My input on price tag...
When I went in 2017, flights direct from SFO weren't available yet, or just recently so, so I had to fly in/out of LAX. That added another $220 to the airfare. I used airmiles, but didn't have enough, so had to buy more points, which resulted in about a $750 plane ticket for SFO to PPT. I think full price, at the time, ranged from $900 to $1400, depending on route, with the cheaper ticket having a long layover in AKL.
Inter-island flights via Air Tahiti, $660 for Tahiti->Bora Bora->Rangiroa->Fakarava->Tahiti, most difficult part was working out a flight schedule that didn't involve back and forth to Tahiti. There are direct flights between islands, but less frequent than back/forth to Tahiti.
Ferry ride to/from Moorea $30
18 days of travel, 1st time, so sampling islands
Diving
Bora Bora, Eleuthera $428, 6 dives
Rangiroa, The 6 Passenger $741, 11 dives
Fakarava North, Dive Spirit $295, 5 dives
Moorea, Moorea Fun Dive $242, 4 dives
18 nights accommodations $1427, which ranged from bungalows on the beach with no aircon (fine with breezes) to hostel (Tahiti) to a pretty nice apartment on Moorea which ran $220/night for up to 4 people.
Total budget: $5600 with diving, $3900 without diving
