May 30, 2019, 10:51 am
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Activity Calendar for 2022
Activities: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/f...lNr6yLgzMMIOsj
Spa: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/f...lNr6yLgzMMIOsj
Dining: https://www.taptastego.com/bobxr/con...9-4b793254db69
Booking
Activities: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/f...lNr6yLgzMMIOsj
Spa: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/f...lNr6yLgzMMIOsj
Dining: https://www.taptastego.com/bobxr/con...9-4b793254db69
Booking
Nights available on points:
- Open up 12 months out
- Availability seems to open up five weeks out.
Fees when booking on points:
- City Tax of 400 XPF for each night
Transportation
PPT-BOB Flights:
- Round trip $350-600 per person
- Premium ticket includes more checked baggage allowance, priority boarding (sit on the left side for island views), and drink on board.
- Air Tahiti is strict with their baggage allowance. Excess baggage is $1.5 per pound over the limit.
- The airline is known to weigh hand luggage if it has wheels or is larger than your typical backpack or purse.
- If you hand luggage is weighed and is over the limit it will need to be checked or items will need to be removed and relocated to your checked luggage.
- Carry-on items do not seemed to be tagged so the gate agents do not know what bags have been checked
- If you hand luggage is weighed and is over the limit it will need to be checked or items will need to be removed and relocated to your checked luggage.
- Checked bags are weighed at the BOB airport for your PPT return flight
- They seem to not be as strict with charging for excess weight
- Lap infants are charged 10%
- Check the minimum connection time. If you arrive early Air Tahiti is likely to move you to an early flight based upon availability free of charge.
- In March 2022 the domestic security was asking that passengers remove and leave any large bottles of liquid from their hand luggage. Sealed duty free alcohol seems to be the exception.
- Tip: Sometimes it is cheaper to pack alcohol and pay the $1.5 per pound excess luggage fee than to purchase duty free at LAX.
Boat Transfer as of April 2022:
- 14,000 XPF per person roundtrip
- Children are free (not sure if there is an age cutoff)
It would be rather difficult to take the free boat from the BOB airport to Vaitape and then take the complimentary shuttle to St Regis. You would need to carry your luggage and time your flights accordingly. This would also need to be coordinated with the property.
Rooms
Renovated Rooms:
101 - Deluxe Over Water Villa w/ view may be renovated
504 - Reefside
Royal Estate (currently under renovations)
Platinum Benefits (2022)
- Breakfast for two (property is firm on this and will not provide free breakfast for any additional adults in the room)
- Welcome amenity in the room
- Bottle of Champagne
- Light snacks / fruit
- Bottle of Champagne
- 10% off products with the St. Regis Resort logo at the gift shop
- 20% off Bloody Mary Cocktails at the Aparima Bar
- 20% off Cocktail of the Day
- St. Regis Sarong when you spend 15,000 xpf on products at the spa
- Bonus points when purchasing massages at the spa
Daily Gifts
- 8-night stay April 2022
- Day 1 - stuffed animals for kids
- Day 1 - Large tote bag with St. Regis Bora Bora logo w/ waterproof lining in room
- Day 2 - Day 7 Tahitian Oils next to bed
- Day 3 - Two fridge magnets
- Day 1 - stuffed animals for kids
Item you can request for free
- Pool floats can be loaned out from the main pool
- Snorkel gear
- Microwave can be put in room by room service free of charge
- Extra small bottles of water can be requested by the housekeeper while they are cleaning
- Coffee service to the room from the butler before 12pm
- Two pressed items per person any time of the day
- For infants
- Cribs
- Large bottles of water for formula
- Cribs
- For Kids
- Free meals at all restaurants
- Free ice cream
- Free room service (even items from the regular menu)
- Free meals at all restaurants
Things to bring
- Water shoes can be helpful in the lagoon and on some excursions
- Alcohol
- Mini fridge is empty and can store champagne
- Boxed wine is light weight and stores easily in fridge
- If you don't plan to spend a few hours on the main island you can purchase fresh juices as mixers
- Pre-mixed canned cocktails (like cutwater spirits) seemed to be popular at the main beach. Bring your own insulated tumbler and ask for a bucket of ice.
- Mini fridge is empty and can store champagne
The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort, French Polynesia [Master Thread]
Jun 4, 2006, 8:20 am
#46
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St. Regis Bora Bora
There is a photo and small update in today's Los Angeles Times travel section.
Those over-water villas with private pools look like heaven.
Who's the first to report back on a stay?
Those over-water villas with private pools look like heaven.
Who's the first to report back on a stay?
Jun 5, 2006, 11:46 am
#49
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Originally Posted by damon88
There is a photo and small update in today's Los Angeles Times travel section.
Those over-water villas with private pools look like heaven.
Who's the first to report back on a stay?
Those over-water villas with private pools look like heaven.
Who's the first to report back on a stay?
Can you post a link or the content of the LA Times article, btw?
Jun 9, 2006, 5:48 am
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St. Regis luxury
in Bora-Bora
THE ever-growing St. Regis chain is set to open another of its luxury accommodations, this time in French Polynesia.
The St. Regis Bora-Bora, set on 44 acres, has 91 villas (including five over water that have swimming pools that also are over water).
The one-bedroom units are 1,550 square feet and start at $950 a night.
