Choice between 3 hotels

Hello,

Well the dynamics of our group has changes and we wont need a room with 3 beds. (thanks for all of the suggestions though).

What we are looking for is a room with 2 beds. We are looking for a hotel with charm, has the New Orleans feel, in the FQ, walking distance to everything in the FQ and of course clean. I no sometime people mistaken dirty for old and I amnot one of those people.

So far we have narrowed it down to 3 choices. The Hotel St. Marie, Place D%26#39; Arms and Prince Conti. At all 3 of these hotels we can get a room with a balcony within our budget- which of course can be a bonus-. What do you guys think?

If anyone can suggest another place we are open to all suggestions. We will be going Dec 6-9 and we would like to keep our budget $125 per night or less. Any suggestions?

BTW- I was in NO for the first time this past April and stayed at the Hotel Monteleone and loved it but we are looking for something a little smaller and a has a more personal touch.

Choice between 3 hotels

We stayed at the Iberville Suites this past week and the place is lovely and the price was right also. You have a seperate bedroom with either a king bed, queen bed or 2 full beds, seperate living area with double pull out sofa, nice bath, refrigerator, sink, ironing board, etc. This may be a place you would want to check out.

Choice between 3 hotels

jiffer21225--

With the 3 choices you present, my first choice would be Place D%26#39;Armes.

The location is wonderful and the balcony rooms there would be very appealing. Your view would be Jackson Square and the surrounding area. Night time would be peaceful and you could watch the Quarter come to life in the morning. You%26#39;ll find the charm you%26#39;re looking for all right there.

My second choice would be Hotel St. Marie. The hotel itself is lovely but the street-side balcony rooms would be very loud at night. I can hear the subwoofers through earplugs. I%26#39;ll admit--the noise doesn%26#39;t keep me away from anyplace in the FQ that I love but I have heard plenty of people complain about the noise level. The balcony would overlook Toulouse St. and their balconies are beautiful....but the surrounding area is not as lovely as Place D%26#39;Armes.

My third choice would be Prince Conti--but only because I don%26#39;t really like staying on Conti. Just one of those personal preferences. I%26#39;d rather be anywhere from Toulouse to Esplanade only because I prefer the the more residential side of the FQ--one of those quirks we all have when choosing a place to stay. The Bombay Club at Prince Conti is nice little martini bar.

You%26#39;ll love New Orleans in December.

You can%26#39;t go wrong with any of the three but for the best location I%26#39;d go with the Place D%26#39;armes. I kind of like in the morning sitting in the european style cafe with free crossaints and coffee people watching on St. Ann.

I agree with the Place. I%26#39;ve stayed there twice this year, and both experiences were wonderful. I was there this past week and had a ground floor room at poolside that was perfect. I loved the little things, like actual ceramic mugs for your coffee. When you picture a New Orleans hotel in your head, it is the Place d%26#39;Armes.

Thanks for the suggestions. We were leaning more towards Place D%26#39; Arms and you guys helped us make our choice a little easier. :)

All 3 are managed by the same group and all are nice. The St Helen is more of an ';adult'; hotel (less young adults). You can%26#39;t go wrong with any of the 3. The Conti doesn%26#39;t have a pool the others do. If you are still looking try bookit.com for good rates.

Sounds like the choice we have just made. We went for Place d%26#39;Armes balcony room for the first part of our stay and when we come back to NO a few days later Prince Conti as we managed to get one of the suites for a realy good price, so the extra room will be nice. Check out the NO official web site as there is a code which gives a discount of about 10% I think it was the word welcome.

Scooby,

Which hotel did you like better?

We haven%26#39;t been this year yet, however we stayed at the Prince Conti last year again due to a great price. we had a suite which was nice,loads of room and the staff were great. After our first night we decided we would be back.I did think the Prince Conti reminded me of a real french hotel, with much better service.I havent stayed at the Place D%26#39;armes yet I was booked a few years ago but it was right after Katrina. If I had the choice and the rooms were the same size the courtyard at Place D%26#39;armes would swing it for me and the great location.

I will post after my October vacation tho both are excellent choices location wise.