We are heading to New Orleans for 2 nights and will be visiting Tulane. The 1st night we will not arrive until after 10pm and we will need to get to Tulane early the next morning for our tour. We will be driving there (4 people in family). Any suggestions on best places to stay, close to streetcar stop and some fun for after our tour of Tulane?
There is a Hampton Inn and Best Western on St. Charles is right on the streetcar line, probably the closest hotels to Tulane. Park View Guest House is right across the Street from Tulane.
Hotel Indigo is also on St. Charles and, like the others mentioned above, is midway between Tulane’s campus and downtown. For visiting Tulane, I think staying in Uptown or Garden District is the better way to go than staying down by the FQ.
Thank you!
I really recommend the Ace or the Aloft, both pretty affordable. Being in the CBD is great because it is central. You certainly do not have to stay uptown where Tulane is and you should not because that isn’t the best place to experience New Orleans! @Collegecue
Everything in new Orleans is close, it’s a small city so even staying in the CBD, the drive to Tulane is about 12 minutes
Strongly recommend staying Uptown or Garden District.
You are visiting and considering Tulane. Tulane students spend 90+% of their time Uptown. So that’s the area and experience you really want to check out – Carrollton Ave, Freret Street, Magazine Street, Audobon Park, etc.
Tulane kids occasionally travel down to and visit the FQ. But they really don’t spend much time down there. So don’t stay down there. But go down there for music or dinner or a walk about.
If your visit is centered around Uptown and the Tulane campus, you’ll spend too much time/money cabbing back and forth from downtown.
If you stay Uptown, you are close enough to both campus and the downtown that it makes using the streetcars sensible. I love the streetcars in New Orleans, but they are too slow to use for transportation unless you are going a short distance.
YMMV. But I do like the Aloft if staying downtown.
When you stay at the hampton inn, ask for a corner room. Much more roomy.
When we stay uptown (which I would highly advise for a 2 day visit) we always stay at the Hampton Inn on St Charles. When we stay near the FQ, we like the Roosevelt (they have a nice pool). Wherever you stay, make sure you ask if they have a Tulane rate. They do not always run this rate (depends if there is a special event in town) but when they do, the rate is significantly less than the usual rate. You can ask about an AAA rate too.
We are going for Honors Weekend on March 19, and I just booked the Hampton Inn on St. Charles. I asked for the “Tulane rate” and got $169 a night, which is good for NOLA. Parking is $15 a day.
@luckymama64, $169 is a good rate for Hampton Inn.BTW, I’ve stayed there several times and have never paid for parking. Parking, Wifi and breakfast have always been included. Maybe this is new? Are you a Hilton Honors member? If not, you should join (it’s free) - maybe parking is included with HH?
Are you sure you are at the right Hampton inn? The one downtown has a parking fee but not the uptown one.
We stayed at Hampton Inn as well. May have used Priceline to get it. .
Unfortunately, the Hampton Inn on St Charles added a $15 per day parking fee as of Jan 1.
Bummer. If they charge they should patrol it. Yes its gated, but easy to get into.
We ended up staying at the Hampton Inn on St Charles Ave. nice hotel, room, breakfast, streetcars were easy to use for FQ and Tulane. Parking is now a $15/day fee but overall we were very happy. Thanks for the help!
We stayed at Hotel Monteleone in the FQ which was only slightly more than other hotels, and well worth it! My son loved the historic memorabilia they have around the hotel where Tennesee WIlliams and Ernest Hemingway stayed. You can walk everywhere from there, except Tulane 
which is a 15 min drive or so. Rooftop pool and carousel bar in the lobby that actually turns at it did in the 40’s when it was built.