Dunno why more people don't go to Bora Bora over the Maldives. It sounds like the PPT-BOB flight costs the same amount as the seaplanes from MLE to the hotel. Plus it's closer.
Hotels are more expensive,
very few private pool options
Hotels are more expensive, very few private pool options, flights are harder to get, no first class or even lie-flat business class, no *A flights from the US, dateline/shabbos issues, it's rainy during winter in the US, et al.
http://www.jetsetter.com/hotels/french-polynesia/bora-bora/1096/the-st-regis-bora-bora-resort?nm=splash&ca=asia&cl=3&rid=6And they have the gall to charge $32 for wi-fi. As if 1.1k per night couldn't cover that...
Not on ota bookings
I've gotten it multiple times on OTA bookings.
Better question is what's with shabbos in French Polynesia?Any chabad guys ask the shayla yet?
Tahiti has a 200 yo Orthodox shul
Active?