Wonderful house and host!! We spent a week staying with Laurie at the beginning of May and had a fantastic week in New Orleans - an amazing city with incredible food, make sure to ask Laurie for restaurant recommendations, especially for Jaques-Imos, exceptional!!

The house was exactly as described and in the pictures and was really comfy and homely and the bathroom was clean (always key to know I find). Laurie went out of her way to make us feel welcome and was happy to help us sort out travel arrangements to Jazz Fest when we arrived late the night before and clueless as to how we were going to get there.

The neighbourhood is great, lots going on a walk or short taxi ride away. We found it really nice to stay outside of the French Quarter and not in touristsville. A pleasant ten minute stroll will take you to Charles Av where you can take the street car into all the action of downtown.

Laurie was also really interesting to chat with, especially about New Orleans, I wish we had had more time to chat - we were often late back on an evening so our paths didn't cross a lot during the week.

Overall, I highly recommend New Orleans and if you want a home away from home with lots of local knowledge and info on tap from a brilliant host, this is the place for you!