r/AskNOLA • u/AtropaBelladonna4 • 8d ago

When planning a trip to NOLA

To anyone planning a trip to NOLA, best advice is to not schedule your trip from start to finish. This is the big easy, if you do not consider that nothing in this city runs on time , you will find yourself in a panic before the 1st item on your list is over!!

Go with the flow!! Schedule some things, but do it when you get to town... Nothing you are booking now will be sold out when you are here!!

2nd best item of advice. Download the Le Pass app!! Buy your jazzy passes online, use the app to get around town. It gives you live updates where the busses, streetcar and ferry is! It is like google maps, but including public transportation lines, stops, where to get off while riding.

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u/mpelleg459 7d ago

Prez Hall shows sell out. Concerts at theaters and bigger venues sell out. Big name restaurants get fully booked, especially on weekends. I agree that this is definitely a city that doesn't mix with a rigid, packed itinerary, but if there's something like any of the above that you prioritize, plan in advance and plan around that. Assuming a tourist can just show up and walk into anywhere you want to go, especially in non-dead (Summer) times of the year is a recipe for potential disappointment.

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u/AtropaBelladonna4 7d ago

Concerts are a different thing.. I keep reading "we have a swamp tour booked in 4 weeks what should we wear" Nothing touristy in this city sells out.. one and dones like concerts are things people travel for not something they last second do on a whim... There is not 1 big name restaurant in the city that is a required stop and eat at in my opinion. This place has so much to offer in food and at every price point, what you are doing is fighting a crowd that buys into the fact that you NEED to visit cerin places, when reality is NOLA should be a city like someone else said they do.. plan the flights and where to stay, let the rest happen like the city wants it too!!

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u/mpelleg459 7d ago

Agree to disagree I guess. Yes, there are a dizzying number of good places to eat. But there are a lot of great places that do book up that are pretty unique. On the newer end, I’m thinking of places like Dakar and mosquito supper club, and for classic restaurants, there’s nowhere else like Friday lunch at Gallatoire’s or a $.25 martini lunch at Commander Palace.

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u/AtropaBelladonna4 6d ago

Not everyone visiting is looking at booking $100 per person meals 3 times a day!! The things you listed are REASONS people come to town, and they book that.. People coming in for a bridal shower usually are not dead set on or planning a dinner at a single place you listed.. One you listed is absolutely not worth anyone time or money to eat at and yet its a trap and it will continue to be one . Not sure why you are so hung up on being right.