tahiti for good. We were planning to go back to tahiti and thought this would be our best bet. Looks like we will have to use our mileage now to get to Los Angeles. Oh well, guess we will save some money this way! We have family out there so we will probably just stay a day or so in LA. Tahiti is so beautiful! Nothing will stop us from going back!
So has anyone here been to Huahine?
cheers!
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Posted 2/3/09 1:02 PM
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KerriJohnS
Final Count - 208
Member since 11/08 7656 total posts
Wedding Date:
11/6/2009 3:00 PM
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The Royalton
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
Posted by evonm
So I just heard from my TA that the airline Air Tahiti Nui is stopping their nonstop flights from JFK to Tahiti for good. We were planning to go back to tahiti and thought this would be our best bet. Looks like we will have to use our mileage now to get to Los Angeles. Oh well, guess we will save some money this way! We have family out there so we will probably just stay a day or so in LA. Tahiti is so beautiful! Nothing will stop us from going back!
So has anyone here been to Huahine?
cheers!
We booked the flight direct from LAX and my original plan was to use the miles for the airfare to LAX. I didn't know they actually stopped doing the direct flights.
I know they did change the times they fly out. So we are waiting to book the flights to LAX until we are closer to the date. Either way my miles can be redeemed for a free round trip flight (domestic)... so I should be covered.
Thanks for the info!
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Posted 2/4/09 12:38 PM
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evonm
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
That's great you booked out of LAX in the first place! No big deal for us really either 
cheers!
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Posted 2/5/09 11:57 AM
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Mrs. V 2008
Married 8 months already!!!!
Member since 9/06 22396 total posts
Wedding Date:
8/15/2008 4:00 PM
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Watermill A++++++++++++++
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
Posted by KerriJohnS
Posted by Mrs. V 2008
Posted by KerriJohnS
Posted by Mrs. V 2008
Bora Bora was incredible!!!!!!!! I stayed at the pearl..so if anyone has any questions..i might have answers!
You stayed at the Pearl beach resport? i am staying there in Moorea.
yes in both Moorea and Bora Bora..it was incredible!!!
OK so did you like Moorea? I saw someone was less than pleased with it.. which happens.. and can happen almost anywhere.
Do you have any recomendations of excursions that you went on and loved or wished you did? Anything you could recommend would be appreciated! TIA!
I loved moorea..but honestly of all the islands bora bora is the most beautiful! I wish we would have spent the longest time there!!! I did most excursions in bora bora..we were so happy we did..the place is amazing! In moorea we did the tiki
villiage!!! it was awesome..Its a fire twirling show..we also snorkeled!
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Posted 2/7/09 2:26 PM
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Mrs. V 2008
Married 8 months already!!!!
Member since 9/06 22396 total posts
Wedding Date:
8/15/2008 4:00 PM
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Watermill A++++++++++++++
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
Posted by KerriJohnS
to cut some costs what we did was... stay in Moorea for some of the time, instead of Bora Bora the whole time. Also while on Moorea we will be staying in a Garden Bungalow with a private pool instead of an overwater bungalow. the overwater bungalows are super expensive. And to be perfectly honest... I can't say i am upset about staying in a garden bungalow with my own private pool! I mean come on... that will still be a very nice place! In Bora Bora we did the overwater bungalow.
We also didn't pick a super expensive resort like St.Regis. I read a lot of reviews on 3 and 4 star hotels... and we are willing to not stay in a 5 star resort to save some money. In the end cutting these things made it a certain that we can go! I can't wait!
I wasn't upset over a garden bungalow either..we did this in moorea! lol how could you be...even in a garden bugalow its amazing (unlike anything you have seen). and also I think all of the resorts in the french polynesian islands were beautiful..they all had something unique about them! and a three star hotel there is comparable to a 5 star anywhere else..the islands are beyond gorgeous!
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Posted 2/7/09 2:30 PM
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KerriJohnS
Final Count - 208
Member since 11/08 7656 total posts
Wedding Date:
11/6/2009 3:00 PM
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The Royalton
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
Beautiful Pics! Thank you sooo much for sharing them!
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Posted 2/13/09 11:32 AM
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Mrs B to Be
Officially the Mrs.!!!
Member since 1/08 3490 total posts
Wedding Date:
6/28/2009 3:00 PM
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Westbury Manor
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
BUMP for Kerri
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Posted 2/27/09 4:25 PM
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MrsCastanedain09
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Member since 9/08 2339 total posts
Wedding Date:
9/18/2009 4:00 PM
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Fox Hollow- WGP
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
OMG! So glad to have found this thread
we're headed to Bora Bora for 7 nights and then going to Australia. We're staying at the Pearl in an overwater....I'm going to scroll through all these posts, the few I've read have been so helpful!!!
