Mar 23, 2015, 11:08 pm
Last edit by: jigri2003
Some info:
Prepaid meal plan rates as of Feb 2015 per post 1305: (breakfast price updated as of Jan 2020)
Breakfast: 4860 xpf (tax incl) per person per day
Half board (breakfast and a 3-courses dinner): 13 053 xpf (tax incl) per person per day
Full board (breakfast, a 2-courses lunch and a 3-courses dinner): 17 632 xpf (tax incl) per person per day.
Breakfast 50% discount: available only at check in time if it is taken for the entire stay. It does not apply for half board and full board. Post 1376
Guaranteed Upgrade Costs as of January 2015 per post 1293
Emerald to Sapphire: 15,000 XPF + 14% taxes per night
Emerald to Diamond: 25,000 XPF + 14% taxes per night
Emerald to Diamond Otemanu: 35,000 XPF + 14% taxes per night
Emerald to Diamond End of Pontoon: 45,000 XPF + 14% taxes per night
Full prepayment prior to arrival required
Direct Boat Transfers to/from Airport One-way: 7334 XPF (updated Dec 2019) (about 15 minutes). Resort will email you to arrange this ahead of time if desired.
Boat transfer from the Airport is not mandatory despite what any hotel emails might imply to the contrary. It's possible to take the free Air Tahiti shuttle to Vaitape (15 minutes), followed by a taxi to the IC Le Moana for 2000XPF (15 minutes), then the IC's shuttle between Le Moana and Thalasso for 3390 XPF per person one way (updated Dec 2019) (15 minutes). If all transfers go smoothly, the journey could be as short as an hour, or longer than two hours if you're unlucky.
Boat Times (as of Oct 2016, and current as of Jan 2020)
Leaving Le Moana:
7:45am
8:45am
11:45am*
12:45pm
1:45pm
4:30pm
5:30pm*
6:30pm
8:30pm
10:00pm
Leaving Thalasso:
8:15am
9:15am*
12:15pm
1:15pm
2:15pm*
5:00pm
6:00pm
7:00pm
9:30pm
10:30pm
* Boat times with a * can connect with the bus shuttle between IC Le Moana and Vaitape town, as shown below:
Bus Shuttles between IC Le Moana and Vaitape town:
Depart IC Le Moana:
9:45am
2:45pm
Depart Vaitape:
11:15am
5:00pm
The bus shuttle costs 1150 XPF RT/person.
Note: There is no ATM at the Thalasso. The closest ATMs are in Vaitape, the main town where the airport ferry stops. However, both IC Le Moana and Thalasso will give you a "cash advance" on your credit card for a fee of 5%. The transaction will post as a purchase.
XPF is also available at the airport in Pappeete from several ATMs.
POST 1795
Resort Email: [email protected]
Prepaid meal plan rates as of Feb 2015 per post 1305: (breakfast price updated as of Jan 2020)
Breakfast: 4860 xpf (tax incl) per person per day
Half board (breakfast and a 3-courses dinner): 13 053 xpf (tax incl) per person per day
Full board (breakfast, a 2-courses lunch and a 3-courses dinner): 17 632 xpf (tax incl) per person per day.
Breakfast 50% discount: available only at check in time if it is taken for the entire stay. It does not apply for half board and full board. Post 1376
Guaranteed Upgrade Costs as of January 2015 per post 1293
Emerald to Sapphire: 15,000 XPF + 14% taxes per night
Emerald to Diamond: 25,000 XPF + 14% taxes per night
Emerald to Diamond Otemanu: 35,000 XPF + 14% taxes per night
Emerald to Diamond End of Pontoon: 45,000 XPF + 14% taxes per night
Full prepayment prior to arrival required
Direct Boat Transfers to/from Airport One-way: 7334 XPF (updated Dec 2019) (about 15 minutes). Resort will email you to arrange this ahead of time if desired.
Boat transfer from the Airport is not mandatory despite what any hotel emails might imply to the contrary. It's possible to take the free Air Tahiti shuttle to Vaitape (15 minutes), followed by a taxi to the IC Le Moana for 2000XPF (15 minutes), then the IC's shuttle between Le Moana and Thalasso for 3390 XPF per person one way (updated Dec 2019) (15 minutes). If all transfers go smoothly, the journey could be as short as an hour, or longer than two hours if you're unlucky.
Boat Times (as of Oct 2016, and current as of Jan 2020)
Leaving Le Moana:
7:45am
8:45am
11:45am*
12:45pm
1:45pm
4:30pm
5:30pm*
6:30pm
8:30pm
10:00pm
Leaving Thalasso:
8:15am
9:15am*
12:15pm
1:15pm
2:15pm*
5:00pm
6:00pm
7:00pm
9:30pm
10:30pm
* Boat times with a * can connect with the bus shuttle between IC Le Moana and Vaitape town, as shown below:
Bus Shuttles between IC Le Moana and Vaitape town:
Depart IC Le Moana:
9:45am
2:45pm
Depart Vaitape:
11:15am
5:00pm
The bus shuttle costs 1150 XPF RT/person.
Note: There is no ATM at the Thalasso. The closest ATMs are in Vaitape, the main town where the airport ferry stops. However, both IC Le Moana and Thalasso will give you a "cash advance" on your credit card for a fee of 5%. The transaction will post as a purchase.
XPF is also available at the airport in Pappeete from several ATMs.
