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]
Jan 1, 2020, 3:22 pm
#3736
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: East Coast US
Programs: Free Agent
Posts: 192
With all these boat price increases, I'm looking to minimize the costs but also the hassle factor of the BOB-Vaitape-LeMoana-IC dance with bags in the heat and maybe rain of early Jan.
If anyone is interested in sharing a transfer for up to 5 seats (I take other 2) from BOB airport to IC Thalasso around-------------------, PM me. I have a quote of19,000 16,000 XPF for up to 4 people. We come out quite a bit ahead vs hotel transfer of around 7200 7334 XPF one way per person if 4 pax, 4750 4000 XPF each. Any more and the price is even lower. With the longer way through Vaitape and Le Moana, we are still getting charged 2000 xpf for taxi and then 3390 XPF per person for the IC shuttle. For no more than a couple of bucks more per person or maybe quite a bit less, we can all get started on our hard earned exotic vacation without the hassle!
If anyone is interested in sharing a transfer for up to 5 seats (I take other 2) from BOB airport to IC Thalasso around-------------------, PM me. I have a quote of
Last edited by jigri2003; Jan 6, 2020 at 8:03 am Reason: Privacy
Feb 1, 2020, 12:17 pm
#3738
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Minneapolis
Programs: DL DM, IHG Spire, Marriott Platinum, National EE
Posts: 318
I’ve been monitoring this hotel for about two years now in preparation for my wife and I’d honeymoon in May.
About a year ago, there was limited, but still some, availability at the 120 day out mark. Now, I haven’t seen an open date in months. Very odd. Doesn’t matter if you look one day at a time or various dates. The availability calendar never works.
We decided to just use an ambassador BOGO night and two nights through chase points to defray the costs. Le Moana still has decent availability, but not like it used to either.
About a year ago, there was limited, but still some, availability at the 120 day out mark. Now, I haven’t seen an open date in months. Very odd. Doesn’t matter if you look one day at a time or various dates. The availability calendar never works.
We decided to just use an ambassador BOGO night and two nights through chase points to defray the costs. Le Moana still has decent availability, but not like it used to either.
Feb 5, 2020, 3:47 pm
#3739
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 31
I’m planning to stay at the Bora Boara Intercontintal Thalasso in a couple of months. Does anyone have any experience using an IHG cert at Thalasso or other IHG location under a different person’s name where you were added as an additional guest on the reservation?
If yes, what did you say at checkout and did you experience any issues?
If yes, what did you say at checkout and did you experience any issues?
Feb 5, 2020, 4:01 pm
#3740
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: ORD
Posts: 701
I’m planning to stay at the Bora Boara Intercontintal Thalasso in a couple of months. Does anyone have any experience using an IHG cert at Thalasso or other IHG location under a different person’s name where you were added as an additional guest on the reservation?
If yes, what did you say at checkout and did you experience any issues?
If yes, what did you say at checkout and did you experience any issues?
Feb 17, 2020, 4:22 pm
#3741
Join Date: Oct 2019
Programs: Hilton Honors, IHG, Hyatt
Posts: 71
Does anyone know if I book a room under my account using my miles for a me and my husband, and if he has the ambassador subscription, would the benefits of that program extend to our stay? (he being the guest in my booking).
We would be booking IC Thalasso on his account and Moorea on my account. Im wondering if one Ambassador subscription is enough?
We would be booking IC Thalasso on his account and Moorea on my account. Im wondering if one Ambassador subscription is enough?
Feb 17, 2020, 5:57 pm
#3742
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: ORD
Posts: 701
Does anyone know if I book a room under my account using my miles for a me and my husband, and if he has the ambassador subscription, would the benefits of that program extend to our stay? (he being the guest in my booking).
We would be booking IC Thalasso on his account and Moorea on my account. Im wondering if one Ambassador subscription is enough?
We would be booking IC Thalasso on his account and Moorea on my account. Im wondering if one Ambassador subscription is enough?
Mar 2, 2020, 2:38 pm
#3743
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: SAN
Posts: 1,306
I remember some talk on one of the Bora Bora threads a few months back with tips on purchasing Air Tahiti (not Air Tahiti NUI) tickets at "local" rates. I can't seem to find the thread. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks
TD
Thanks
TD
Mar 2, 2020, 4:15 pm
#3744
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: ORD
Posts: 701
It works when you are in FP. Baggage allowance is much less though.
Mar 20, 2020, 1:40 am
#3746
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Minneapolis
Programs: DL DM, IHG Spire, Marriott Platinum, National EE
Posts: 318
PSA: No dates are available at any of the four IC properties in French Polynesia through the end of May. I have nine nights booked - one at Tahiti, four at Le Moana and four here - and the hotels have not yet canceled any of those.
These dates became unavailable on IHG (both website and app, FWIW) shortly after the travel ban to French Polynesia for non-residents was announced. I contacted the IC French Polynesia Instagram account asking about this, curious if they know if the hotels are all planning to close. I was told to contact reservations and given the corresponding email address. I've reached out to reservations but have not yet heard back.
I have seven of the nine nights for our honeymoon booked on points (two that aren't are splurging for a the Brando Suite on a free weekend night cert), and our flights to and from Tahiti are both business saver award flights... We're assuming we won't be able to take the trip (leaving in mid-May), but are keeping our fingers crossed. It's taken a lot of time waiting for availability for flights and hotels, so I'll be disappointed if it's all for naught (though recognize this is very much a minor first-world problem compared to COVID-19).
Regardless, this thread - and site - has been a godsend over the past 6 to 9 months; a true wealth of knowledge. Thanks to all for your advice, insight and feedback. If we're able to take it, it'll be the trip of a lifetime!
These dates became unavailable on IHG (both website and app, FWIW) shortly after the travel ban to French Polynesia for non-residents was announced. I contacted the IC French Polynesia Instagram account asking about this, curious if they know if the hotels are all planning to close. I was told to contact reservations and given the corresponding email address. I've reached out to reservations but have not yet heard back.
I have seven of the nine nights for our honeymoon booked on points (two that aren't are splurging for a the Brando Suite on a free weekend night cert), and our flights to and from Tahiti are both business saver award flights... We're assuming we won't be able to take the trip (leaving in mid-May), but are keeping our fingers crossed. It's taken a lot of time waiting for availability for flights and hotels, so I'll be disappointed if it's all for naught (though recognize this is very much a minor first-world problem compared to COVID-19).
Regardless, this thread - and site - has been a godsend over the past 6 to 9 months; a true wealth of knowledge. Thanks to all for your advice, insight and feedback. If we're able to take it, it'll be the trip of a lifetime!
Apr 21, 2020, 10:36 pm
#3749
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Minneapolis
Programs: DL DM, IHG Spire, Marriott Platinum, National EE
Posts: 318
I would expect that their COVID-19 page on their website, https://thalasso.intercontinental.com/information, will be updated in the coming days.
Apr 22, 2020, 1:52 am
#3750
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: SNA and XRY
Programs: UA PP, 2 MM; IC;
Posts: 1,043
I have a friend with a pension in the Tuamotus.. she also lives part time in Papeete... She believes that French Polynesia will not permit any foreigners until the outbreak is controlled worldwide and especially from the USA. I believe that the visit I was going to make in October is jeopardized for that reason...and that's 6 months away....