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Music, history, and the best food city in the South.
About New Orleans
No American city rewards a hotel-first booking strategy quite like New Orleans, because no American city has a more event-driven rate calendar. Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, French Quarter Fest, a big game in the Superdome — any one of them can triple the price of the same room. Outside those weekends, this is one of the better-value historic cities in the country, and member rates that aren't displayed on the open web frequently widen that gap further. Check the festival calendar before you check anything else.
The city's neighborhoods each offer a genuinely different trip. The French Quarter puts you inside the postcard — wrought-iron balconies, beignets at dawn, brass bands by afternoon. The Warehouse District trades that for converted-loft hotels, the WWII Museum, and a shorter walk to the convention center. The Garden District is mansions, live oaks, and the St. Charles streetcar; the Marigny is where locals actually go to hear music on Frenchmen Street.
Our Travel Editor's New Orleans advice: stay in the Quarter for your first visit and the Marigny or Warehouse District for every visit after. Book Sunday through Thursday if you can, eat at least one meal somewhere with white tablecloths and one from a corner po-boy counter, and never schedule anything before 10 a.m. — this city is built for late starts.
— Our Travel Editor
Who's it for?
Top Neighborhoods
French Quarter
The 300-year-old heart of the city — historic hotels behind iron balconies, Jackson Square, and everything within a ten-block walk. Interior courtyard rooms run quieter.
Garden District
Live oaks, antebellum mansions, and Magazine Street shopping along the St. Charles streetcar line. A calm, beautiful base about 15 minutes from the Quarter.
Marigny
Just downriver from the Quarter, home to Frenchmen Street — the live-music strip locals prefer to Bourbon. Small inns and boutique properties over big towers.
Warehouse District
Converted-warehouse hotels, the National WWII Museum, and a strong contemporary restaurant scene between the Quarter and the convention center.
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