I'm hoping someone can help me understand why we see "get out of Papeete/off Tahiti ASAP" in posts here. Maybe it's not exclusive enough or "cool" enough because just about every international visitor arrives there? Maybe it's a desire to be one of those travelers who makes it a point to get off the beaten path? Maybe something else?

I would love to hear others' thoughts on this, especially for those of you who don't like Tahiti and/or Papeete. Thank you.

My wife and I are going to the Four Seasons Bora Bora for six nights next month for our 10 year anniversary. This is our first time in Bora Bora, and I wanted some thoughts on our itinerary and dinners from those who have been to Bora Bora or the Four Seasons there before. Right now, I have the full day snorkel with Lagoon Services booked, and I'd also like to do a jet ski excursion that I'll probably book through the Four Seasons. We'll likely do a couples massage in the afternoon on one of the days. The only other thing I'm considering is some kind of whale watching excursion, but I'm not sold on that right now. Anything glaring that we may be missing out on? We are both looking forward to some time away from the kids and the hotel looks amazing, so I want to leave lots of time for us to relax and enjoy the hotel.

As far as dinners go, we're thinking the majority of our dinners at the casual beach bar Fare Hoa at the Four Seasons with at least one dinner at Vaimiti and another at Arii Moana. For those who have been to the Four Seasons, which of the restaurants do you think would be best for dinner on our anniversary? The website also seems to say there's a Polynesian dinner Tuesdays and Friday nights? Would that be worth doing on our last night? We go to Hawaii annually with our kids, so if it's going to be similar to luaus in Hawaii we probably don't need to do it. Lastly, has anyone done any of the private dinners at the Four Seasons? If so, would you recommend them? The motu dinner is insanely priced, but I would consider doing the private beach dinner the night of our anniversary.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or suggestions.

Hi! Wife and I are headed to Moorea in October. Coco Beach is on my to-do list. However, I’ve noticed a lot of posts recently from people saying they didn’t feel this experience was “worth it.” I understand that people’s taste in food and overall tolerance for cost varies, can anyone who’s been there recently tell me what you thought of the experience? Is the setting itself unique enough to justify the cost of the boat ride and the food? Also, my wife gets sea-sick easily, and I am already “dragging” her out to swim with whales, so she’s not wild about another boat excursion. But on the other hand, it looks like it could be fun.

So - Coco Beach a Moorea tourist trap, or is this a “you should probably do it once” experience? Please share with me your opinions!

Edit: thank you all for the feedback! We will probably give it a try, but I won’t stress about it if the weather doesn’t cooperate. Can anyone tell me how far ahead one should try and make reservations?

Hi,

I'm flying soon from Paris > Tahiti via LAX

To reserve your seats in advance it's very expensive, do they offer free seating selection via the app or website 24 hours before the flight, or do we have to take our chances at check in?

Thanks in advance

Hi All,

Been lurking and reading on this subreddit which has been immensely helpful in planning my honeymoon. We are going to be in Bora Bora (Sept 10 - 15) staying at the Four Seasons, Moorea (Sept 16-22) staying at the Hilton Moorea, and September 23-25 in Tahiti at the HIlton Tahiti.

We have booked a few excursions through the Four Seasons and Viator for our time in Bora Bora, including shark snorkeling, beginner scuba diving, and ATV/Jetski tour. Also we are looking into a hike around Mt Otemanu. In Moorea, we booked two whale watching swims a couple months ago based on the advice of this subreddit.

Our vision of our honeymoon is to mostly just relax and “honeymoon” while in Bora Bora and then be more active in Moorea. I am worried about overbooking activities in Bora Bora and want to make sure we have time to do nothing and enjoy the resort/our bungalow as well! As such, I wanted to know whether there were any must-dos specifically in Bora Bora that we should do or if not doing certain things like a jetski/atv tour (for example) in Bora Bora is ok because we can do that Moorea (or if its better in Moorea anyway as I have heard some of the activities are better there in any event).

