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Trip Report: Winter Holidays in French Polynesia

January 16, 2023 by Payton Turner 1 Comment

Just over a year ago, Marriott announced a large devaluation in which they removed their award chart in favor of dynamic pricing. At that time, I had been sitting on a large chunk of Marriott Bonvoy points and I wanted to use them before the new pricing went into effect. 

Additionally, there was one Marriott property in particular that was sitting at the top of my hotel bucket list: the St. Regis Bora Bora resort. Availability is not always easy to find, but I knew that booking a year in advance meant I had a pretty good shot at finding the standard room award space I needed.

After booking 5 nights at the St. Regis for mid-December 2022 back in December 2021, the trip was born. My next order of business was to figure out how I was getting to French Polynesia, other hotels where I hoped to stay, and how to get home.

Luckily, I had an entire year to plan the trip, and as the saying goes, the early bird gets the worm, so I set out to book a memorable trip for my family. This trip report is dedicated to my time getting to and exploring French Polynesia.

Overwater Hammock at the St. Regis Bora Bora Resort

Trip Outline

While I had originally planned to review the St. Regis Bora Bora and whatever other hotel where I ended up staying, I never anticipated that I would be on an inaugural flight during this trip. Luckily for me, Delta happened to launch a new route from Los Angeles to Tahiti on the day I was already planning to fly the same exact route, just on a different airline, Air Tahiti Nui.

This trip report will include everything surrounding my first inaugural flight, as well as hotel reviews of three different hotels.

These stories include:

  • Lounge Review: Delta’s New LAX SkyClub
  • Inaugural Flight Celebrations on Delta LAX to Tahiti
  • Flight Review: Delta Economy LAX-PPT
  • Hotel Review: Hilton Tahiti Resort
  • Room Review: Hilton Tahiti King Residence Suite
  • Flight Review: Air Tahiti PPT-BOB 
  • Hotel Review: St Regis Bora Bora Resort
  • Hotel Transfer: Chartering a Private Boat in Bora Bora!
  • Hotel Review: Conrad Bora Bora Nui Resort
  • Room Review: Conrad Bora Bora Nui Deluxe Overwater Villa with Pool
  • Day of Departure in Moorea: My Thoughts
Arrival Dock at the St. Regis Bora Bora Resort

The Last Point

This trip allowed me to hit arguably the second most sought-after points and miles destination behind the Maldives: Bora Bora. Additionally, I got the amazing opportunity to go on my first inaugural flight.

I look forward to sharing this bucket list trip of mine.

Overwater Villas at the Conrad Bora Bora Nui

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About Payton Turner

Payton Turner is a University of Virginia student whose passion for all things travel has led him and his family to the far corners of the earth. While loving the luxurious life of first class, his AvGeek heart is just as happy in the back of the plane taking off on his next adventure.

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  1. BKAloha says

    January 25, 2023 at 7:38 am

    Bookmarked and ready to read about PPT! It’s on my wishlist.

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