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Larrie Ervin
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WE will be arriving at 7:00 pm (we hope) from Charlotte. and leaving the next morning at 9 AM for Los Angeles. Any suggestions on getting a room for the night...near the station?
You Didnt indicate when youd be Arriving into NOL but depending on what's going on in New Orleans, Prices on Hotels can Range from $50 a Night to $500 to Not available @ any Price! (Madi Gras/Super Bowl/Music Fests etc.) Any of the Travel Sites (I like Kayak, it gives you Lots of choices) will let you Review the Choices including Location/Pics/Reviews etc. (Priceline and Hotwire are "Blind" Sites) Ive stayed in Courtyards, Days Inn, Holiday Inn, Drury etc.for Less than $100 a Night! My Favorite Old Place in the Quarter is Place' D'Armes Behind the Cathedral off Jackson Square! Less than $100 a Night for a 200 Year old Building with a Great Courtyard and a Great Location!!WE will be arriving at 7:00 pm (we hope) from Charlotte. and leaving the next morning at 9 AM for Los Angeles. Any suggestions on getting a room for the night...near the station?
Is this the Holiday Inn Chateau LeMoyne on Dauphine?We were there in March stayed at the Drury on the outward leg of a cruise and Wyndam French Quarter New Orleans (which changed that hands that week from Holiday Inn). The Drury was nice and functional although the room had a weird shape - I think it used to be a bank building.
The Wyndahm has some issues . Here is what I wrote at Trip Advisor:
The staff needs congeniality training”
Reviewed March 23, 2013
We got off the Conquest and arrived at the hotel around ten-thirty, and encountered are only problem of the trip. As I mentioned previously, the Holiday Inn had become the Wyndham. The desk clerk needed serious congeniality training, bordering on rude. “Check back in two hours.”
Not the end of the world. We went up to Jackson Square and eventually sat down to some lunch. The Charming Bride called the Wyndham, and they did not have the room ready. She reported that the clerk was less than pleasant chanting what was to become the refrain for the day “Your room is not guaranteed until 4 PM”
We hopped a cab back to the hotel around 2:30, praying there was a room. Again Miss Congeniality sang the “Your room is not guaranteed until 4 PM”. We knew we were beat and went next to the bar. Luckily the B1G tournament was on and we could watch basketball, something the Charming Bride enjoys. Indeed at 4PM they had a room. My concern is not their room policy, which I accepted, but the lack of tact of their staff.
The room was actually above expectation, with a large sitting room, separate sleeping area, clean and well appointed. Unfortunately it did not make up for new song we learned in New Orleans “Your room is not guaranteed until 4 PM”.
Sadly the B&B I stayed at frequently in the 90's did not survive Katrina. And while we are on that subject I was aghast at how many damaged buildings were still standing and how many "green spaces" were all over town.
I would be remiss if I failed to mention how good the food is at Willie Mae's Scotch House 2401 Saint Ann St. I will never visit the hallowed ground again without a meal here. I can also recommend NOLA and Commander's Palace without reservation, but i wouldn't go there without one.
Enjoy the Big Easy,
The Chateau LeMoyne is still an IHG property, he was talking about the Wyndham which was previously an IHG property.Is this the Holiday Inn Chateau LeMoyne on Dauphine?We were there in March stayed at the Drury on the outward leg of a cruise and Wyndam French Quarter New Orleans (which changed that hands that week from Holiday Inn). The Drury was nice and functional although the room had a weird shape - I think it used to be a bank building.
The Wyndahm has some issues . Here is what I wrote at Trip Advisor:
The staff needs congeniality training”
Reviewed March 23, 2013
We got off the Conquest and arrived at the hotel around ten-thirty, and encountered are only problem of the trip. As I mentioned previously, the Holiday Inn had become the Wyndham. The desk clerk needed serious congeniality training, bordering on rude. “Check back in two hours.”
