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]
Sep 25, 2017, 9:43 am
#3017
Join Date: Oct 2014
Programs: IHG AMB/Spire, Hilton Diamond, SPG Gold
Posts: 204
I agree on considering the service of booking someone's nights legitimate. The problem I have with it is the amount charged. I was offered I think something like $250/night to book using my own points. Even if someone has the magic trick to getting nights booked it would not take more than 30 minutes of your time. If you want a minimum of 3 nights you are paying someone $1500 per hour? Seems outlandish. If it was a nominal fee such as $50 per booking, not per night, I wouldn't have any problem with it.
Again I have no skin the game, nor do I have a magic bullet, I just do not want someone being tarnished and hung to dry because someone feels a service is unfair when its used in various other areas of this "hobby".
and BTW - I am paying about $250/night at Le Moana to upgrade from a beach bungalow (free with points) to an OWB. Do I wish it was free, sure. but MY time is value and though I have some alerts set up I cannot obsess over a totally free night at Thalasso (or any other resort). So if I could pay someone $250 to book Thalasso its the same as paying IHG to upgrade at Le Moana. different strokes for different folks.
I was totally lucky but I booked 3 nights at Le Moana in one fell swoop/1 reservation. Pure luck I suppose. But if I was having issues I'd consider paying $250/night for Thalasso considering I am paying $250 for the upgrade at Le Moana. Its close to $1,000 for the room so $250 + 60k in points is still reasonable to me, not AS good as just points, but it is what it is.
Sep 25, 2017, 9:52 am
#3019
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 128
wont disagree with you - but its a Capitalist market - someone must be paying that fee otherwise the service will be out of business or need to adjust their pricing model.
Again I have no skin the game, nor do I have a magic bullet, I just do not want someone being tarnished and hung to dry because someone feels a service is unfair when its used in various other areas of this "hobby".
and BTW - I am paying about $250/night at Le Moana to upgrade from a beach bungalow (free with points) to an OWB. Do I wish it was free, sure. but MY time is value and though I have some alerts set up I cannot obsess over a totally free night at Thalasso (or any other resort). So if I could pay someone $250 to book Thalasso its the same as paying IHG to upgrade at Le Moana. different strokes for different folks.
I was totally lucky but I booked 3 nights at Le Moana in one fell swoop/1 reservation. Pure luck I suppose. But if I was having issues I'd consider paying $250/night for Thalasso considering I am paying $250 for the upgrade at Le Moana. Its close to $1,000 for the room so $250 + 60k in points is still reasonable to me, not AS good as just points, but it is what it is.
Again I have no skin the game, nor do I have a magic bullet, I just do not want someone being tarnished and hung to dry because someone feels a service is unfair when its used in various other areas of this "hobby".
and BTW - I am paying about $250/night at Le Moana to upgrade from a beach bungalow (free with points) to an OWB. Do I wish it was free, sure. but MY time is value and though I have some alerts set up I cannot obsess over a totally free night at Thalasso (or any other resort). So if I could pay someone $250 to book Thalasso its the same as paying IHG to upgrade at Le Moana. different strokes for different folks.
I was totally lucky but I booked 3 nights at Le Moana in one fell swoop/1 reservation. Pure luck I suppose. But if I was having issues I'd consider paying $250/night for Thalasso considering I am paying $250 for the upgrade at Le Moana. Its close to $1,000 for the room so $250 + 60k in points is still reasonable to me, not AS good as just points, but it is what it is.
Last edited by floridatraveler90; Sep 25, 2017 at 10:00 am
Sep 25, 2017, 10:00 am
#3020
Join Date: Oct 2014
Programs: IHG AMB/Spire, Hilton Diamond, SPG Gold
Posts: 204
enjoy your travels!
Sep 25, 2017, 2:14 pm
#3021
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: YYZ
Programs: IC SpAmb, SPG/Marr Plat, HH Gold, Amex Plat
Posts: 37
I stayed at IC Thalasso for 2 weekend nights using the BOGO voucher in early September. I booked the Emerald room initially and was upgraded to Sapphire a few days after my booking. A few days before checking in, I noticed I was upgraded to a Diamond room. I was a Platinum Ambassador, and now a Spire after the stay.
Sep 25, 2017, 3:34 pm
#3022
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: ORD
Posts: 701
I stayed at IC Thalasso for 2 weekend nights using the BOGO voucher in early September. I booked the Emerald room initially and was upgraded to Sapphire a few days after my booking. A few days before checking in, I noticed I was upgraded to a Diamond room. I was a Platinum Ambassador, and now a Spire after the stay.
