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]
Nov 2, 2018, 10:59 am
#616
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: N/A
Posts: 21
Coming from someone who has not stayed yet, it looks like a lot of restaurants will actually pick you up on a water taxi for free. Check their TripAdvisor pages for more info. Here is a good website to get a feel on costs though who knows the last time this sucker was updated
https://www.boraboraislandguide.com/...staurants.html
https://www.boraboraislandguide.com/...staurants.html
Nov 2, 2018, 1:24 pm
#617
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: HH Diamond, Kimpton IC, Marriott Plat, AS MVP Gold
Posts: 549
I would recommend doing more research than just that one website. Free pickup service doesn't necessarily mean free water taxi. My understanding is that most resorts charge a fee for the dinnertime boat transfers to Viatape (or for St. Regis their base on the other side of the island), and then most restaurants provide free taxi/shuttle service from Viatape to the restaurants and back. I would be very surprised that it is possible to get from the main resorts on the Motu's to restaurants on the main island of Bora Bora for free at dinnertime.
Nov 2, 2018, 1:45 pm
#618
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Programs: Marriott Titanium/LTP, IHG Platinum, Hilton Gold, United Silver, Delta Silver
Posts: 53
I would recommend doing more research than just that one website. Free pickup service doesn't necessarily mean free water taxi. My understanding is that most resorts charge a fee for the dinnertime boat transfers to Viatape (or for St. Regis their base on the other side of the island), and then most restaurants provide free taxi/shuttle service from Viatape to the restaurants and back. I would be very surprised that it is possible to get from the main resorts on the Motu's to restaurants on the main island of Bora Bora for free at dinnertime.
Nov 2, 2018, 4:53 pm
#620
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Malibu, CA
Programs: AA CK / Marriott Worthless Ambassador
Posts: 1,158
Booking
We got Overwater for 240k because the system was all messed and by the time they fixed it the standard rooms were gone. It was horribly confusing.
Going with 3 small kids and hoping they aren’t charged $55 for breakfast. Hoping Platinum covers us all.
Going with 3 small kids and hoping they aren’t charged $55 for breakfast. Hoping Platinum covers us all.
Nov 2, 2018, 6:13 pm
#621
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: YEG
Programs: Bonvoy Plat, Hilton Diamond, KLM Silver
Posts: 166
Overwater at 240k
when we’re you able to book overwater for 240k? What platfoem
did you use to book thanks
Nov 4, 2018, 9:31 am
#622
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 466
I did a search on the following in this thread but didn't see any recent responses so I figure I would ask.
We arrive next week and wondering....
-What is the deal with the Butlers? Is it a marketing ploy or will they bring you coffee in the morning, water to the room if you need it, etc?
-Also how is the internet at the hotel? We are leaving our two young kids at home and want to make sure we have access to text in case grandma needs us...
Thank you!
We arrive next week and wondering....
-What is the deal with the Butlers? Is it a marketing ploy or will they bring you coffee in the morning, water to the room if you need it, etc?
-Also how is the internet at the hotel? We are leaving our two young kids at home and want to make sure we have access to text in case grandma needs us...
Thank you!
Nov 4, 2018, 9:40 am
#623
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Southern California, USA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador and LTT, UA Plat/LT Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 8,764
I did a search on the following in this thread but didn't see any recent responses so I figure I would ask.
We arrive next week and wondering....
-What is the deal with the Butlers? Is it a marketing ploy or will they bring you coffee in the morning, water to the room if you need it, etc?
-Also how is the internet at the hotel? We are leaving our two young kids at home and want to make sure we have access to text in case grandma needs us...
Thank you!
We arrive next week and wondering....
-What is the deal with the Butlers? Is it a marketing ploy or will they bring you coffee in the morning, water to the room if you need it, etc?
-Also how is the internet at the hotel? We are leaving our two young kids at home and want to make sure we have access to text in case grandma needs us...
Thank you!
Butlers also can offer guidance and make bookings for restaurants and activities. Some will refer you to the concierge depending on the specific property, while others are equipped to act on their own on your behalf.
Butlers also can reserve daybeds or villas or chairs by the pool or beach, bring extra bottles of water, etc.
Our butler(s) did all of the above for us—but we eventually were assigned a single butler to take care of us due to our being upgraded to the Royal Overwater Villa. So YMMV.
Wifi for us was pretty good as I remember. We stayed in late April 2016.
Nov 4, 2018, 9:57 am
#624
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 466
Butler service typically will be able to unpack for you after arrival, pack for you before departure, bring morning coffee/tea/drink service, press 2 pieces of clothing per person per day, and shine shoes once per person per day, all on a complimentary basis in most cases. It’s one of the reasons I love St Regis over many other luxury hotel brands, and I miss it every time I’m at an Aman, Four Seasons, Peninsula, Rita-Carlton, and most Luxury Collection properties.
Butlers also can offer guidance and make bookings for restaurants and activities. Some will refer you to the concierge depending on the specific property, while others are equipped to act on their own on your behalf.
Butlers also can reserve daybeds or villas or chairs by the pool or beach, bring extra bottles of water, etc.
Our butler(s) did all of the above for us—but we eventually were assigned a single butler to take care of us due to our being upgraded to the Royal Overwater Villa. So YMMV.
Wifi for us was pretty good as I remember. We stayed in late April 2016.
Thank you!
Is there a charge for reserving the daybeds/chairs by the beach there?
Nov 4, 2018, 10:03 am
#625
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I don’t recall, I’m sorry to say. We almost always stayed at our villa since we had our private pool, and we rarely reserved chairs by the main pool since we tended to go to meet up with others we met last-minute. We never reserved chairs by the beach there.
Nov 4, 2018, 10:06 am
#626
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 466
Must have been a system error. Lucky you. 
Nov 4, 2018, 5:35 pm
#630
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,257
no need to reserve or pay, this place is not like in Caribbean or Mediterranean AI resorts where you have to "fight" for free daybeds or pay for one.
in fact, even at high occupancy, you dont see many people out and about.
most ppl who frequent these kind of resorts tend to have their own schedule or keep to themselves in their villa.