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Posted 4/3/09 4:45 PM
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KerriJohnS
Final Count - 208
Member since 11/08 7656 total posts
Wedding Date:
11/6/2009 3:00 PM
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The Royalton
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
Glad to here! We will keep the info coming. Feel free to post anything you have.. pictures, hotel info and pricing. Bora Bora facts and weather info.. ANYTHING at all!
I can't wait to have REAL pics from my HM to post for future Bora Bora HMers!!!!
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Posted 4/6/09 1:57 PM
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Jna2010
2010'er Best Hair!!
Member since 12/08 10955 total posts
Wedding Date:
11/7/2010 2:00 PM
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Russo's On The Bay <3
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
ok ladies i have a question for you...... i really wanted to go here for our hm but i heard that because the huts are like on the water there could be a few bugs, well im petirfied of bugs and im afraid that this will ruin by hm, what do you girls think?
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Posted 4/14/09 8:57 AM
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evonm
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
There is actually less of a chance for bugs over the water, they like the land. We stayed overwater and didn't have any problems! I talked to someone who was in a garden bungalow while we were there and they had a few. But the resorts spray for bugs.
cheers!
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Posted 4/14/09 2:06 PM
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KerriJohnS
Final Count - 208
Member since 11/08 7656 total posts
Wedding Date:
11/6/2009 3:00 PM
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The Royalton
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
o wow! awesome question. thanks so much for the answer too. i never would have thought to even ask that.
i figure going anywhere tropical theres always a chance of bugs. i know jamaica has a problem with sand fleas. its pretty gross... and most people are allergic to flea bites... they look and feel like mosquito bites.
i figure bring some bug spray and all should be ok.
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Posted 4/15/09 10:12 PM
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MrsPags
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6/4/2006
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Watermill
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
We did our honeymoon in Bora Bora- We didnt do the other islands since everyone we have spoken to told us they liked bora bora the best so we stayed at 2 resorts to break it up.
We stayed at the Pearl in a beach front bungalow- it was really nice enjoyed having my feet in the sand for a few days. The resort was a bit more authentic polynesea styled. The one complaint was the amount of of mosquito bites- INSANE!!! The huts are not completely sealed and since so much is open air it was hard to get away from them. We styaed there a week and while our day times were great we dreaded sleeping at night. We suggested that they put mosquito tents around the beds. Our bungalow was all the way at the end, while the prvacy was great, perhaps this contributed to the crazy amounts of mosquitos. Everyone we have seen at the resort was covered in bites.
The second week we stayed at the intercontinental thallasso in a bungalow at the end of the pier. This resort was AWESOME. and there were NO BUGS!!!!!!!!! The st regis was still in construction and if I was to go back I would stay there. The hotels seem to get better and better as they are getting built up.
I cant say for all hotels but it took me over 6 months to decide where to stay. There were some hotels that were still quite $$ but I would be seriously upset if we booked there- for not much more money you can stay at a much better resort. I found in my experience that this is a place where it would be worth the extra money and go for the better resorts- the placement on the islands is a big difference.
I always get asked if there are things to do there- at night no. During the day there are plenty of excursions and honestly I dont know what it is but by 9pm it seemed everyone was ready to go to bed.
The food was ok- not really the place to have a complete gastronomic experience. It wasnt terrible just nothing for your belly to be overly wowed about. The serenity and raw tropical beauty are priceless!!
If anyone has questions feel free to ask me. I have some pics in my album.
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Posted 4/20/09 2:26 PM
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Its2Snappy
2010 is gonna rock!
Member since 8/08 2398 total posts
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5/31/2010 12:00 PM
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Booked!
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Re: Bora Bora Thread
Anyone been to Tahaa / Vahine Island. I've read some information on Tripadvisor and it looks amazing. I thought it would be nice to switch between this and Bora Bora.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g309693-d302152-r24079606-Vahine_Island-Tahaa_Society_Islands.html#REVIEWS
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Posted 4/28/09 12:53 PM
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KerriJohnS
Final Count - 208
Member since 11/08 7656 total posts
Wedding Date:
11/6/2009 3:00 PM
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The Royalton
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It looks beautiful! Love it! I'm definately going to look into traveling to other islands just to see what else is out there. I sooo cant wait to go there!!!!!!!!!!!
I say book it! It looks amazing and secluded! I would if i were you! 
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Posted 4/28/09 9:33 PM
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