New Orleans runs on its own clock — and your group deserves transportation that keeps up. Whether you are heading to the Superdome for a Saints game, rolling through the French Quarter on a bachelorette crawl, or shuttling wedding guests between the Marigny and the Garden District, Party Bus In New Orleans makes it easy to book the right bus in minutes. Call 504-758-3591 or grab an all-inclusive quote online right now.
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Party Bus In New Orleans is a leading group transportation company serving New Orleans, Louisiana, with over 15 years of connecting groups to the moments that matter most in this city. We book 14-passenger Sprinter limos, Sprinter vans, 15- to 50-passenger party buses, 15- to 35-passenger minibuses, and 40- to 56-passenger charter buses — all with all-inclusive pricing you can see in under 30 seconds online, no guesswork, no hidden costs.
New Orleans has some of the most unpredictable traffic in the South. Magazine Street backs up on a quiet Tuesday. St. Charles Avenue during Mardi Gras parade season is a different planet entirely.
The I-10 interchange near the Superdome turns every Saints kickoff into a standstill that stretches back toward Metairie. Navigating this city with a group spread across multiple cars is a recipe for half the party arriving late and everyone else annoyed. One bus solves it: one pickup, one route, one drop-off at the gate or the bar door, everyone together.
Since 2011, we have coordinated thousands of group trips across the metro — Jazz Fest shuttle loops, corporate convoys to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, prom nights winding through the Warehouse District, and late-night bar crawls that end exactly where they started. Our 24/7 reservation team is always one call away. Give us a ring at 504-758-3591 any time.
From sleek 14-passenger Sprinter limos for a bridal party pickup at Louis Armstrong Airport to 56-passenger charter buses moving a full convention group between downtown hotels and the Morial Convention Center — we offer a massive variety of vehicles, meaning you never have to pay for seats you do not actually need. Browse the fleet or call 504-758-3591 for a free quote.
For groups who want the celebration to start on the bus itself, our 15- to 50-passenger party buses come stocked with a full-length bar, color-changing LED lighting, premium Bluetooth sound, flat-panel TVs, and wraparound perimeter seating with an open center floor. Executive Sprinter vans and 14-passenger Sprinter limos handle smaller airport and bridal party runs with premium leather seating, USB charging at every seat, individual reading lights, and tinted privacy glass.
Full-size charter buses cover the longer hauls — think New Orleans to Baton Rouge for an LSU game or down to the Northshore — with reclining seats, climate control, overhead storage, WiFi, power outlets, onboard restrooms, and undercarriage luggage bays deep enough for coolers, presentation gear, or a weekend's worth of luggage. ADA-accessible vehicles are always available; just flag your needs when you book.
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Party Bus In New Orleans offers all-inclusive pricing online in under 30 seconds — you will know the exact number before you ever book. Here is how our New Orleans party bus and charter bus rental rates break down: 14-passenger Sprinter limos run $170–$344/hour; 15–20 passenger party buses run $204–$378/hour; 20–30 passenger party buses run $244–$414/hour; 35–50 passenger party buses and minibuses run $294–$490/hour; and 40–56 passenger charter buses run $150–$300/hour or $1,200–$2,500/day.
Pricing shifts with mileage, vehicle type, and the date. Mardi Gras season (February–March), Jazz Fest weekends (late April–early May), and Sugar Bowl week (late December–early January) push demand sharply and vehicles fill fast. Book well ahead for those windows.
Call 504-758-3591 any time for a free, personalized quote — or use our online tool for instant availability.
