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Beautiful Pics! Thank you sooo much for sharing them!

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BUMP for Kerri

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Has anyone ever done the ambassador upgrade at the Intercontinental?

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Ladies - I am so overwhelmed. how did you decide what hotels to stay at??

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We went to Moorea and Bora Bora on our honeymoon and then went back to another island a different time! It was really hard to choose a place to stay and I got pretty overwhelmed so we ended up using a south pacific specialist travel agent to book our trip. It was great to talk to someone who has been there alot and knows the resorts. She has some websites with her pics and tells about the places too. Anyway, send me a message if you want her contact info. and the web info She didn't charge a fee either... It was great to stop banging my head on the wall ;)
cheers!

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For those of you who have made the trip to Bora Bora, how much did you spend on extra's like tours, etc.?

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Can't remember exactly what we spent on tours but we did a few. The shark and ray feeding was our favorite! Really great! + they take you snorkeling too. I think it was around $120 per person. Most of the excursions were about that much. The private motu picnic was realllly expensive though. Around $700. So we just did the more affordable things. We swam and snorkeled alot at the resort too. We thought just being on the deck overwater was perfect (and free!)
cheers!

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Hi Ladies, I just got back from my honeymoon and we stayed at the following places

Radisson in Tahiti (2 nights)- was not impressed at all. If we had the chance to do it all over again we would have stayed in Tahiti one night (just to sleep since we were traveling for 25 hours)and then go directly to your island of choice. If you go to Morrea you can take a 20 minute ferry from Tahiti.

The Pearl in Moorea (4 nights)- we had a over the water premium bungalow which was VERY nice. This hotel has a great pool. They gave us bottle of champagne to congratulate us which we loved because EVERYONE is on there honeymoon in moorea and bora bora so you don't really get any special perks for being newlyweds. I really liked Moorea...i Thought it was so nice and CLEAN. I actually thought it was cleaner then bora bora as far as how the locals live.

Sofitel Motu in Bora Bora (6 nights): We stayed in an over the water premium bungalow and it was stunning! Sofitel Motu is its own little island on a motu. I didn't think anything could surpass the Pearl in Moorea but this place did. It was really really nice. BUT QUIET!!! There was about 10 people at the hotel at a time and no access to food unless you took the 4 minute boat ride across to the island. We had access to the main Sofitel Beach Resort which was a 4 minute boat ride as well.

If you do go to any of these places, my suggestion is you go to the market to buy cereal, snack and peanut butter and jelly to stock up in your room or else you truly will be spending a small fortune on food daily. We also bought wine,champagne, cheese and crackers at the food store so that we could enjoy some drinks on our deck after we were done with dinner. We didn't eat at any of the hotels. We ate at the local restaurants which were great. In bora bora we LOVED La Bounty for lunch and dinner..and Bloody marys for dinner.

As other posters said...there is not much to do on these island. Which to me...after all the wedding planning, was a blessing! Nothing to do but, eat, drink, soak in the sun, read a book...and do some excursions. Hope this helps. Please FM me with questions

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Posted by evonm

Can't remember exactly what we spent on tours but we did a few. The shark and ray feeding was our favorite! Really great! + they take you snorkeling too. I think it was around $120 per person. Most of the excursions were about that much. The private motu picnic was realllly expensive though. Around $700. So we just did the more affordable things. We swam and snorkeled alot at the resort too. We thought just being on the deck overwater was perfect (and free!)
cheers!

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Oh wow that's a lot for the motu picnic. wow!
Thank you for posting this!

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I really really really wanna go to bora bora or moorea...... can anyone recommend any good hotels?? I have seen a whole bunch and after awhile they all start to look the sane ....HELP !!

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Posted by FutureMrsSoltan

I really really really wanna go to bora bora or moorea...... can anyone recommend any good hotels?? I have seen a whole bunch and after awhile they all start to look the sane ....HELP !!

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Moorea Pearl - It's close to everything and it's beautiful!

Four Seasons Bora Bora - Fairly new resort but you will not regret the splurge. The Overwater bungalows are AMAZING!!!!!!!!

Feel free to FM and check out my pics!

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Yea!! A Bora Bora thread! We are finalizing our plans in the near future...looks like Bora Bora (Pearl Resort), Over Water Bungalo for seven days and Tikehau (also Pearl) beach bungalo, for three days.

FH has been talking about going to the South Pacific since I met him. He actually would love to do Fiji or Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, but I like Tahiti the best.