This was our first rental with airbnb. We travel to New Orleans often and usually stay in a hotel in various parts of the city; French quarter, warehouse or garden districts. Airbnb was recommend to us and now that we’ve tried it we probably won’t ever go back to getting a hotel room. We have 2 school age children (6 and 7) and renting through airbnb gave us the chance to have 2 bedrooms, a den and a kitchen for the same price as a hotel room. Giving the kids their own bedroom and ourselves our own bedroom was a treat.
Malvern was a wonderful host. He was very accessible by text and even stopped by after we got there to check in on us. The apartment we rented from him is on the top floor of his law office. It is right off of St. Charles, only blocks from Lee Circle and has a private parking lot on the side of the his building. Easy walking distance to many restaurants and shops. We felt very safe there. We had everything we needed. He even stocked the fridge with breakfast items, coffee, cream and a 6 pack of Abita. The kids loved his hammock found in the den. The apartment has wifi, a nice tv with cable and many movies and cds to choose from. The apartment was very clean, has a large bathroom, each bedroom has antique beds and plenty of room in each for bags/kids play, etc. The den has a twin bed with a pop up trundle along with a futon that serves as the couch. There is plenty of room in the apartment. We even had access to his washer and dryer found in the law office’s kitchen.
It was wonderful to wake up in the mornings and be able to make a full pot of coffee and breakfast for our family before we really started our day. We spent the afternoons back at the apartment snacking on appetizers and drinking beer, recharging for our night out. The kids had so much room, it was wonderful to not be confined to a one room hotel !
Malvern’s place is so great. We would love to stay here again. Make sure to check out his 3 page list of places to go while in NOLA. We travel to NOLA a lot but learned much more from his comments!
Thank you Malvern!
Shannon and Jason Parham