French Polynesia on a budget

Hi everyone!

A lot of people asks me how we managed to do French Polynesia on a budget, without camping or backpacking. We travelled for almost 3w and spent around 2500 EUR, intl flights from Europe included. So I decided to write a detailed post about it with the itinerary. It was such a hard trip to plan, so I'm happy to share our experience with others, since I believe this will be helpful to many:
https://cocotravelnuts.wordpress.com/2019/02/16/french-polynesia-on-a-budget-how-to-make-it-happen/
At the same time, I wanted to ask about how others travelled to FP on a budget. We are planning to do this again in the future so any tips on how to plan an even better trip will be more than welcome!! :)

2500 euros per person?

So 5000 in total..is that right? Two thousand to get there and back,and the other 3000 while you were there?

Hi! Yes, that's correct!!

That's rather a large budget...... That's a years budget in many countries but glad you enjoyed your three weeks....

Wow that is a big budget?

Not a big budget at all for being FP I'm afraid!

big travel budget but if you stay at some resorts the "in Tahiti" costs its not out of the question. A week in Moorea at a resort isn't cheap, pay some more for Bora Bora

Stay at Pensions and eat a lot of French Bread........much cheaper

Very useful, thanks!

Is anyone heading that direction in Oct/Nov 2019 and looking for a travel mate?

FP is definitely expensive, but traveling there alone even more so, there's a HUGE difference between 5000 as a couple or 2500 alone, if alone you'll spend most of the times almost the same as traveling with a travel buddy. 2500 ain't bad per se but you're rather limited not so much in accomodations rather than in activities you can do.

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