May 30, 2019, 10:51 am
Last edit by: Astrophsx
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]
Feb 27, 2019, 3:16 pm
#826
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 7
Hi escape4,
Thanks so much for your inputs. Your reviews are super useful and comprehensive! Btw, does the base garden view suite has beach/coral access? I dont mind stay at the base room but would like to snorkel at Conrad as i heard the coral there is better.
Thanks so much for your inputs. Your reviews are super useful and comprehensive! Btw, does the base garden view suite has beach/coral access? I dont mind stay at the base room but would like to snorkel at Conrad as i heard the coral there is better.
Feb 27, 2019, 5:56 pm
#827
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Homeless
Programs: Hyatt Glob; Hilton Dia; Marriott AMB; Accor Dia; IHG Dia Amb; GHA Tit
Posts: 4,844
If you read my reviews of the different room types in the Conrad thread, the base room at Conrad (= suite) is not a stand-alone villa like other room types, is on land and you share walls with neighbors like in regular hotels - please take a look at the resort map I posted and it will be easier to understand. I believe the base room at St.Regis is far superior than the base room at Conrad. However you are very likely to be upgraded at Conrad so I would not worry about that much. If you want a beach villa, the price you are likely to pay at St.Regis is better than Conrad, and the opposite is true if you want an overwater villa, Conrad has better value for the money. Of course it depends what you are looking for, price or views or service or hardware, etc.
Feb 28, 2019, 8:39 pm
#828
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 95
We're in a similar situation. Saw it on the website recently that we've been upgraded to a Superior Overwater (just a lowly Platinum) and we booked Reefside/Beachside. We'll have a toddler with us and I think it would be more fun to have a private pool and beach, not to mention the safety concern of having too easy of an access to open water from an overwater bungalow.
I'm tempted to contact the resort but husband thinks I've spent entirely too much time on the phone with Marriott booking these reservations (he's not wrong), and we should just wait until we get to the hotel and see what happens.
Would be interested to know if you decide to go back to a Reefside villa and if you requested it ahead of check-in or if you were able to get one at check-in.
I'm tempted to contact the resort but husband thinks I've spent entirely too much time on the phone with Marriott booking these reservations (he's not wrong), and we should just wait until we get to the hotel and see what happens.
Would be interested to know if you decide to go back to a Reefside villa and if you requested it ahead of check-in or if you were able to get one at check-in.
Of course I won't be upset if we are upgraded, but to me the big draw would be for a mountain view. That's several upgrades up from the reefside. We are Titanium, but an upgrade on an unpaid stay to a mountain view seems like a stretch. I guess I will see if and what they offer.
I will be very interested to see how you guys feel about it after you visit.
Feb 28, 2019, 11:12 pm
#829
Join Date: Feb 2010
Programs: MR-Amb, Hyatt-Globalist, AA-EXP
Posts: 1,744
We managed to snag 7 nights on points in the reefside base villa for next February. I'm stoked that we managed to not have to pay any cash. I agree this villa looks awesome and the private pool would be great. We've stayed overwater once before in the Maldives and as awesome as it was, I think the beachfront was a better experience (I realize this is reefside, not beachside). That said, I would still definitely recommend everyone trying overwater at least once for a couple nights.
Of course I won't be upset if we are upgraded, but to me the big draw would be for a mountain view. That's several upgrades up from the reefside. We are Titanium, but an upgrade on an unpaid stay to a mountain view seems like a stretch. I guess I will see if and what they offer.
I will be very interested to see how you guys feel about it after you visit.
For longer stays, I would highly recommend paying to upgrade to a beachside villa or one of the overwater villas for at least part of the stay if you're unable to snag a complimentary upgrade.
Mar 12, 2019, 1:01 am
#830
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 3
Here are the options that I know of.
Typical 13500 xpf / person email arrangement from BOB airport.
Arrange a time to take the non free shuttle from Vaitape St Regis port to StR for about 25 USD/ person.
