JonesyOnReddit t1_j6kcz3q wrote on January 30, 2023 at 11:03 PM

I prefer the Maldives, plus theres 1200 of them so while expensive its less expensive than Bora Bora.

redshift83 t1_j6kt0n8 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 12:57 AM

seems like a question of where you live.... europe -> maldives direct vs USA -> tahiti direct. how long does it take you to go to maldives? SFO->PPT (Tahiti main land is 8.5hours).

redshift83 t1_j6lgmvx wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:56 AM

I wouldn’t make bora bora the focus of my trip to FP but it’s definitely nice. I didn’t notice bugs at all when I was there, but some people complain incessantly (my wife).

JonesyOnReddit t1_j6kweoe wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:22 AM

I was awake for 50 hours straight on the trip back one of the times, can't sleep on a plane or in a terminal, its kinda an awful trip. To be fair the last few hours of that was to watch a football game and hit 50 hours. I'm in the US. Never found a way to do it without an overnight layover in dubai or sri lanka (at least not affordably).LAX->Dubai->(sometimes)sri lanka->male->boat or sea plane to resort. For whatever reason, both times I went, the sri lanka stop was only on the trip there or the trip back, not both.

I've looked at Bora Bora instead but its more expensive, apparently has a ton of bugs (none in maldives), and looking at bad review of bora bora trips compared to bad review of maldives trips is comparing real complaints to Karens.