Which Haunted Hotel to Stay at in New Orleans?

I’ve been putting my own Haunted Places Page to good use again. We’re heading to New Orleans and I need to find a hotel. Preferably a haunted one.

I’m in luck. I’m heading to one of the nation’s haunted hotel meccas. But not just hotels. There’s no shortage of allegedly haunted B&Bs in New Orleans either. The trouble is deciding which spooky stay to sleep in.

B&Bs might be romantic, but they make Wayne uncomfortable. He always feels like he’s staying at a stranger’s house. (No matter how welcoming, gracious, and unobtrusive they are.)

So I’ve limited our choices to haunted hotels. I think I’ve narrowed it down to these eleven:

1. The Andrew Jackson Hotel
2. Bourbon Orleans
3. Dauphine Orleans Hotel
4. Lafitte Guest House
5. Hotel Maison de Ville
6. Hotel Monteleone
7. Omni Royal Orleans
8. Le Pavillon Hotel
9. The Place D’Armes Hotel
10. Provincial Hotel
11. Le Richelieu

Most (if not all) of them are in the French Quarter, which is where we would like to stay. All are about the same price. Or close. In the same relative ballpark. (That’s the frugal Virgo in me calculating costs again.)

And, of course, they’re all allegedly haunted. Some are more open about their paranormal activity than others, though.

Like the Monteleone. Visit the “hauntings” section on their website and you’ll know right away they have ghosts. They even enhanced the graphics with ghostly images. (I always like when hotels and B&Bs put information about their ghosts on their sites and have some fun with it.)

I’m most inclined to stay at one of these four:

1. The Andrew Jackson Hotel – Very traditional old New Orleans charm. Appealing! But it doesn’t talk about its ghosts on its site. Why not?
2. Bourbon Orleans – Only steps away from the St. Louis Cathedral, which always reminds me of my grandma. Also, it does talk about it’s haunted history on its site. Gets bonus points for that. Not to mention it’s always on the lists of the most haunted New Orleans hotels. Very curious to stay here.
3. Dauphine Orleans Hotel – This one doesn’t talk about its haunted history on its site either, but it does talk about the history of it being a bordello once upon a time. Don’t ask me why, but I love staying in places like that. 
4. Hotel Monteleone – I love that this one is in the French Quarter, is extremely elegant, was in several movies and TV shows, is a Literary Landmark, and has a “History, Hauntings & Authors” link directly on its sidebar. They also include a video explaining their ghostly activity. I really love hotels that are so open like this. It’s definitely the front runner of my choices!

I’ll of course post all the gory details of which one we ended up picking and how our stay was.

Courtney Mroch

Courtney Mroch is a globe-trotting restless spirit who’s both possessed by wanderlust and the spirit of adventure, as well as obsessed with true crime, horror, the paranormal, and weird days. Perhaps it has something to do with her genes? She is related to occult royalty, after all. Marie Laveau, the famous Voodoo practitioner of New Orleans, is one of her ancestors. That could also explain her infatuation with skeletons.

Speaking of healing, to learn how she channeled her battle with cancer to conjure up this site, check out HJ’s Origin Story.