To start off I would like to say that Melissa is a great host. She is very responsive and timely. She let us check in early since our plane landed by 1145, which was much appreciated.
My first reaction when the taxi was dropping us off was that the location wasn’t in the best area, although definitely not the worst area. The actually place was very cute inside and looked very similar to the pictures. The bathtub is a claw foot tub, with what I assume was the original shower, which is very short. You will most likely have to duck down to use it.
After we settled in we adventured out. There is a bike path that is not too far from the place. The couple of blocks to get there had a lot of garbage and empty liquor bottles, but once you get onto the path it is very clean and nice. You cannot go straight across to canal street because there is some sort of drainage area blocking you from the street over. We walked down to the first main street , Broad St, to get to Canal St. Broad Street also has a lot of garbage and broken glass along it, which may just be normal in New Orleans. The trolley runs down Canal St so we were able to get to it in about 10 to 15 min walk.
The Good: the actual place was very cute inside. We used the coffee maker every morning and the water out of the tap was good. There were hangers in the closets so I could hang up some of my clothes, and the bathroom had a hair dryer so I didn’t need to pack mine. It was also nice that there was wifi because my cellular data doesn’t work in New Orleans.
The Bad: We did end up taking Uber’s more often than I had planned because the location ended up being just a little too far from the French Quarter than I would have preferred, and the trolley isn’t really timely. The walls are very thin, and we could hear everything through them. The neighborhood could be better, people screaming at each other outside your door is somewhat worrisome.