As BORA BORA is an island most of the food is imported, so yes
it's expensive. Here are some tips you might find useful to save some money.
1) The most expensive thing of course if the
lodging. Of course you want to be in a bungalow over the water, but if you are
going for more than 7 days you might want to spend some days in a garden
bungalow. They have their magic too!! You would have a private terrace and a
small pool. These rooms are really nice and you would save a lot of money.
2) You can bring up to 2 liters per person of
alcoholic beverages into French Polynesia, either packed in your checked
luggage, or carry on from the Duty Free shop. Some hotels offer a picnic basket
to have a nice picnic in the beach. You can save a lot of money if you already
have the wine and you only ask for the food. Also you can have a nice dinner in
your room with one of these bottles.
3) Late breakfast. You are on vacations no
need to wake up early!! You can have a late breakfast, more like a lunch. Almost
all breakfasts in the hotels are buffets so you can take advantage of this and
have a really good lunch. Then you can have an early dinner, let say around 5pm
and then just have some snacks in between if you are hungry, like French fries,
paninis, sandwich, etc... This way you will only do 2 big meals saving some
money there.
4) Make a one day trip to the main island. You
probably want to go to one of the restaurants in the main island. That’s a most!!
So to go to the main island you need to take a boat taxi, this are expensive,
so instead of going twice one to know the town and another to have dinner. You
can organize yourself and do both the same day.
5) Tips. A lot of people is use to give tips.
In French Polynesia, tipping is not customary and not expected. You may see a
tip line on your receipts; this is a relatively new development. You can
disregard it, or if you feel like giving a small tip for excellent service, tip
European style, $5 or $10, but not 15% -20%.
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