Make your reservations early, and if you planning on packing people in a room, make sure to call about hotel security around Mardi Gras. Most of the hotels in walking distance of the French Quarter hotels require minimum 3, 4, or 5-day stays. – We booked our hotel over 6 months in advance, but some even plan a full year in advance. Here are my 10 DOs and DON’TS for Mardi Gras New Orleans.ġ.) DO: Plan Ahead. While I am by no means a veteran to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, as this year was my first, I have compiled some tips my veteran friends suggested, as well as those I took away after my weekend experience. While Lemony Snicket may enjoy your failure at a fun-filled debaucherous weekend, these rookie mistakes are sure to be ones you wish to avoid.

After you waste your time sitting in a cell sobering up, your friends officially decide you will never be invited anywhere ever again. This is all, of course, after you were already pick pocketed and your only finances and identification for the weekend have vanished. Before you know it, you have a black eye, you’ve thrown up your many Hurricanes and Hand Grenades, and you are being arrested by the good old NOPD for urinating in public at Jackson Square. After you finally make the cab ride to downtown after endless traffic, you are overcome by the visions you have in your head of Mardi Grass stereotypes and start yelling at girls to show you their goods. You find out your friend booked a hotel room 15 miles away from where you need to be, you overpaid for it, you didn’t bring any cash for the bars, and you have been drinking since the airport and haven’t had a bite to eat.

So it is Mardi Gras weekend, and you are ready to celebrate! Unfortunately, the party is over before any real fun can begin.

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