How much does a 5-night trip to New Orleans cost?

About $3,259 for 2 adults at a typical level ($2,574 to $9,137), checked Oct 12.

How much does a 7-night trip to New Orleans cost?

About $4,318 for 2 adults at a typical level ($3,376 to $12,530), checked Oct 12.

How much is a hotel in New Orleans?

A typical well-reviewed hotel is about $402 a night for 2 adults with taxes and fees; cheaper ones start around $185. Checked Oct 12.

How much does a trip to New Orleans cost?

A 3-night New Orleans trip for 2 adults costs about $2,200 ($1,772 on a tight budget, $5,744 in comfort), with round-trip flights from Dallas. Prices checked Oct 12.

Trip cost by length

For 2 adults sharing a room. hotel prices checked Oct 12, 2026, 9:18 PM EDT

Stay	Stretch	Balanced	Comfort
3 nights	$1,772$886 each	$2,200$1,100 each	$5,744$2,872 each
5 nights	$2,574$1,287 each	$3,259$1,629 each	$9,137$4,569 each
7 nights	$3,376$1,688 each	$4,318$2,159 each	$12,530$6,265 each

Flights: the cheapest recent round trip we found from the US cities we check (Dallas, $242 per person). Stretch, Balanced and Comfort are the same styles our trip plans use.

Where the money goes

A Balanced 3-night trip for 2, 4 days of meals and getting around.

Hotel

$402 a night, a typical well-reviewed hotel, with taxes and fees.

$1,206

Flights

$242 round trip per person from Dallas.

$484

Meals

$60 a day per person. 75% of the federal meals & incidentals rate ($80/day).

$480

Getting around

$3.75 a day per person on public transit. Taxis and rideshares not included.

$30

Total

$2,200

Is my budget enough for New Orleans?

$1,000 is tight for 2: even 3 nights at the Stretch level is about $1,772. Plan it ›
$1,500 is tight for 2: even 3 nights at the Stretch level is about $1,772. Plan it ›
$2,000 covers 3 nights at the Stretch level for 2 (about $1,772). Plan it ›
$3,000 covers 5 nights at the Stretch level for 2 (about $2,574). Plan it ›
$5,000 covers 7 nights at the Balanced level for 2 (about $4,318). Plan it ›

A hotel at the typical price

InterContinental New Orleans by IHG

$215 a night

For 2 adults, Nov 13 – 15, with taxes and fees.

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How we worked this out

Hotels: live rates for 2 adults, Nov 13 – 15, with taxes and fees (LiteAPI live rates, all-in (incl. fees paid at the hotel as one seller reports them), 2 adults). Stretch is a cheaper well-reviewed room (rated 7.5+), Balanced the typical one, Comfort the best-rated 4★ hotel. Weekend rates; weeknights are often lower.
Flights: the cheapest recent round trip we’ve seen from New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas or Atlanta. From your city it can be more or less.
Meals and getting around: per person per day, for nights + 1 days, the same way our plans count them. Meals: US GSA per diem FY2027, New Orleans, LA.
Not included: activities, entry tickets, travel insurance, and anything we name as missing above.

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