Getting Ready For New Orleans

Back in July Justin and I booked a trip with our friends Gino and Christina to go to New Orleans for New Years Eve. And since we're all meeting up tonight to discuss what we want to do while we're there, I thought that I'd share the list of blog posts and articles that I've been compiling over the past few months with all of you.

♥ Adventurous Kate: Solo Female Travel Blog -- New Orleans
♥ A Beautiful Mess -- New Orleans, Louisiana Travel Guide
♥ Been Thayer, Done That -- 9 Must-Follow New Orleans Bloggers and Instagram Accounts
♥ Blonde Atlas -- New Orleans Travel Guide
♥ BoBo & Chi Chi -- The Perfect Itinerary For 3 Days in New Orleans
♥ Draper James -- An Experts’ Guide to Food & Drink in New Orleans
♥ Eat Work Travel -- Couple’s Travel Guide for 3 Days In New Orleans
♥ Eternal Arrival -- 3 Days In New Orleans: An Off The Beaten Path Itinerary
♥ Hippie In Heels -- The Ultimate New Orleans Girls’ Weekend Itinerary
♥ Joy The Baker -- What To Do In New Orleans, Winter 2017
♥ Lauren Conrad -- Tripping: The Complete Travel Guide To New Orleans, Louisiana
♥  Le Blog De Mathilde -- New Orleans
♥ Love You More Too -- New Orleans Travel Guide
♥ Nomadic Matt -- How To Spend 4 Days In New Orleans
♥ Roadtrippers -- Your Definitive Ghost Guide To Haunted New Orleans
♥ Spoon University -- The Ultimate New Orleans Food Bucket List
♥ Sugar & Cloth -- A Colorful Travel Guide To New Orleans In 24 Hours
♥ Thrillist -- The Ultimate New Orleans Travel Guide
♥ Vogue -- Beyond The French Quarter: Experiencing New Orleans Like A Local



And even though it hurt our souls to do so, because we're both still so bent about him killing himself, we watched old Anthony Bourdain shows to check out his recommendations.

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (2005–2012)

• Season Four, Episode Five: New Orleans
• Season Seven, Episode Sixteen: Cajun Country

The Layover with Anthony Bourdain (2011–2013)

•  Season Two, Episode Nine: New Orleans

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013–2018)

• Season Eleven, Episode Seven: Cajun Mardi Gras 

 

In addition to watching Bourdain, we watched a few other travel shows just to see what others recommended (Even though we all know that no one but Bourdain's opinions matter).

Somebody Feed Phil (2018–Present)

• Season One, Episode Five: New Orleans

No Passport Required (2018–Present)

• Season One, Episode Two: New Orleans

Since we're going specifically for New Years Eve, I made a point of looking up how we should ring in 2019.

New Years Eve In New Orleans
♥ Bienville House -- The Best Places to Celebrate New Year’s Eve in New Orleans
♥ Big Night New Orleans New Year's Eve Gala
♥ Go NOLA -- Celebrate New Year’s Eve in New Orleans
♥ Gone With The Wynns -- No Reservations – New Years Eve in New Orleans
♥ New Orleans - New Orleans New Year's Eve
♥ NOLA Weekend -- New Year’s Eve Parties & Celebrations Around New Orleans
♥ Oak -- New Year In New Orleans
♥ The Scout Guide -- New Orleans Three NYE Recommendations
♥ Travel Channel -- Where to Celebrate New Year's Eve in New Orleans

In addition to all of the above, I've been researching spooky tours because I love shit like that and these seem the most interesting to me.

Haunted History Tour: New Orleans Cemetery History Tour

Our popular Cemetery History Tour is leisurely daytime stroll into St. Louis Cemetery # 1, our oldest City of the Dead.  We will explore tomb architecture, burial procedures, and visit the tomb of New Orleans' most infamous Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau.  This historical tour of the cemetery takes you back in time and recounts the days of when wealth was measured by how expensive one's tomb was! ​  

The 2 hour walking tour is offered daily at 10:00 AM and at 1:15 PM, and departs from Rev. Zombie's Voodoo Shop, 723 St. Peter Street, between Bourbon & Royal Streets across from Pat O'Brien's Bar and Preservation Hall. Adults $25.00, Students/Senior/Military $18.00,  Children 6-11 $14.00.  Please arrive 20 minutes prior to tour time.  Tours operate rain or shine.

Witches Brew Tours: 4 In 1 Witches, Ghosts, Vampires & Walking Tour

Truth can be stranger than fiction and it is that notion which makes our haunted ghost tour one of the scariest tours. Learn about hauntings, spirits and paranormal activity documented over decades – and in some cases, centuries – in front of some of the oldest and most famous buildings in the entire city. Discover the truth about witchcraft and voodoo. Learn about one of the world’s oldest vampires and his time spent in New Orleans during the Roaring 20’s. Try to catch some of our most famous ghosts as we guide you through the gas lantern-lit streets of the French Quarter. American Horror Story: Coven fans will learn the real story behind Kathy Bates’ character, the infamous Madame Delphine LaLaurie and visit both the home she lived in – New Orleans most haunted house – as well as where the show was filmed.  

The maximum capacity per tour group is 28 people. If a more personalized tour is more to your liking, the 4-in-1 also has a VIP ghost tour option which ensures a smaller, more intimate group size that is guaranteed not to exceed 15 people. This is especially ideal for the often-crowded streets of the French Quarter at night. Please click here for more information on our exclusive VIP 4-in-1 tour.  

Please note: All tours go rain or shine. There are no refunds for inclement weather if the tour departs as scheduled. For all other refunds, we require a 72-hour advance notification. If you must re-schedule, 3rd party vouchers will be charged a $5 per person rebooking fee. Cemetery tours have an additional $1 per person cemetery fee collected at tour check-in on behalf of the Archdiocese for their cemetery rehabilitation and maintenance fund. Tours require a 6-person booking minimum to guarantee a tour guide.

Have you ever been to New Orleans? If so, what do you think is a MUST we have to do? Lemme know!