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We will be traveling to New Orleans immediately after school is out in the Northeast for a week's visit. travel to cuba No one in the group of six has ever been to New Orleans, but we travel to a new destination every year as a group. It will be my wife and daughters (ages 3 and 7), in addition to my parents. We have been researching the destination and attractions. I would like any input on any moderately priced hotel anyone would recommend. We have looked into the Avenue Plaza Resorts, the Country Inn and Suites, the Springhilll Suites, the Best Western Plus French Quarter Landmark, the Staybridge Suites, and finally, the Westin Canal Place. I was really impressed with the amenities of the Westin until I read the comments on Trip Advisor. So I think even though that sounds like a nice place, I am a little gun shy about the reviews. The Avenue Plaza and Country Inn and Suites caught my eye otherwise.
Any input on the hotel to choose or any inside tips on anything in particular in addition to the hotel? We would like to do some sights in the mornings and relax by the pool in the afternoon most days. Thanks in advance for your input.
Not to beat a dead horse - but IN NO you MUST be very careful which areas and even strets you visit. There are some very high crime areas very close to major tourist attractions. And even some streets in the French Quarter are very unpleasant in the evening (much public drunkenness, even arguments/fights) and you want to be careful where you go with children.
We are very familar travel to cuba with the area (born and raised here) and stay in FQ hotels travel to cuba for a variety of events throughout the year. I would avoid the Avenue Plaza Resort because of the location. It is not a bad location but out of the way of any attractions. The Country Inn and Suites, the Springhilll Suites is kind of out of the way also. The Best Western Plus French Quarter Landmark is on Rampart, a street that borders the FQ and one I would personally avoid.
The Westin if one of my favorites because it is an ideal location in many ways. The hotel is literally on the Canal St. Street street car line and very close to the Riverfront street car. There are riverview rooms, which have amazing views of the curve in the river. Yes, the pool at the Westin is small and not that great but the view from their rooftop pool is amazing! Everything else at the hotel exceeded our expections.
For me, what makes a hotel "safe" are ones that are in very busy areas, not off the beaten path, not even by a few blocks travel to cuba because if it gets late and you still need to get back to your hotel, there are some areas that would make me uncomfortable. As for location, anything travel to cuba smack in the middle travel to cuba of the FQ, close to or on Canal St (in the area by the Westin, Marriott, Sheraton), hotels on Poydras (close to Harrah's travel to cuba casino)and on Convention Center Blvd but toward Poydras are your best bet. You want to stay close to street car lines, people, and businesses/restaurants that stay open late.
I wanted to clarify "smack travel to cuba in the middle of the FQ" to more specify streets/hotels in the FQ. The hotels that I think are in ideal locations for the FQ would be first, Place d' Armes Hotel. I have never stayed there so cannot comment on the hotel but every time I pass this hotel while in the FQ, I think, "This location is ideal". It is right by Jackson Square, the Catherdal and up the street from Cafe du Monde. It shouldn't be too noisy because it is not on or close enough travel to cuba to Bourbon.
We stayed at the Quality Inn Suites on O'Keefe St, ranked No 10 of New Orleans Hotel on Trip Advisor. It is only 5 minutes walk to the French Quarter, free breakfast and free internet. It is not a luxury hotel by any means but we thought it great value for money.
I've personally had great experiences with the Queen Crescent, on Camp St. The rooms are clean and comfortable and every time I book a trip, they seem to have the lower rates for the area I'm looking at.
Check Starwood loyality programs..Sometime they have great deals..ie: 1st night regular price 2nd night your birthyear.4 nights for 3 etc!!! In LA they commented they had never had a guest for 31 dollars a night, I was their firat and I was upgraded also as a member. So 149$ and 31$ equalled 180 US dollars. Pretty good for LAX, breakfast and a shuttle both ways.
I have stayed at the Place d'Arms, and it is a good hotel. They have a nice courtyard with a pool and it is a family-friendly sort of place, so it is a good choice with kids. If you could get rooms that open onto the courtyard, that would be ideal with a group since it would make it easy to hang out together in the courtyard.
The location is top notch - on a reasonably quite side street, but just a half block from Jackson Square, which is the center of the FQ. You are not on Bourbon Street, so you won't have the insanity travel to cuba there - actually it is just the first several blocks of Bourbon on the Canal St side of the FQ that are the crazy parts. The central location makes sightseeing very easy and also easy to go back to the rooms if someone is tired, travel to cuba needs a break, wants to drop off some shopping and then rejoin the group. The only caveat about location travel to cuba is that if you have a room facing the street, you will hear garbage trucks in the early morning hours - a courtyard travel to cuba facing room would be fine though if you want to avoid the noise.
travel to cuba I loved the Hotel Monteleone and thought the location was perfect! We walked everywhere except I did take a taxi the day I went to see the World War 11 Museum. ( Don't miss it! Definately a trip highlight!)
Glad to hear the positive comments on the Place d'Arms as I just booked 3 nights there in April. Also got the courtyard room as I figured it might be quieter than the French Quarter facing rooms. travel to cuba BUT, I always travel with my ear plugs just in case. Only hope there won't be a bunch of noisy kids running around without travel to cuba surpervision!!!
When we stayed at the Place d'Armes, we were there for almost a week, at the beginning of summer - prime time for a family trip to NOLA because the kids are out of school, but the weather isn't quite unbearable yet. So there were a fair number of kids at the hotel, but I don't remember anyone being out of hand. As a child-free travel to cuba person myself, I tend to notice loud kids - I guess because I haven't built up the immunity to it that parents must if they are to survive their children's childhood with their sanity intact But I don't remember any issues with loud kids at this hotel.
In general, I don't think NOLA lends itself travel to cuba to unsupervised children anyway. With all of the dire warnings about crime, I don't think most parents are lax in their supervision of children, even those parents travel to cuba that would let their kids run wild at an AI in Cancun or someplace.
We also booked at the Place d'Armes arriving St. Patrick's Day, courtyard facing room with windows, the rates are very good on weekdays. Be advised there are rooms which have no windows at all, some can handle it, not DH and I.
Westin Canal is a good location convenient to the FQ and other attractions. Definitely go to the Aquarium and do a Swamp Tour with your kids! You can also take kids of any age to the Preservation Hall jazz concerts travel to cuba in the FQ which would be a great introduction travel to cuba to the music there and has so much history attached to it as well.