I’m going to New Orleans November 4-8 and one thing has astounded me: hotels are expensive. Hell, one of the ones listed in this thread starts at $250 a night and that seems pretty in line with anything not horrifically scary looking.
Are there any good, more reasonably priced hotels in areas where I wont be stabbed that folks can suggest?
Of course I will be more than happy to share with the OP my findings as I plan my trip for things to do (though I’m 24, so the things I do may not be appropriate for children :)- it’s the least I can do after hijacking this thread.
Yeah, they are really expensive. We got ours for $143/night, and that’s a 2 bedroom suite with a kitchen. The other place we were looking at was $89-99 a night for one room, but we were also looking at $10-15 a night for parking. That seems to be the surprise charge for me: no place has good, free parking.
Oakminster, what a fabulous idea. Hubby says he’s heard of this. We will explore. Thanks so much.
JerseyFrank, I’ve got one that would love the Children’s Museum. I’m totally unsure about the other one.
I just looked at hotels on Travelocity. The St. Christopher Hotel Best Western, at 114 Magazine Street in the Central Business District, has a room for two adults and two kids for $63.20 a night for December 23 - 28. It’s only a block away from the French Quarter, and the neighborhood is safe. I’ve never stayed at this hotel, but the price is great for the location.
Thanks for the offer, but in my case, we have a hotel. We need to stay in Metairie, and I have three adults and two kids to try and house. That might be a wonderful idea for Diosa, though!
You’d definitely want to be in the suburbs. I’m guessing you’re talking about the Marriott at $250 a night, but Marriott IME is one of the most expensive hotels you’ll find anywhere. That’s why they brand the less luxurious hotels “Residence Inn” and I think there are a couple of others.
In Metairie, there’s the Landmark, which was really nice at one time, but I read some bad reviews online, mostly about the condition of some of the rooms.
On the Westbank Expressway in Gretna, there’s a Clarion Hotel that’s very nice and in a safe neighborhood that you could probably get a room for under $100 a night. There’s also a Holiday Inn lowrise (?) on the Westbank Expressway (big round hotel about 15 stories high) that was recently bought by Holiday Inn and extensively renovated. I’ve heard good things about it. Either of these is about 10 minutes from downtown N.O.
As I said before, stay away from anything on Airline Hwy…also avoid Tulane Avenue and there’s a place called the Canal Street Hotel (corner of Canal and Claiborne on the edge of downtown) where guests routinely get killed. There are a lot of relatively new hotels and motels in New Orleans East, but the neighborhood isn’t great and I’ve read that the parking lots of those places attract a lot of riff-raff.
I’ve heard of people getting rooms at the downtown Hilton for $80 a night, but that greatly depends on it being the off-season and no conventions in town I think.
Anything that claims to be in the French Quarter that looks like it’s not overpriced is going to be some sort of bed & breakfast type place, or it’s going to be a dump (or both).
The bed & breakfasts may or may not be super-expensive, but in either case, you’ll probably find that they’re very old, drafty, noisy, filled with fragile antiques, and possibly haunted. Some people find these places quaint…other people like me are extremely uncomfortable in them. I wouldn’t try to stay in one of these places with my kids for sure.
Check out tripadvisor.com before booking anything and read the reviews. If you’re still unsure, send me a message and I might be able to do some investigating.
It’s been a few years back (actually, about 15!), but we spent the holiday at the Windsor Court Hotel. It’s actually a good time to go, as the weather is quite pleasant.
Some people find these places quaint…other people like me are extremely uncomfortable in them. I wouldn’t try to stay in one of these places with my kids for sure.