How Much Does New Orleans Cost?
A week for two runs about $2,850 door to door from New York. Day to day, a hotel night usually costs $192, and daily spend is $33–$110 a person.
Fare, hotel night and daily spend for New Orleans, USA, line by line, from where you fly — from backpacker to luxury.
What a trip to New Orleans costs
The fare from where you fly, the usual hotel night and daily spend. Change the travellers, nights or travel style.
- Fare · New York to New Orleans × 2Economy round trip, usually about $368 eachPricier than every one of the 17 days we checked fares on this route, by our own fare checks since Jun 2026. How we know$736
- Hotel night · $192 × 7 nightsWhat a night here usually costs, from hotel prices we check every week. 2 travellers share a room.$1,344
- Daily spend · $55 × 2 travellers × 7 daysRestaurants, transport and paid sights, per person per day. The hotel isn't in it.$770
7 nights, 2 travellers, mid-range, flying from New York. Usual prices we track ourselves, not a price you can book.
How we know
- Fare: the middle price of the economy round trips we found from New York on our latest check (half were cheaper, half dearer), for departures in the coming weeks.
- Hotel night: the middle nightly price of the New Orleans hotels we check three times a week (see our hotel price index).
- Daily spend: food, local transport and sights per person, from our city guide, by travel style. The hotel isn't in it.
- Total: fare × travellers + hotel night × nights × rooms + daily spend × travellers × days. Prices move, so treat it as a guide, not a quote.
Daily spend by travel style
Per person per day: food, getting around and something worth doing. The hotel isn't in it; a hotel night usually costs $192.
- Budget, per day
- $33A week for two with the hotel: $1,806, before flights
- Mid-range, per day
- $55A week for two with the hotel: $2,114, before flights
- Luxury, per day
- $110A week for two with the hotel: $2,884, before flights
Where a day's spend goes
Pick a travel style to see how a day's spend splits in New Orleans. The hotel is separate.
- FoodCasual restaurants$23
- TransportMetro + occasional taxi$14
- Sights & activitiesPaid attractions, tours$18
- Daily spend, per person$55
New Orleans on our hotel price index
Where the usual night sits against every city we track.
Across the 242 destinations we track, New Orleans is the 33rd priciest for hotels — one of the priciest on our index — with a typical night of $192.
See the full hotel price indexWondering whether to book now? The price check, our 4-week forecast and the cheapest dates to fly are in the New Orleans guide.
Money-saving tips for New Orleans
- Eat a proper po'boy at Parkway Bakery, beignets at Cafe Du Monde at 2am, and a muffuletta at Central Grocery
- Frenchmen Street in the Marigny is where locals go for live jazz — far better than Bourbon Street
- Take a streetcar on St. Charles Avenue through the Garden District for stunning antebellum mansions
- Book ahead for Jazz Fest (late April/early May) — the city sells out months in advance
- Visit during shoulder season (February to April, October to November) for the best balance of weather and prices
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