OT: Accomodation in New Orleans

I'm looking for a little help. My daughter is travelling to NO (from Australia) this week, and has just received an email from the hotel cancelling her booking. She booked and paid a deposit months ago. This is turning into a nightmare trip. She was going to tour the states for 3-4 weeks with a friend, visiting some of the larger cities. Her friend had to pull out in January, so she decided to go by herself and just do New Orleans (big concert on). Now this. :-(

Does anyone know of a bed and breakfast or something that travel agents might not - everything is booked out. She needs accomodation for the 10th and 11th.

thanks

chris :-)

Reply to
chris
Loading thread data ...

Did she get her deposit refunded?? ANd did they give a legit reason for canceling it?? Just curious, and I can hunt around if you want me to....

Larisa

Reply to
larisavann

I haven't lived in New Orleans since 1983, nor visited since 1987, so I can't help with the bed and breakfast. I wanted to see if I could find out which concert your daughter was willing to travel all that way for. Maybe my googling skills need help, and maybe the webpage I found was difficult to navigate. Either way, I didn't find it, and I'm curious.

--Lia

Reply to
Julia Altshuler

Have you checked the discount travel sites like travelocity.com and the like? They often have great last-minute deals.

Reply to
Samantha Hill - take out TRASH

Australia) this week...

Google something called the Warm Showers List. It's technically for touring bicyclists. Folks (who are staying-put bicyclists) offer a spare bedroom or floor space.

Also look for local chapters of any clubs to which you belong. Lions, Elks, Kiwanis, Red Hat, bicycle clubs, hikers, Sierra Club, American Youth Hostels. Square dancers. With the internet, this is easier than previously. (I've done this when working a large trade show near Chicago, and found a bicycle club couple one year, and a bike club guy another time.)

Might be a regular on this list who knows of an empty Katrina trailer.

HTH

--Karen D. yeah, what is the concert??

Reply to
Veloise

E-mail me off list. I can help.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

Reply to
Olwyn Mary

sorry. Forgot to give you my addy. Olwynmary at aol dot com.

The guest room has twin beds, I live 1.5 miles from downtown, the Convention Center, the Superdome and the French Quarter. Also, there is lots of public transport so she can be as independent as she likes.

Olwyn Mary.

Reply to
Olwyn Mary

Olwyn Mary--

i just wanted to comment on what an incredibly generous offer.....

my husband just came home from NO (he's a test pilot for the faa) and while he did not get to see a lot, he loved it....brought me home a cd from a "street musician duo"--actually they played in a cafe he was in...Mother Tongue-really nice music, violin and guitar instrumentals.

anyway, NO is one place i've always wanted to visit....

betsey

Reply to
betsey

InspirePoint website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.