re: Bora Bora Honeymoon

I honeymooned in Bora Bora in 1986.

It is the most beautiful island I have ever visited. Back then there was:

No TV
No Internet (obviously)
No air conditioning (not needed the weather is perfect)

Our hotel provided bicycles to get around the island. We could put on our fins and masks and be snorkeling as soon as we entered the water.

It is #1 on my list of places to visit again.

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Go to Fiji instead

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Been there too. Flights are going to be very expensive. We did a cruise in the Yasawa Islands which is where the movie "The Blue Lagoon" was filmed. It was a great trip and the people were as friendly as any i've met.

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VABuckeye

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Thanks for the insight. I'm sure what you paid in '86 will be about triple now, at least. We are open to doing a cruise, but if we did we want to do something other than the typical Mexico cruise. I'd like to do that eventually, but I want something out of the box for our honeymoon.

The last thing I wanted to do after my wedding was get on an all day flight. (we waited until Monday to leave) But honestly you have a plethora of great options in the Caribbean.

Just went for the honeymoon, my csb was that we kept running into Patrick Peterson and his wife on their honeymoon, both having used the same travel agent. He was decked out in LSU gear in LAX, both nice and very polite. Look up Malcolm Travel in BR.

price estimates on here are pretty correct, as with most things you can spend as much as you want, but also make it on somewhat of a budget. i can see both sides, i was looking to the Caribbean for a more budget friendly trip, but have absolutely zero regrets for the experience. stayed 2 nights at hotel intercontinental moorea, and 5 nights at intercontinental thalaso in bora bora. both were awesome: the most beautiful places we will probably ever visit. i would encourage you to eat at the local places and not the resorts for better and cheaper food. the intercontinental thalaso is one of the newest resorts and one of the surrounding islets, but there is another hotel intercontinental on the main island, so there are free shuttles every half our or so by boat. most of the other resorts on the surrounding islands charge a fair for their shuttles and they are not as frequent.

weird grocery store experience there: the two top shelf wines were barefoot and yellowtail @ 40$ per bottle, and all the good french stuff was 11$ per bottle.

email @ man.in.the.stadium@ gmail if you need info or tips. congrats.

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We are open to doing a cruise

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The cruise we did was not what you're used to in the states. There were only about 20 passengers on the ship. We literally tied up to coconut trees at a couple of islands and dove in right off to snorkel at others. The cruise was nearly all Aussies and New Zealanders who are a blast to party with.

This is the company we cruised on. Blue Lagoon Cruises

It was a 3 week honeymoon in 1986. It would be crazy expensive today. We spent a day and two nights in Papeete, Tahiti then 5 nights on Bora Bora. Back to Moorea for 3 days then flew to Fiji for 2 nights and then a 5 night BLue Lagoon Cruise. Finally we flew to Hawaii where we spent another 5 days on Maui. It was the trip of a lifetime.