Brian's place is a little home away from home. He made sure we had all the essentials and left us a detailed book of information for some of New Orleans hot spots. His place was very clean and private. It was situated a block away from the main bus stop and street cars. The neighborhood is extremely quiet both during the day and night. We barely saw any people roaming around the neighborhood but whenever we ran into anyone, they were super nice and inviting. Tips to save money: 1) Download the GoMobile app and purchase your tickets for the buses and street cars. If you plug in the location youd like to go to in google maps, itll also tell you the specific street cars and busses to take along with the times they come. Dont use Uber/Lyft unless you really have to, in situations such as coming home at late night hours or if its really cold and raining. 2) Bring a warm coat because the weather here is unpredictable. One day its really hot, the next it's raining and really cold. 3) Go grocery shopping the first day, if you intend on cooking. It'll save you tons of money. Its expensive to buy commercial food every day of your trip. 4) Dont waste money on tours etc unless you really want to. You can get on the Green street car (catch it on Canal St and Bourbon) and it will take you to all the hot spots the tour would such as Garden District, WWII Museum, and Tulane University, for FREE. 5) Speak to the locals, they'll tell you all the hot spot bars. The locals don't go to Bourbon St. to party! They say it's for the tourists lol. 6) Go to local areas to buy souvenirs such as Jackson Square, past the Cafe Du Monde towards the end of the street. There's tons of local shops down that area. Don't buy from the over priced Bourbon St. They have "tourist" prices.
The only draw back was that I ordered a jacket from Amazon because the weather changed from warm to freezing cold in a matter of hours. I was not at all prepared for that so I thought I'd simply order a jacket and have it delivered just as you'd order food from a restaurant and have it delivered. I didnt inform him I'd be receiving a package because I put delivery instructions to call me before delivering. However, the delivery guy didnt call me and instead left it on Brian's porch along with his packages. Brian didnt bother to text or call me to ask if the package belonged to me. He instead opened my package and threw it in the garbage claiming it was there for two days before he opened it which was a lie. I checked the tracking and it was delivered on the 7th in the afternoon. When I texted him about it in the morning, he at first didnt even respond to my text about it specifically. I had to send it again to which he made some lame excuse and then took it out of the garbage, dirty and left it on the chair outside. I was very disgusted by his actions as he could've simply just texted me to ask if I ordered a package, or simply sent it back. His actions were uncalled for; extra! I spent 20 mins washing the jacket he threw in the garbage and another hour hoping it would dry on the ac vents, in time to wear it out. Seeing as he threw it in the garbage actions that were uncalled for and absolutely ridiculous, he could've offered to get it washed but he didnt. He just acted as if I could still wear it with the yellow stains from the garbage and insisted it smelt better than when he opened it because the garbage had lemons in it and my jacket now smelt like lemons 🤔. That jacket didnt have a smell when he opened it. He just wanted to justify his actions by saying that thinking it was a great excuse. I asked him if he thought it was voodoo or some thing and that's when he confessed that what he thought it was. 👎 I just didnt respond back because that still.doea not explain why he opened if it was voodoo. Wouldbt you just toss the entire package in the garbage without opening it?! 🤔
Also, he allowed us to leave our suitcases after check out because we had a late flight. When we returned to his place to retreive our suitcases, the doors were left open and no one was home. I called him and he didnt answer and instead of calling me back, he sent a text saying "Hey! I guess you all left early. Sorry I missed you." Smh, wow I thought as I decided not to respond.
Over all our stay was great.