We require 14 days' notice for a full refund (less a small processing fee). Shorter notice may qualify for a partial refund depending on whether we can rebook the suite. Reservations made for Jazz Fest are charged in full 30 days prior and are non-refundable. Our detailed cancellation policy is outlined on our Policies page.

If you have any questions, as inevitably happens every year, call or email us. We are happy to work with you, but as a micro-hotel, we operate on thin margins and recommend you purchase travel insurance. It will save everyone a lot of heartache.

This is a boutique operation. I will contact you a few days before you are due to arrive to find out when to expect you. It makes no difference to us what time it is. This is what we do for a living.

Check-out is 10:30AM. While we are only a five-suite hotel, it is operated by an army of two, so we need time to get everything ready for the next people. We tend to be flexible, so just talk to us.

If you need to leave your bags in the lobby, no problem. We do this all the time, so you don't need to over-worry about anything.

There is ample on-street parking. It's free. A bike lane runs parallel to the parked cars, but tuck your mirrors in anyway if you worry about such things.

Everyone who lives here parks on the street.

If you absolutely need security, I am thinking film people, campers, traveling showmen, and people with expensive cars that they aren't going to drive around town, email us at labelleesplanadebb@gmail.com. We can discuss. You won't be the first.

We live in the 21st century. There is Wi-Fi.

Yes, all suites have individual climate control (air conditioning and heat).

Yes. I like to say it takes 35 minutes to walk to the end of our street in either direction. It does take the 35 minutes the first time you do it because you're gawking around at everything. We really do live on a beautiful street, in a city like no place else, full of details and picturesque decay.

Once you get the gawking out of your system, it will be much quicker.

The worst part about the walk is under the highway overpass on Claiborne Avenue. It's ugly, I'm sorry. It wasn't my idea to build it there.

The strip of grass in the middle of the street is the neutral ground. Walk down the middle of the neutral ground. They built a path there, so you can see both sides of the street better, and it really is a beautiful street.

We are exactly one mile from the quieter end of Bourbon Street, and two blocks further to the most happening part of Frenchmen Street (for local music).

In one direction, you have the French Quarter, Bourbon Street, Pat O'Brian's, Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, and whatever else your friends told you that you have to see in New Orleans. Also that way is the world-famous Frenchmen Street, which, if you read the guidebooks, is where locals go to listen to music.

Everything is walkable, or you can spend the money on an Uber to drive a mile and an eighth.

Music clubs specific to our neighborhood are Chickie Wah Wah, on Canal Street, True South, a new place, and the Candlelight Lounge in Tremê.

Kermit Ruffins' Mother-in-Law Lounge is a storied jazz hall where something is usually going on, often with the man, himself, in attendance. I pass it every day.

We are surrounded by restaurants within walking distance. This is a real city. If you are bored in New Orleans, you have a hole in your heart.

We walk it all hours of the day and night, but we live here. There is an elevated highway on Claiborne Avenue. It's ugly. Whoever is hanging out under the highway is somebody from the neighborhood doing whatever mysterious things Orleanians do. Nobody is going to bother you.

We are accustomed to visitors from out of time wandering the neighborhood. Esplanade Avenue is a millionaire's row with six other inns on it besides us. The surrounding neighborhoods of Tremé (like the HBO series) and the 7th Ward are riddled with AirBnBs.

We live in a city full of picturesque decay. Nothing looks like it does anywhere else, and the climate here is rough on everything. This is a nice part of the city. I've lived here sixteen years. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

The house is full of little knickknacks, gewgaws, and steep stairs, and, while children may find it fascinating, La Belle Esplanade is only open to children 13 and older when accompanied by an adult.

I am well aware that every child is well-behaved. I am also aware that I regret every time I bend the rules. As usual, you can always email us to discuss at labelleesplanadebb@gmail.com

No. One of us is a professional dog trainer who travels the country with her dog to compete. If she says no, the answer is no.

If you read old reviews online, you will learn that we used to be known for our locally sourced breakfasts. The pandemic changed everything. We have lowered our prices by eliminating breakfast.

While the dining room still exists, it only serves coffee and we are not downstairs waiting for you. As I would tell you in the past, I still say it today: go out and explore the neighborhood. There are plenty of places to eat within a ten minutes' stroll.

One of us, usually both, are available to have breakfast with you for a nominal charge. We are fountains of lived experience and are happy to share what we know, unvarnished.

Email us at labelleesplanadebb@gmail.com to set this up, or you can do it while you are here. I only have coffee since I will be doing most of the talking.

Yes, every suite has a private, en-suite bathroom, equipped with an antique claw-foot tub with shower head. Les Fleurs Suite has a grab bar for stepping into the tub, should range of motion issues be a consideration.

We are a small, historic 5-suite boutique inn run by owners who live on-site. You get personalized attention, a quiet and beautiful setting on Esplanade Avenue, and a true New Orleans experience rather than a generic hotel stay.

All day long, bus tours, bicycle tours, and people park their cars to take pictures of the houses. It's a lifestyle. Visit like you live in this wonderful city we call home.