| Type of Bus | Cost Per Hour Weekdays | Cost Per Hour Weekends | Cost Per Day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Passenger Sprinter Limo | $170 – $318+ | $219 – $344+ | $1,526 – $3,113+ |
| Sprinter Van Rental | $187 – $273+ | $218 – $366+ | $1,395 – $2,748+ |
| 15 Passenger Party Bus | $204 – $330+ | $241 – $312+ | $1,396 – $2,817+ |
| 18 Passenger Party Bus | $266 – $330+ | $268 – $378+ | $2,121 – $2,563+ |
| 20 Passenger Party Bus | $244 – $338+ | $268 – $340+ | $1,939 – $2,796+ |
| 25 Passenger Party Bus | $248 – $326+ | $265 – $360+ | $1,827 – $2,854+ |
| 28 Passenger Party Bus | $255 – $337+ | $279 – $351+ | $2,147 – $2,653+ |
| 30 Passenger Party Bus | $297 – $374+ | $318 – $414+ | $2,331 – $3,021+ |
| 40 Passenger Party Bus | $297 – $338+ | $321 – $478+ | $2,297 – $3,473+ |
| 50 Passenger Party Bus | $294 – $441+ | $337 – $490+ | $2,173 – $4,043+ |
| 15–35 Passenger Minibus | $113 – $246+ | $147 – $261+ | $1,098 – $2,105+ |
| 40–56 Passenger Charter Bus | $158 – $327+ | $162 – $348+ | $1,331 – $2,841+ |
| Rates vary by trip length, travel dates, passenger count, amenities, and availability. Use our online quote form or call 504-758-3591 for exact pricing. | |||
New Orleans is a city that rewards the group that stays together. The French Quarter is walkable in theory, but once a second line parade crosses your path on Royal Street or a crowd floods out of Preservation Hall at midnight, a scattered group becomes a logistical nightmare. When you book with Party Bus In New Orleans, your whole crew moves as one unit — same pickup, same arrival, same departure — which means nobody gets left behind at the Spotted Cat waiting for a rideshare that's 40 minutes out.
We provide all-inclusive quotes in under 30 seconds online, so you know the exact price before you commit. Our 24/7/365 reservation team is standing by at 504-758-3591 to answer logistics questions, adjust your itinerary, or add a stop. And because we have been coordinating group trips across the Crescent City since 2011 — Jazz Fest shuttles, Essence Festival convoys, Endymion parade night runs — we understand how this city's streets behave at 2 a.m. on a Saturday versus a Tuesday afternoon.
ADA-accessible vehicles are always available upon request. We offer a massive variety of vehicle sizes, which means a 12-person bachelorette group and a 54-person corporate delegation both get exactly what they need — nothing more, nothing less. That is why groups across Southeast Louisiana keep coming back.
Party Bus In New Orleans coordinates group transportation for every occasion across the Crescent City and the greater metro. From Louis Armstrong Airport transfers and Essence Festival shuttles to prom nights, wedding weekends, Smoothie King Center game runs, and pub crawls through the Marigny — whatever brings your group together, we have a vehicle and a plan ready. Call 504-758-3591 to get rolling.
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) (900 Airline Dr, Kenner, LA 70062) sits about 15 miles west of the French Quarter via I-10 East — roughly 25 to 35 minutes in light traffic, but that drive can stretch past an hour when I-10 crawls through the Metairie interchange during morning and evening peaks or when a convention dumps 10,000 attendees into the city on the same afternoon.
Commercial buses pick up from the Ground Transportation area on the lower level of the terminal. Once your full group has collected bags from baggage claim, call our team to confirm the bus comes to the curb — do not call until everyone is together with luggage in hand. For cruise groups sailing out of the Port of New Orleans (1350 Port of New Orleans Pl), the airport sits about 20 miles from the cruise terminals, and a direct private transfer beats juggling bags on airport shuttles that make multiple stops.
We strongly recommend reviewing the official MSY ground transportation page before your arrival to confirm current curb assignments. Call 504-758-3591 to lock in your New Orleans airport shuttle today.
New Orleans may be the single best city in the country for a bachelorette party — and the French Quarter, Frenchmen Street, and Magazine Street are the reasons why. But here is what trips up out-of-town groups every time: rideshares in the Quarter are a mess on Friday and Saturday nights. Rideshares cancel repeatedly in the one-way street maze, and Bourbon Street itself is closed to vehicles from roughly 8 p.m. onward on weekends.
