Our family had a great time in New Orleans staying at Zach's place. It was very lose to everywhere we wanted to go, just a couple minutes to the French Quarter, zoo, etc. Our two year old sons loved feeding the chickens every morning (Mom & Dad could have done without them crowing at all hours of the night, but it added to the charm) & they loved running from the front of the house to the back in one shot-classic New Orleans shot gun style house. If you've never been in one keep in mind there are no hallways (sort of) between the rooms, so if you are staying with a group you wont have much privacy between each room but this is how people actually live here so its a cool cultural experience. One more thing about staying in an official NO home-forget about heat. Most of the year this isnt an issue-its a tropical climate-but those rare few months when it gets cold, you will basically be as cold as it is outside. Nothing you can do about it. Zach was an amazing host and went above and beyond during our stay. We would definitely stay here again!