Guests have their choice of three restaurants, a spa and two pools (one with swim-up bar). And each villa comes with a butler, of course.
Info: (877) 787-3447, http://www.stregis.com .
in Bora-Bora
THE ever-growing St. Regis chain is set to open another of its luxury accommodations, this time in French Polynesia.
The St. Regis Bora-Bora, set on 44 acres, has 91 villas (including five over water that have swimming pools that also are over water).
The one-bedroom units are 1,550 square feet and start at $950 a night.
Guests have their choice of three restaurants, a spa and two pools (one with swim-up bar). And each villa comes with a butler, of course.
Info: (877) 787-3447, http://www.stregis.com .
Jun 9, 2006, 11:08 am
#51
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
Jun 9, 2006, 11:17 am
#52
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Sheriton Tahiti is a dump.
Just returned from Tahiti. Bora Bora Nui was awsome and service was great.
You should know that the Sheriton Tahiti is a dump. Lots of construction going on. Elevators do not work and the SPG floor is a joke. Just a sign on the wall.
Interesting that I received a survey from SPG on the Sheriton Tahiti and rated it poor. Next day I received an e-mail from operations manager saying I will receive 3000 SPG points for my trouble. Guess SPG knows the Tahiti property is a dump too.
You should know that the Sheriton Tahiti is a dump. Lots of construction going on. Elevators do not work and the SPG floor is a joke. Just a sign on the wall.
Interesting that I received a survey from SPG on the Sheriton Tahiti and rated it poor. Next day I received an e-mail from operations manager saying I will receive 3000 SPG points for my trouble. Guess SPG knows the Tahiti property is a dump too.
Jun 15, 2006, 11:46 am
#53
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Has anyone else tried to book the St. Regis Bora Bora in 2007 using the SPG35? I called the platinum line to try and do this for May,2007 (I know, planning way far ahead) and was told that the SPG35 rates were not available. I asked if that meant the resort would not honor the rate in 2007 or if the SPG35 rates were just not loaded yet, but the answer I got told me that the person really didn't understand the question.
Jun 15, 2006, 11:58 am
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Originally Posted by plagioia
Has anyone else tried to book the St. Regis Bora Bora in 2007 using the SPG35? I called the platinum line to try and do this for May,2007 (I know, planning way far ahead) and was told that the SPG35 rates were not available. I asked if that meant the resort would not honor the rate in 2007 or if the SPG35 rates were just not loaded yet, but the answer I got told me that the person really didn't understand the question.
Sincerely,
William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services
[email protected]
Jun 15, 2006, 12:27 pm
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Originally Posted by plagioia
Thanks, William. Do you have any idea when these thing typically get loaded for the next year?
So, there are too many variables in this picture for me to say with any certainty that SPG25 will continue past the end of this year or if the SPG35 rate will ever be activated.
I'm making some inquiries, but getting anything out of the Hawaii office lately has been hit or miss...actually most miss.
Sincerely,
William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services
[email protected]
Jun 18, 2006, 8:11 pm
#57
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Originally Posted by Starwood Lurker
Well, typically, a hotel will load a rate and it will keep advancing inventory for 18 months ahead of the current date. Not sure what is happening here. They have the SPG25 rate loaded from now until December 31, 2006. They also have the SPG35 rate loaded, but inoperative with no occupancy end date noted.
So, there are too many variables in this picture for me to say with any certainty that SPG25 will continue past the end of this year or if the SPG35 rate will ever be activated.
I'm making some inquiries, but getting anything out of the Hawaii office lately has been hit or miss...actually most miss.
Sincerely,
William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services
[email protected]
So, there are too many variables in this picture for me to say with any certainty that SPG25 will continue past the end of this year or if the SPG35 rate will ever be activated.
I'm making some inquiries, but getting anything out of the Hawaii office lately has been hit or miss...actually most miss.
Sincerely,
William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services
[email protected]
Just thought I would let you know that I was working on this with the resort directly (or at least with the 'St. Regis Travel Specialist' for the resort) and she told me that the SPG25 rate is good into 2007 (in fact she gave me a rate quote for May 2007). Just thought you might like to know, if your inquires to the Hawaii office came back empty handed...
Last edited by plagioia; Jun 19, 2006 at 11:58 am
I wonder how much of a difference in service there will be..
Jun 19, 2006, 4:13 am
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There's just no comparison between the Maldives and Bora Bora.
The Maldives are boring flat coral islands, whereas Bora Bora has stunning mountains and bays as well as beaches. And at the end of the day the Maldives are an exceedingly poor Third World country, whereas Bora Bora is a relatively rich French territory.
The Maldives are boring flat coral islands, whereas Bora Bora has stunning mountains and bays as well as beaches. And at the end of the day the Maldives are an exceedingly poor Third World country, whereas Bora Bora is a relatively rich French territory.
Jun 19, 2006, 9:25 am
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Originally Posted by DCF
There's just no comparison between the Maldives and Bora Bora.
The Maldives are boring flat coral islands, whereas Bora Bora has stunning mountains and bays as well as beaches. And at the end of the day the Maldives are an exceedingly poor Third World country, whereas Bora Bora is a relatively rich French territory.
The Maldives are boring flat coral islands, whereas Bora Bora has stunning mountains and bays as well as beaches. And at the end of the day the Maldives are an exceedingly poor Third World country, whereas Bora Bora is a relatively rich French territory.