A New Orleans bachelorette party bus rental sidesteps all of it. Start the evening with cocktails at Cure (4905 Freret St) in the Freret corridor, hit a burlesque show at The Maison (508 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116) on Frenchmen Street, and close out with a 3 a.m. lap of Bourbon. Our 15- to 50-passenger party buses come with a full bar, LED lighting, and Bluetooth sound, so the party is already in full swing before the first stop.
No one is drawing straws for who stays sober. Call 504-758-3591 to plan the night.
New Orleans has a rich tradition of extravagant celebrations — a quinceañera in the Honduran-American and Salvadoran communities of Kenner and Metairie, a Sweet 16 at a Garden District venue, a milestone birthday dinner in the Warehouse District — and the arrival deserves to match the occasion. A party bus makes the entrance. Your guests board together, the playlist is already set, and the bus pulls up to the venue door right on cue.
Popular celebration destinations include reception halls along Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie, the Pontchartrain Hotel (2031 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130) ballroom on the St. Charles streetcar line, and waterfront event spaces near the French Market. For adult milestone birthdays heading to dinner at Commander's Palace (1403 Washington Ave) in the Garden District or late nights in the CBD, one party bus arranged through Party Bus In New Orleans means no one is stuck coordinating a six-car caravan through the Garden District's narrow oak-lined streets. Call 504-758-3591 to plan yours.
The New Orleans concert calendar never really stops — but a few weeks turn the city's already-difficult parking situation into something truly impossible. Jazz Fest at the Fair Grounds Race Course (1751 Gentilly Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70119) draws 400,000-plus attendees across two weekends in late April and early May. Gentilly Boulevard backs up for miles by mid-morning, and parking within a half-mile of the Fair Grounds fills before the gates open on peak days.
The Smoothie King Center (1501 Dave Dixon Dr, New Orleans, LA 70113) handles touring arena acts year-round — drop-off for buses is in the commercial zone along Girod Street on the arena's south side. The Saenger Theatre (1111 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70112) and the Fillmore New Orleans (1700 Lasalle St, New Orleans, LA 70113) handle mid-size shows where Canal Street and the Lower Garden District are already busy on weekend nights. A New Orleans concert bus rental drops your crew at the door and picks everyone up the moment the encore ends — no surge, no scramble, no one walking six blocks to a garage.
Call 504-758-3591 for a quote.
The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (900 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70130) is one of the largest convention facilities in the country, stretching nearly a mile along the riverfront from the Warehouse District toward the French Quarter. When a major convention rolls in — the American Bar Association meeting, the Mid-America Trucking Show spinoffs, or Super Bowl week infrastructure — the Tchoupitoulas Street corridor and the Warehouse District become a slow crawl for any vehicle that doesn't have a dedicated drop plan.
Charter bus drop-off at the convention center uses the Convention Center Boulevard side entrance, well clear of the pedestrian-heavy Julia Street arts corridor. For hotel-to-venue loops across the Central Business District — shuttling delegates from the Hyatt Regency or the Marriott on Canal Street through traffic — a minibus handles the tight downtown grid better than a full-size coach. WiFi and power outlets mean your team arrives at the opening keynote with laptops warmed up instead of frazzled from navigating parking garages on Poydras Street.
Call 504-758-3591 to discuss corporate shuttle rates and multi-day contracts.
The Crescent City runs on celebrations, and some of the biggest group transportation headaches happen at the city's signature recurring events. Essence Festival draws 500,000-plus attendees to the Caesars Superdome and the Convention Center over Fourth of July weekend, turning the entire Central Business District into a parking gridlock with rideshare surge pricing that can hit 4x or 5x by 10 p.m. A private charter bus drops your group at the Superdome's commercial vehicle entrance and waits nearby — one flat, predictable rate replaces a dozen individual rideshare fares.
The French Quarter Festival in April floods the Quarter's narrow streets with 800,000 attendees across four days. Jackson Square and the riverfront are pedestrian-only during peak hours, and anything within six blocks is a parking dead zone. Family reunions, church retreats, and large birthday groups visiting multiple French Quarter venues in a single day move far more efficiently on one bus than in a convoy of cars hunting for spots.