Not the end of the world. We went up to Jackson Square and eventually sat down to some lunch. The Charming Bride called the Wyndham, and they did not have the room ready. She reported that the clerk was less than pleasant chanting what was to become the refrain for the day “Your room is not guaranteed until 4 PM”
We hopped a cab back to the hotel around 2:30, praying there was a room. Again Miss Congeniality sang the “Your room is not guaranteed until 4 PM”. We knew we were beat and went next to the bar. Luckily the B1G tournament was on and we could watch basketball, something the Charming Bride enjoys. Indeed at 4PM they had a room. My concern is not their room policy, which I accepted, but the lack of tact of their staff.
The room was actually above expectation, with a large sitting room, separate sleeping area, clean and well appointed. Unfortunately it did not make up for new song we learned in New Orleans “Your room is not guaranteed until 4 PM”.
Sadly the B&B I stayed at frequently in the 90's did not survive Katrina. And while we are on that subject I was aghast at how many damaged buildings were still standing and how many "green spaces" were all over town.
I would be remiss if I failed to mention how good the food is at Willie Mae's Scotch House 2401 Saint Ann St. I will never visit the hallowed ground again without a meal here. I can also recommend NOLA and Commander's Palace without reservation, but i wouldn't go there without one.
Enjoy the Big Easy,
Streetcar fare is $1.25 now.The closest to Amtrak station is a Holiday Inn on Loyola ave. New trolley line runs from station to Canal then downtown, it passes in front of Holiday. Fare is under $1. Recommend you take taxi in am since the schedule can be slim on weekend. There is Wyndham also closeby
OK, thanks! I have stayed at the Chateau LeMoyne and it was quite nice.The Chateau LeMoyne is still an IHG property, he was talking about the Wyndham which was previously an IHG property.Is this the Holiday Inn Chateau LeMoyne on Dauphine?We were there in March stayed at the Drury on the outward leg of a cruise and Wyndam French Quarter New Orleans (which changed that hands that week from Holiday Inn). The Drury was nice and functional although the room had a weird shape - I think it used to be a bank building.
The Wyndahm has some issues . Here is what I wrote at Trip Advisor:
The staff needs congeniality training”
Reviewed March 23, 2013
We got off the Conquest and arrived at the hotel around ten-thirty, and encountered are only problem of the trip. As I mentioned previously, the Holiday Inn had become the Wyndham. The desk clerk needed serious congeniality training, bordering on rude. “Check back in two hours.”
Not the end of the world. We went up to Jackson Square and eventually sat down to some lunch. The Charming Bride called the Wyndham, and they did not have the room ready. She reported that the clerk was less than pleasant chanting what was to become the refrain for the day “Your room is not guaranteed until 4 PM”
We hopped a cab back to the hotel around 2:30, praying there was a room. Again Miss Congeniality sang the “Your room is not guaranteed until 4 PM”. We knew we were beat and went next to the bar. Luckily the B1G tournament was on and we could watch basketball, something the Charming Bride enjoys. Indeed at 4PM they had a room. My concern is not their room policy, which I accepted, but the lack of tact of their staff.
The room was actually above expectation, with a large sitting room, separate sleeping area, clean and well appointed. Unfortunately it did not make up for new song we learned in New Orleans “Your room is not guaranteed until 4 PM”.
Sadly the B&B I stayed at frequently in the 90's did not survive Katrina. And while we are on that subject I was aghast at how many damaged buildings were still standing and how many "green spaces" were all over town.
I would be remiss if I failed to mention how good the food is at Willie Mae's Scotch House 2401 Saint Ann St. I will never visit the hallowed ground again without a meal here. I can also recommend NOLA and Commander's Palace without reservation, but i wouldn't go there without one.
Enjoy the Big Easy,
I've stayed there and liked it also. Pretty close to the station as you mention.I've stayed serveral times at the Quality Inn & Suites Maison St Charles many times and enjoyed it. Short cab ride from Amtrak station and right on the St Charles streetcar line.
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