Driving through New Orleans for a night and need hotel recommendations. Have 2-3 people and want to keep it around $100-120. Never been so i'm just looking at the top hotels on trip adviser. Would like something downtown around French Quarter that's walkable.

10/13/2009 5:44:51 PM

look into hostels (if you are trying to sleep on the cheap)...those will be cheaper....15-20 a person i think

I think there is a hostel in walking distance of the french quarter

10/13/2009 6:07:27 PM

i go to new orleans all the time for work and when i want to stay downtown i stay at the hampton inn on cardondelet (or something like that) its 3 blocks from bourbon st, free breakfast and wifi and its usually $99 during the week. however you will have to pay for parking because i think its impossible to find street parking in new orleans. that runs about $24 to valet at the hotel and i think its worth it

10/13/2009 6:08:41 PM

sounds better^...free breakfast...mmmmm

10/13/2009 6:17:12 PM

Just use Hotwire or Priceline name your own price and you can probably get a nice hotel for like $50 plus fees.

I've stayed in some incredibly nice places in various cities for ridiculously cheap thanks to that site.

Good resource: http://betterbidding.com

10/13/2009 6:30:23 PM

Thanks! Think we might have found a place. Still looking though.

10/13/2009 6:31:54 PM

Stayed at the Marriott on Canal St. last time. No complaints about the hotel, easy walk to anywhere you want to go in the Quarter (and just a block or two up from Harrah's).

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10/13/2009 6:39:13 PM

^ I have stayed there before, and definitely had a good experience.

10/13/2009 7:52:04 PM

^price?

10/13/2009 8:38:06 PM

We stayed at the Royal Sonesta... Very nice! They only charged us $80 for the room for one night, but this was January of 2003

YMMV


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10/13/2009 8:50:27 PM

http://www.thecolumns.com/

Where I stayed last time I was in The Big Easy...on St. Charles in the Garden District, not walking distance from the Quarter, but way cool as hell. A little pricey though.

10/13/2009 9:42:02 PM

the royal sonesta is awesome

never stayed there but went to the christmas balcony lighting there last year

10/13/2009 9:48:23 PM

there is a new orleans thread already somewhere with a lot of advice.

but ill reiterate

sonesta is great if youre staying for a week or something. but i went again in may and stayed right across canal at a Marriott renaissance for like $99 a night. new orleans needs money pretty bad, esp off season so you should find a good deal. anyway, this place was like a 10 min walk to the edge of the quarter or harrahs. perfect.

10/13/2009 9:50:56 PM

Embassy Suites is where I stayed. It was about $125, IIRC, and the free breakfast buffet was awesome.

It's right next to everything, in the middle of downtown, totally walkable. Didn't use a Taxi or the Car at all.

10/13/2009 10:01:14 PM

many of the hostels have free meals and it will be a much better experience. I would honestly pay more to stay at a hostel than some sketch non 300 dollar hotel.

10/13/2009 10:17:59 PM

So i only have one night in New Orleans. What's some spots i should hit for music/drink?

10/13/2009 10:35:55 PM

Quote :

"I would honestly pay more to stay at a hostel than some sketch non 300 dollar hotel."

LOL seriously?? its not like the hotels are in the ghetto

10/13/2009 10:50:29 PM

you don't get to meet people in hotels though

10/14/2009 9:14:01 AM

dont feed the mambatroll

10/14/2009 9:40:40 AM

i thought this was about the New Orleans Hornets

10/14/2009 9:48:09 AM

W New Orleans-French Quarter

That place is HOT.

10/14/2009 10:00:13 AM

what night are you looking for? Tonight there's Khris Royal and his band (funk/jazz) at the Blue Nile on Frenchmen St.

Thursday night has the Soul Rebels at Le Bon Temps, but is a bit of a drive the other way from the FQ

Friday night, you can't go wrong anywhere on Frenchmen

Nonetheless, you can do better than Bourbon St. for your live music fix

10/14/2009 10:57:56 PM

Will be there Friday night. We'll just walk around the French Quarter and see what's happening. Would love to hear some music and drink some.

10/14/2009 11:15:34 PM

in Auburn, AL right now. Cool little college town.

10/16/2009 12:28:55 PM