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 27, 2018, 7:41 am
#661
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Nov 27, 2018, 10:52 am
#662
Join Date: Jun 2009
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Does anyone know how many of the rooms are categorized as the reef side villa? From google earth it looks like there are a number of villas on the reef side, but given how scarce booking is even on release day, I am wondering how many are actually classified as reef side?
Nov 27, 2018, 3:58 pm
#663
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 787
Given the availability, I would believe that they are not releasing them all though...but they aren't releasing them for cash booking either.
Nov 28, 2018, 10:56 pm
#664
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: N/A
Posts: 21
I used the new Amex SPG Luxury credit card for a pre-paid hotel reservation. It did not get categorized as 6x points, nor did I receive the credit (charge was greater than $300). When I called Amex to enquire, I was told this is not a participating property for 6x points (?). I have asked for further review and Amex said they will get back to me.
Anybody else has faced the same issue?
Anybody else has faced the same issue?
Nov 29, 2018, 1:22 am
#665
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 12
Thank you, any tips on time of the release? I somehow got lucky the next day after posting the question and was able to snag 4 nights in November, but have two gaps. It’s wierd that just for those two days in between the nights I booked there were no reefside villas available, unless someone is just holding those nights. But looking at further 350 days out, still can’t figure out what time the release them for awards, must be during my nightime.
Nov 29, 2018, 1:24 am
#666
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 12
In the brochure that hotel emailed me it indeed says 5 reefside villas. I think they only release one 350 days out. And whatever is not sold they release last minute seems like.
Dec 5, 2018, 9:21 pm
#670
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 188
we left there a week ago, and there was no charge for the cabanas at the adult pool. They were first come, first serve. They have phones to call for room/drink service etc. I would say there is probably no charge for anything on the beach either. We were in the Two Bedroom Royal overwater bungalow though, so didn’t leave our room much.
Dec 5, 2018, 9:23 pm
#671
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 188
ours worked too well some days in the ROWV! We’d have it set for 21/22, and the room would be 19! There was one afternoon it didn’t seem to be able to keep up and the living room area got hot, but the bedrooms stayed chilly at all times.
Dec 7, 2018, 12:48 pm
#674
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 60
Dec 12, 2018, 12:54 am
#675
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Got an interesting dilemma. Due to recent system migration, my point booking has been changed to cash booking at less than half of regular rate. I suspect it is the reimbursement rate from Marriott for point bookings. I don't mind paying this new cash rate if Marriott can refund my points deducted. It should make no difference to property as they will be paid the same amount. Reservation currently shows cash rate with no point deduction yet point had been deducted prior.
Shall I contact property, Ambassador or Platinum line to change this?
Shall I contact property, Ambassador or Platinum line to change this?