New Orleans trip planning questions the Atlanta desk hears before anyone can reserve
These are the New Orleans trip planning questions the office in Atlanta hears most, answered plainly. If yours is missing, ask it in the request form or by phone.
Is the Atlanta planner paid out of my pocket?
No money goes to the office from you. Hotels and operators pay it a commission on what you reserve with them, and you pay them directly.
Then whose bill do I settle?
Each hotel's and operator's, through its own reservation on its own terms, after you accept the quote. This site has no payment page and never asks for a card.
Could the planner hold only a room, with no extras?
Yes. Name the corner and the week, and the quote comes back with rooms only.
Why are the stays ordered by a walk?
Because the first question about a New Orleans hotel is usually how far it is from the old streets. Every stay is measured on foot along the streets to Jackson Square, so the nine can be compared on one line.
Is the walk to the square easy?
The routes follow ordinary sidewalks, many of them old and uneven, with curbs at every corner. The office does not rate streets or neighborhoods; it gives you the route and the minutes, and you decide.
Where does a car from Georgia park overnight near the Quarter?
Hotels in the Quarter and downtown mostly park cars by valet and charge by the night; guesthouses farther out often have street parking. The quote says which, and the nightly charge, for your hotel.
What about hurricane season?
It runs from June 1 to November 30. Each supplier's own terms decide what happens if a storm affects your stay, and those terms are printed in the quote before you accept.
Does the office sell cover for a trip that has to be called off?
No. Whether to buy it, and from whom, is your own decision.
Are festival entry and parade seats part of a stay?
No. Festival entry is bought from the festival itself. Parades are free on the street, and nothing on the route is sold through this office.
Can we bring the children along?
Yes, though several guesthouses take adults only. Put the ages in the request and the planner reserves accordingly.
Which stays suit a wheelchair user?
Say so in the request. Many cottages and guesthouses put rooms up a set of stairs, and Quarter sidewalks are uneven; the planner asks each hotel about step-free rooms and entrances before quoting.
How early to write for parade or festival weeks?
For ordinary weeks, a month or two is usually enough. For the parade weekends in February and the spring festival weekends, rooms go many months ahead, so ask as early as you can.
Still deciding
The nine stays in walking order are the quickest way to compare, and the eleven measured corners are the way to choose a street. A written quote from the office costs nothing.