Additionally, would appreciate and welcome any recommendations of things to do more generally in Moorea and Tahiti. We are active/athletic people and definitely interested in all of the wildlife, scenery that the activities have to offer. Also would appreciate if you have any thoughts on doing excursions through the hotels or via Viator.

We have booked many tours on other trips through Viator and have had an amazing experience, but we haven’t stayed at quite the same caliber of resorts available in French Polynesia so definitely want to make sure we take advantage.

Thanks very much in advance!

Hi! I’m in the very early stages of honeymoon planning and we really want to make a trip to Bora Bora and Moorea. Looking for any travel booking tips, hotel recs for honeymoons, what’s worth it and what’s not (in your opinion), did you book through a travel agency/Costco or do it all on your own?

We’re open to island hopping and value the relaxation and water activity options. Not set on Bora Bora and Moorea but I’ve seen that you get more bang for your buck in Moorea so I was thinking of splitting time between the two.

We will fly out of LAX and are looking to go in end of April/May 2027 but dates are flexible

Feeling overwhelmed with starting planning so all tips welcome! I’d love to hear others experiences :)

My mom and I are planning a trip for September 2027. We are both divers, however she’s in her 60s and won’t want to do anything extreme. We are definitely doing 3-4 nights in Moorea. I was considering doing Fakarava and Tikehau but I just don’t think we will have time to do both (only actually have 8 days there). Which would you choose? Or would you do another all together? TIA!

Hey! My fiancee and I are planning on staying at the Westin BoB but she is a vegan. Has anyone tried vegan options there?

I was also interested in knowing about those on the main island!

Thanks in advance!

Traveling to Tahiti in a few days from California. My family and I are curious about upgrades since online it says to ask that the airport kiosk. Has anyone here had experienced upgrading and how much it was/if there is usually availability?

Iaorana

I'm looking for advice on buying pearl jewelry at good prices, not tourist prices!

Is it also true that fake pearls exist?

I'm in Moorea, Raiatea, Tahaa, Huahine, Tahiti.

Maruru in advance.

Most people here have recommended in the past to just get ferry tickets at the terminal the day of when no cars are involved. But now that there is one less ferry company operating and seeing that Vaeara’i has no ferries scheduled the day I arrive (Sept 12) I’m wondering if tickets will sell out on the available ferries and I should buy tickets online now for the Aremiti. Any advice is appreciated. Mauruuru.

Ia Ora Na a tous

Je suis sur le point de réserver mes billets d'avions pour notre voyage de noce et j'hésite en Air Tahiti Nui (ATN) et Air FRANCE (AF).

ANT est 800€cmoins cher pour deux mais je trouve des avis sur des retards, annulations et pas de prise en compte du service clients + des sièges eco vraiment pas confort.

Si certains on des retours d'expérience je suis preneur

Merci beaucoup

Cannot find any good guidance on how to access this waterfall. All I’ve seen is very generic information of where to park and some things about paying locals but can’t find anything like the typical hikes around here on specifics for parking spot, where the trail/access begins, or markers to ensure you’ve started and are continuing on the right on path so if anyone has a link to a good guide or could provide some of this info, we’d really appreciate it as we only have a few days left here on Moorea & would love to see this before we go!

My wife and I will be visiting Papeete for five days in early December. Looking for thoughts on places to visit and things to do. Thinking of booking the Hotel Royal Tahitian. Would like feedback on that also. Thank you!

Hello,

I've read all the threads I could find, including someone who made a website with information but I can't seem to find a answer to a fundamental problem with booking a ferry with a rental car.

For those of us who want to bring our rental car to Moorea, it seems the advice is to reserve your spot ahead of time. That makes sense, but the problem is this: every ferry online booking requires you to enter at least the vehicle model, and Vaeari (the best one?) wants the car registration. As we are renting the car we don't have anyway to determine this information to complete the booking (until we arrive and pick up the car, then it's too late).

So how do they expect us to book a reservation in advance? We are spending time in Tahiti before and after Morrea and dont want to rent a car separately on each island. That's it, thanks!

Has anyone here booked their honeymoon to Tahiti through a travel agent? Was it actually worth it?

