Travel Tuesday | New Orleans in November

If you haven’t noticed yet, I’m a spontaneous trip taker. So a random day in early November I was browsing last minute flights & found a $200 roundtrip ticket to New Orleans…Ok, yeah it was a no-brainer.

Logistics

I feel like because I tend to travel a lot, I get a lot of questions about how I plan my trips out…And the short answer is: I don’t. Not that I don’t ever plan anything but I tend to like just winging it & seeing how the trip unfolds.

However, here’s how I figured out the logistics of this particular trip…

Plane Tickets: Google Flights
I pretty much always start with Google flights when I searching for flights. And then once I have a base line, I check out Skyscanner! These particular flights were non-stop Seattle to New Orleans on Alaska (heyyyy my fav airline right now).

Hotel: Hotwire
We stayed at the Maison Saint Charles & guys, it was so freakin nice!! We had like an entry room + these old chandeliers. Highly recommend checking out Hotwire deals because we saved so much money through them on this particular trip.

Transportation: Uber/we walked a ton
Since we weren’t staying too far away from the goings on….we decided not to rent a car. Which honestly worked out great because we never had to search for parking or pay for parking. (I guess a little disclaimer, we knew we’d be walking 20+ minutes per day to get to things but we both enjoy city walks so it wasn’t too bad).

Restaurants

Oh man, I feel like all we freakin did was eat while we were in New Orleans in November & I’m totally ok with that. Here are some of the restaurants we LOVED!

Antoine’s Restaurant
Ok not only was the food amazing BUT their lunch special is three courses (PLUS you get a personal loaf of bread) and it’s just the price of the year…so we paid $20.19. AND they have 25cent cocktails at lunch. Like come on guys…it’s a no brainer.

Mother’s Restaurant
I think we both left Mother’s too full to walk. Their Debris was about the best I’ve ever had & like everything we ate their was southern sent goodness. Be prepared to want to take a nap after.

The Ruby Slipper Cafe
We went to the Ruby Slipper for brunch & got a mixture of different kinds of Eggs Benedict. Honestly was some of the best brunch I think I’ve ever had. And that says a lot because brunch it my fav.

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Experiences

There are obviously a million things to do in New Orleans, between all the ghosts, the music, & the gator’s. So I’m not going to break down every single thing we did. BUT here are some of the highlights.

Pelican’s Game
I’m not much of an NBA gal, I definitely prefer college basketball. However, the Pel’s game we went to was so much fun! Mostly because we sat in the nose bleeds & laughed every time someone air-balled. But overall, one of my fondest memories of NOLA.

Preservation Hall
Oh my gosh. I’ve never been to a concert that felt so intimate & real in my entire life. Preservation Hall is a jazz club that’s been around forever. They only allow like 50 people in at a time & have shows every night of the week. It is absolutely worth your time. Don’t miss it.

Swamp Tour
I’ve been on swamp yours before (when I was kid sooo I barely remember it) but I never in a million years would’ve guessed that there were raccoons & wild hogs living in the swamp. It was CRAZY. And very gorgeous obviously! It might be hard to get out the city for a swamp tour but do yourself a favor & make it happen anyway!

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Have questions about what New Orleans was like in November?? Reach out on insta & I’ll talk your ear off about it!!