Arrange a spot on the free shuttle at 2pm from Vaitape St. Regis port. This is limited to around 22 people. This also depends on how many people scheduled to take the lunch free shuttle. So if 22 people decide to come to Vaitape for lunch, the shuttle should be filled going back.
For people staying at Thalasso, the rate is 70 USD for two people from IHG Thalasso to StR. StR will arrange a time with you to pick you up from Thalasso.
I called StR from Bora Bora to get those quotes. Email always seemed to be the 13500 xpf rate. Long time reader of FT. Hope my first post helps someone.
Last edited by Cactrot; Mar 12, 2019 at 1:08 am
Mar 12, 2019, 4:47 am
#831
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 60
Also, kids under 6 eat for free at the resort. There’s a kid’s menu that you can order from and they also get unlimited free ice cream, milkshakes and smoothies. There’s also a kid’s club now given 24hour notice (it’s not staffed all the time given that there aren’t many kids at the resort)
Mar 12, 2019, 8:17 am
#832
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Malibu, CA
Programs: AA CK / Marriott Worthless Ambassador
Posts: 1,158
Kids
Did they give you any problems about having four occupants in the room? They are allowing us to visit their superior overwater bungalow with two kids, but said it’s a one time exception, as the max occupancy is three regardless of age.
Also, great news on the meals.
Also, great news on the meals.
Mar 12, 2019, 12:58 pm
#834
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 60
Breakfast is one of the welcome amenities to choose from for platinum (the other one is 1000 points). It’s a no-brainer to choose breakfast.
Mar 12, 2019, 1:33 pm
#835
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: SFO
Posts: 642
I only have one kid so no issue with overwater bungalow. I’m simply stating that the size of the room should fit 2 adults and 2 kids but I’m not aware that there’s a max occupancy.
Breakfast is one of the welcome amenities to choose from for platinum (the other one is 1000 points). It’s a no-brainer to choose breakfast.
Mar 12, 2019, 2:10 pm
#836
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: EDI/GLA
Programs: DL 2 MM Unobtainum | UA 1.1MM Gold | MR Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 2,272
Mar 12, 2019, 4:18 pm
#837
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Malibu, CA
Programs: AA CK / Marriott Worthless Ambassador
Posts: 1,158
In the past we’ve gotten breakfast for two adults and two children. It is worth noting that, despite its large size, they have recalculated to a maximum occupancy of three people.
Mar 14, 2019, 2:42 am
#838
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 21
My partner and I booked on points - we each booked one night back to back when it was 60k. I'm Platinum, and she has no status. We called in to Marriott to put her night under my name (the last night) so we'd get our free breakfast, 4pm checkout, etc. They said it can't be done, and that despite my name being on the room the last night as a "second guest" that we won't get any of my Elite benefits. Is that really correct? They said they could cancel her reservation and rebook it under mine, but of course that would now cost 85k. Does anyone know if that's the true policy or if I just got an unhelpful Marriott rep? Does anyone know if the St. Regis will give us my Platinum status perks that night anyway? Missing out on that breakfast and late checkout would be a huge bummer.
Mar 14, 2019, 4:55 am
#839
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: Delta Diamond, Marriott Ambassador & Lifetime Titanium, Hertz President's Circle, United Silver
Posts: 6,334
My partner and I booked on points - we each booked one night back to back when it was 60k. I'm Platinum, and she has no status. We called in to Marriott to put her night under my name (the last night) so we'd get our free breakfast, 4pm checkout, etc. They said it can't be done, and that despite my name being on the room the last night as a "second guest" that we won't get any of my Elite benefits. Is that really correct? They said they could cancel her reservation and rebook it under mine, but of course that would now cost 85k. Does anyone know if that's the true policy or if I just got an unhelpful Marriott rep? Does anyone know if the St. Regis will give us my Platinum status perks that night anyway? Missing out on that breakfast and late checkout would be a huge bummer.
Mar 14, 2019, 7:06 am
#840
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Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: New York, NY, USA
Posts: 12,483
Yes, that's correct. However, in practice, property often extends elite benefit to second guest. You need to work it out when you arrive.