TIA
Sep 25, 2017, 11:17 pm
#3023
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 3
Been trying to book For the Thalasso for month now just cant work it out read the forum from start to finish for suggestions .
Im totally flexible with my dates and would prefer Sept 2018 looking for 3-4 nights in total any Help would be greatly appreciated .
Im totally flexible with my dates and would prefer Sept 2018 looking for 3-4 nights in total any Help would be greatly appreciated .
Sep 26, 2017, 10:28 pm
#3024
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium/LTG, IHG Platinum
Posts: 1,921
Re: a "fee" of $125 to book someone's hotel room using their own points - this is not totally outlandish. There are many point bloggers who charge $125+ to use your own points (the paying customers points) to book flights. So if someone has "the magic bullet" so to speak and a client wants to pay $125/night for someone's services to book the room, what is the issue?
The issue here is that members agreed to certain terms and conditions when signing up ... and one of those is not engaging in the selling/trading/bartering points/services - this isn't a marketplace.
If a blogger wants to make money using their points or whatever, then they can go buzz back to their own blog site and do it there.
Sep 27, 2017, 6:48 am
#3025
Join Date: Oct 2014
Programs: IHG AMB/Spire, Hilton Diamond, SPG Gold
Posts: 204
The amount of money is not the issue.
The issue here is that members agreed to certain terms and conditions when signing up ... and one of those is not engaging in the selling/trading/bartering points/services - this isn't a marketplace.
If a blogger wants to make money using their points or whatever, then they can go buzz back to their own blog site and do it there.
The issue here is that members agreed to certain terms and conditions when signing up ... and one of those is not engaging in the selling/trading/bartering points/services - this isn't a marketplace.
If a blogger wants to make money using their points or whatever, then they can go buzz back to their own blog site and do it there.
Sep 27, 2017, 7:51 am
#3026
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: SNA and XRY
Programs: UA PP, 2 MM; IC;
Posts: 1,043
The amount of money is not the issue.
The issue here is that members agreed to certain terms and conditions when signing up ... and one of those is not engaging in the selling/trading/bartering points/services - this isn't a marketplace.
If a blogger wants to make money using their points or whatever, then they can go buzz back to their own blog site and do it there.
The issue here is that members agreed to certain terms and conditions when signing up ... and one of those is not engaging in the selling/trading/bartering points/services - this isn't a marketplace.
If a blogger wants to make money using their points or whatever, then they can go buzz back to their own blog site and do it there.
Sep 28, 2017, 12:37 pm
#3028
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Sydney
Programs: AA Exp, UA PP, IC Diamond, HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Centurion
Posts: 477
I will ask whatever I want, and if you do not have an answer to my question, go away, move along, and don't waste my time/notification.
Obviously I have read all the information I have, and have tested several nights, although not yet on the weekends yet. So I am asking the various other members out here for some help.
Does anybody know what time and timezone does IC Thalasso typically release Reward Nights 50 weeks out?
Thanks!
Obviously I have read all the information I have, and have tested several nights, although not yet on the weekends yet. So I am asking the various other members out here for some help.
Does anybody know what time and timezone does IC Thalasso typically release Reward Nights 50 weeks out?
Thanks!
Since I am being shamed here, let me tell you that this is the message to which I offered cce5858 to book a room for him for $125/night.
That is 10% of the cost of the room, the same as buying 10,000 points. It would have saved cce5858 countless hours of trying to book the room on his own. Take it or leave it is all I can say.
Oh, and for the record, I have never sold a room to anyone or made any money out of my knowledge how to book Thalasso/Moana nights.
By the way, the release time I gave you, cce5858, is the correct time that falls exactly in the location you specified in your profile.
Sep 30, 2017, 11:03 pm
#3030
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: SJC, LAX, TPE
Programs: Hilton Diamond, Marriott Platinum, IHG Platinum
Posts: 195
Since I am being shamed here, let me tell you that this is the message to which I offered cce5858 to book a room for him for $125/night.
That is 10% of the cost of the room, the same as buying 10,000 points. It would have saved cce5858 countless hours of trying to book the room on his own. Take it or leave it is all I can say.
Oh, and for the record, I have never sold a room to anyone or made any money out of my knowledge how to book Thalasso/Moana nights.
By the way, the release time I gave you, cce5858, is the correct time that falls exactly in the location you specified in your profile.
That is 10% of the cost of the room, the same as buying 10,000 points. It would have saved cce5858 countless hours of trying to book the room on his own. Take it or leave it is all I can say.
Oh, and for the record, I have never sold a room to anyone or made any money out of my knowledge how to book Thalasso/Moana nights.
By the way, the release time I gave you, cce5858, is the correct time that falls exactly in the location you specified in your profile.