Originally Posted by
vmsea
I haven't done much research, but the budget is around $10K per person, $20K total for 10 days (2 weeks less travel days lost). This includes flight from US, food, hotel, island hoping, etc). if using points, i'm hoping to cut down that cost.
Is that unreasonable low? If so, i might have to reconsider going at all..
That's plenty. We flew on points from home to PPT, used points for half of the trip and are staying 10 nights in OWB which we paid to upgrade. We're looking at about $14k total for 2 people for 11 days. So you'll be just fine with that budget! It seems quite similar to ours given that you will likely be paying for your flights from home to PPT, which will run you about $4k from Seattle.
Our budget will give us nice dining options, tons of activities, lots of diving, spa time, and luxury. Of course, we could always have a higher budget but I don't think we're going to miss out on much. We have activities planned every single day, in fact.
I just mentioned it because some people are surprised by how much things will cost and of course one persons' view of a large budget can be very different than anothers'. Dinner will run you a minimum of $100 (more likely $200 with drinks and a 3 course meal) and breakfast is $75 per day. If you happen to have status and points at Hilton, they offer free breakfast for gold members which saves you a cool $750 but you have to book far, far in advance now that they have their litlle premium award scheme going.