Holiday Inn Carondelet Vs Hilton Garden Inn- New Orleans Hotel Comparison

I decided that these two hotels needed to have their very own post. Keep in mind that Mike is a frequent traveler to both, so you would assume frequent traveler treatment.

We start with the view

Holiday Inn (nice view of an alley wall)


Hilton Garden Inn View - Nice view of the city



Bed at the Holiday Inn - Notice that even though the front desk continuously said we had a queen bed (the reservation was for a King, the "queen" matress does not even fit the queen head board. What kind of hotel room has ONE double (full) bed in it??? Also, notice the wimpy mattress that isn't even as tall as the night stand.


Hilton Garden Inn Bed - notice the nice fluffy mattress that is taller than the night stand. Notice that the bed is a nice size (king) and notice that the bed fits the headboard. As an added bonus, the room has a mini fridge and microwave.


Ahhh...Holiday Inn at its best. This is supposed to be the thermostat. I know, I know, it is a lot to ask that you be able to adjust the temperature of your room. FOUR DAYS of requesting a new room - nothing until 5 hours before check out time. Unbelievable.

This sign cracked me up (well, after I finished cussing about it). I supposed that if you yank the thermostat out of a hotel room so that people are baking, that COULD count as conserving energy. Interesting...

Generally a dumpy hotel room - AND SMALL
Nice decorations at Hilton Garden

Nice, spacious, clean lobby (with a nice breakfast) at the Hilton Garden

Mike gives the Holiday Inn Carondelet in New Orleans two thumbs down. Amy adds her two thumbs to make it four thumbs down.

We think there should be some new commercials....

Hey, you look tired. You just don't seem to be on your game. Oh, I just slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

Trust us, if you are staying in New Orleans near the Quarter and are choosing between Holiday Inn and the Hilton Garden Inn (they are approximately the same price), PICK THE HILTON!

Not BOYS

Whoa...was today Monday? I am happy to report that I survived the day! Morgan went to gymnastics camp today, and then she had Gold team practice tonight for 2.5 hours. She seems to be enjoying cheering on two teams, and so far she doesn't seem to be burning out. Her team is potentially going to have BOYS on it this year. You should have seen the panic combined with excitment that this news brought to the team. They couldn't decide how to react.

On another note, Morgan has decided that she has found the perfect girlfriend for Uncle Mark. She says we HAVE to get them together. She is already scheming on how to make this happen. Shoud be entertaining. :)

Work was tedious today. We are struggling with the best way to document things we know so that others can easily find them. We seem to be having to remember way too much as a company. I think this is the painful part of growing. We are maturing, but it sure is a lot of work to get there!

Sadly, I have to give back the super hot Treo tomorrow as it is just a loaner, but I am assured that I will get another super cool demo unit to try on Thursday. I am ready for the try it phase to be over - super shock - Amy impatient! :)

The Misys reunion is scheduled for Sept 14th weekend. I am really looking forward to seeing everyone again. I am still saddened over the changes in Michael Dean's, but I guess change is inevitable.

Mike says that I am not mentioning how super HOT my husband is, so I will try to work on that. Sounds like he had a great time in New Orleans, and he somehow made it to work this morning on time! Now, that is impressive! I am pretty sure that Bourbon Street has ruined a lot of good intentions in its day.

Still smoke free! I have 2 more Step 2 patches, so I guess I will use those before I move on to Step 3.

Amy - smoke free for One Month, Twenty Nine Days, 6 Hours and 17 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 4 Days and 22 Hours, by avoiding the use of 1422 cigs that would have cost me $242.38.