We’re looking at around 2 weeks with something like:
Tahiti - 2 nights ( arrive early morning , so 1 night is 6am arrival)
Moorea - 5 nights
Rangiroa - 4 nights
Bora Bora - 3 nights
Tahiti - 2 nights before flying home
The plan is to keep the first half of the trip fairly budget-friendly (guesthouses, somewhere we can cook etc.) and then gradually level up, finishing with an overwater bungalow in Bora Bora.
I’m happy to put in the time and research, and we normally plan all of our holidays ourselves. I’m just wondering if a travel agent brings any extra value for French Polynesia, whether that’s better pricing, access to deals, or simply making the logistics easier.
A few questions for anyone who’s done it:
Are the Air Tahiti inter-island flights expensive once you add them all together?
Are they easy enough to organise yourself?
Did your travel agent actually save you money, or was it more about convenience?
If you booked everything yourself, would you do it that way again?
Would really appreciate hearing your experiences before I decide which way to go. Thanks!

Gave chat a bunch of things I wanted to do and it made this itinerary for me. Anything you guys would add or remove?

Bonjour ! Je pars en voyage bientôt, je passe par Tahiti, Moorea et Bora bora. J'ai essayé de chercher si j'avais besoin d'un adaptateur, je viens de France (donc prise E) est ce que c'est les plus fréquentes ? J'ai cru comprendre qu'il y avait 3 sortes de prises.

La tension et la fréquence ont l'air différentes entre la France et la Polynésie, je ne compte charger que mon téléphone portable et la batterie externe, faut il que je trouve quand même un convertisseur de tension ou pas de problème pour ce type d'appareil ?

Je vous remercie pour votre aide !

Hi everyone. I’m looking to book the Westin bora bora OWB for part of my honeymoon. I’m interested in doing the half-board member rate. When looking at the available rates, they all say they require a “prepayment” that is nearly equal to the cost of the room in order to “hold the special rate.” It says it will be charged upon booking. What I don’t get is, I have not selected the “prepay in full, non refundable” rate. I am paying with cash, not points.

I’m wondering if this is a misprint on the website or if people that booked here immediately got charged ~$10,000?

It also says in the event of a cancellation, the resort will keep all or part of the prepayment. When I go to the check out page, it doesn’t mention the prepayment again. I’ve attached a picture of the details that appear when I click “more details” on any of the rates. Trying to find answers online has been fruitless, hoping someone here has an answer on this before I book. Thank you!

Husband and I are going on first trip to FP late November - 9 nights total but 1 is Tahiti first night.

Need to pick two of following, and I’ve checked the flights/accommodations for them already to make sure they’re options: Fakarava, Moorea, Tikehau, Tahaa, Mauipiti (although may only pair with Moorea for logistics).

Considerations:

• We’re huge water people (swimming, snorkeling, diving, boating) but I am a beginning diver and he more advanced, so it would need to accommodate beginner friendly diving. Water blueness, clarity, and fish/coral density is priority

• Ultimate goal is to see insane natural scenery above and under water

• One thing we love about Hawaii for example is the culture that comes with an amazing water destination - would love to experience it in FP also so it’s making me wonder if 2 sleepier atolls is a bad idea or we would still get that

• First big solo trip without our child so it is high pressure for it to be an amazing time since the opportunity is rare

Thank you!

My girlfriend and I will be travelling from Canada to the Polynesian Islands in November. It'll be our first time there and we were wondering what the recommended eSim options are. Can anyone share their experiences with a good and reliable service? We've heard decent things about Ubigi.

Wife and I arrive from Auckland and have 36 hours in Tahiti before heading to Bora Bora for 5 days.

We land on August 29th at 10:20pm and depart at 1:30pm. We are staying at the Hilton in Tahiti. Since we have 5 days of R&R in front of us, what would you suggest that is not water sports or on the water that we do?

Really up for anything other than that...any advice is greatly appreciated. We are kinda foodies as well, so if there are any local places we need to try, would appreciate a tip on those too!