POST 1795
Resort Email: [email protected]
IC Thalasso Bora Bora Master Thread [merged]
Feb 20, 2016, 11:03 am
#2176
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 41
Feb 20, 2016, 12:47 pm
#2177
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 8,460
As it stands right now, most people are piecing together dates as they come available.
One strategy is to book le moana on the nights you're unable to get at thalasso. And then keep checking the nights you have at moana and see if they open up at thalasso and then book them quickly.
Feb 20, 2016, 10:53 pm
#2179
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 41
There was a loophole for booking which has now been closed. I helped some folks with it last year so basically they're telling you that you missed the opportunity.
As it stands right now, most people are piecing together dates as they come available.
One strategy is to book le moana on the nights you're unable to get at thalasso. And then keep checking the nights you have at moana and see if they open up at thalasso and then book them quickly.
As it stands right now, most people are piecing together dates as they come available.
One strategy is to book le moana on the nights you're unable to get at thalasso. And then keep checking the nights you have at moana and see if they open up at thalasso and then book them quickly.
Thanks for sharing. Good news is that I actually went to Thalasso on points already in 2013, when the award booking was not crazy at all. Just trying to return for my anniversary now. Guess this time I may have to try my luck or suck it up and pay!!!
Feb 21, 2016, 7:18 am
#2180
Join Date: May 2004
Location: LAX
Posts: 1,849
Kristy, they used to release more rooms on points, now - only one.
There are way more people trying now than even 2 years ago.
Bloggers sold them "a dream" - just get that many credit cards
FROM ME and you will travel to Bora Bora for free!
Thalasso became a poster example of "how amazing this hobby is".
Everybody, his grandma and all the cousins know about it now.
It's a completely different scene. Many here have travelled to Thalasso
several times on points before, not easy/almost impossible now.
You might have missed the price hike also, they raised the prices big time
just a few weeks ago...
There are way more people trying now than even 2 years ago.
Bloggers sold them "a dream" - just get that many credit cards
FROM ME and you will travel to Bora Bora for free!
Thalasso became a poster example of "how amazing this hobby is".
Everybody, his grandma and all the cousins know about it now.
It's a completely different scene. Many here have travelled to Thalasso
several times on points before, not easy/almost impossible now.
You might have missed the price hike also, they raised the prices big time
just a few weeks ago...
Feb 22, 2016, 12:52 am
#2181
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 41
Kristy, they used to release more rooms on points, now - only one.
There are way more people trying now than even 2 years ago.
Bloggers sold them "a dream" - just get that many credit cards
FROM ME and you will travel to Bora Bora for free!
Thalasso became a poster example of "how amazing this hobby is".
Everybody, his grandma and all the cousins know about it now.
It's a completely different scene. Many here have travelled to Thalasso
several times on points before, not easy/almost impossible now.
You might have missed the price hike also, they raised the prices big time
just a few weeks ago...
There are way more people trying now than even 2 years ago.
Bloggers sold them "a dream" - just get that many credit cards
FROM ME and you will travel to Bora Bora for free!
Thalasso became a poster example of "how amazing this hobby is".
Everybody, his grandma and all the cousins know about it now.
It's a completely different scene. Many here have travelled to Thalasso
several times on points before, not easy/almost impossible now.
You might have missed the price hike also, they raised the prices big time
just a few weeks ago...
Yea saw the discussion on the price hike. Think I'd go for St Regis if I were to pay out of pocket...
Feb 22, 2016, 1:27 am
#2182
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 8,460
It is indeed sad. I wish they change the policy so that award nights on popular properties like Thalasso/Le Moana are no longer refundable after, say, 7 days so that people don't hoard the nights for speculative reasons and not release them till much later on.
Yea saw the discussion on the price hike. Think I'd go for St Regis if I were to pay out of pocket...
Yea saw the discussion on the price hike. Think I'd go for St Regis if I were to pay out of pocket...
Feb 23, 2016, 11:03 am
#2189
Join Date: Apr 2014
Programs: Hilton - Diamond, IHG - Spire Amb
Posts: 901
As we approached our stay, the calendar showed blue days for some of the nights that we had booked with points months prior.
So, yes, more than one room can be offered up for points. It may be only one initially, however, but as the year goes by, leading up to that stay, more may open up. In fact, I secured 2 of those Thalasso nights in the month before our stay (1 3-4 weeks, 1 1.5 weeks) Switched nights from Moana to Thalasso.
In fact, I held for a moment 2 rooms at the Thalasso for about an hour about a week prior to arrival. My chase free night was deposited into my account and my wife's account. I booked the free night to replace a points booking. Once complete, canceled my points book to reclaim points. Did that for both my wife an I.
My strategy for 2017 is booking the Moana, and looking for nights at the Thalasso in close. The only problem is, I have 5 nights at the Moana booked at 50k, and if a night opens at the thalasso then it will cost 60k :-(
And for all you people suggesting there be a no refund policy ... that is ridiculous.
You make a false assumption and in return suggest a solution that doesn't address the issue.
You falsely assume there are lots of speculative bookings because you aren't successful in getting a reward night. When they release 1 night and it seems the whole world travel community is trying to book it, then of course, it is going to be difficult to get the night. The Thalasso is opening up extra nights for points that weren't sold in close to booking. That doesn't mean they were available previously.
Feb 23, 2016, 11:14 am
#2190
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 4,431
Carl, do you really don't think that a lot of people make speculative bookings? I'm not saying people book random days they know they can't go, but I do think people hold rooms "just in case". We have lots of people doing that here.