For any event tied to a major festival date, book as soon as the date is confirmed — vehicles for Essence and Jazz Fest weekends fill out months ahead. Call 504-758-3591 for a quote.
Prom season across the New Orleans metro — Jefferson Parish, Orleans Parish, St. Tammany Parish — concentrates into a tight April-to-May window, and demand for party buses spikes sharply. High schools at Brother Martin, Archbishop Rummel, Jesuit, and dozens of parish schools hold proms within the same six-week stretch. Book by January or expect premium pricing or no availability.
A typical 6-hour prom package for 30 students — school pickup, a photo stop at Audubon Park or the Lakefront, venue drop-off at a CBD hotel ballroom, and an after-party return — runs $1,800–$2,200 all-inclusive when booked four to six months early. The same package last-minute? $2,800–$3,500 or nothing available. Party Bus In New Orleans works with parent committees and student groups across the metro to nail down the timeline, confirm venue arrival windows, and make sure the night runs on schedule.
Call 504-758-3591 now to lock in your date.
Teachers and trip organizers across Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Tammany parishes trust Party Bus In New Orleans for school field trip transportation because we are available 24/7 and experienced with the logistical quirks of this city's attractions. The Audubon Nature Institute operates the Audubon Zoo (6500 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70118), the Aquarium of the Americas (1 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130), and the Insectarium in the CBD — three of the most popular field trip destinations in the metro, all with different arrival protocols and bus drop-off areas.
At the Audubon Zoo, school group buses unload on Magazine Street and park in the designated overflow area along the park road inside Audubon Park. The Aquarium of the Americas uses Canal Street for commercial drop-off with buses waiting on nearby surface lots near the Convention Center. For longer excursions to Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve or the River Road plantation corridor, onboard restrooms on select vehicles mean the group is not hunting for rest stops on the way back from Destrehan.
ADA-accessible buses are always available — flag your needs when you call. Reach our team at 504-758-3591.
Saints game days at the Caesars Superdome (1500 Sugar Bowl Dr, New Orleans, LA 70112) are an experience unto themselves — and the post-game exodus is one of the most congested half-miles in Louisiana. The Poydras Street corridor from the CBD to the Superdome backs up before kickoff, and every surface lot within walking distance charges $40–$60 with no day-of availability for premium spots near the gate. Rideshare pickup after the game is routed to a designated zone near Champions Square that can have 40-minute waits after a Sunday night game.
A New Orleans charter bus rental makes the whole thing simpler: your group boards together in the Warehouse District or the CBD, the pregame energy is already building on the bus, and the route is taken care of. Charter bus drop-off uses the Girod Street commercial vehicle corridor on the arena's south side for both Superdome events and Smoothie King Center (1501 Dave Dixon Dr) games — both facilities share the same block. For Tulane Green Wave home games at Yulman Stadium (5027 Freret St, New Orleans, LA 70115) in Uptown, parking in the Freret corridor fills fast on game nights.
One bus, one drop-off near the stadium gate, one flat rate. Call 504-758-3591.
A New Orleans wedding has a rhythm that flat-out requires a coordinated shuttle plan. The ceremony is at one end of St. Charles Avenue, the reception is in the Marigny, and your out-of-town guests are staying in three different French Quarter hotels. A wedding shuttle bus in New Orleans ties the whole day together without asking anyone in formal wear to navigate the one-way grid or pay $35 valet on a Saturday night in the Garden District.
Popular wedding venue pairings we handle regularly: hotel pickup on Poydras Street to ceremonies at St. Louis Cathedral (615 Pere Antoine Alley) in Jackson Square, then a reception loop to the Marigny or Bywater. Guest shuttles from Hotel Monteleone (214 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70130) in the Quarter to Garden District mansions-turned-event-venues. Bridal party Sprinter limo pickups for the wedding morning ride from the bride's suite.
Because Party Bus In New Orleans has been coordinating group transportation since 2011, your wedding timeline stays tight — clear pickup windows, staged departures, one point of contact from first quote to final drop-off. Call 504-758-3591 for a free wedding transportation quote.
New Orleans is not wine country, but it is absolutely cocktail country — and the city's craft brewery and cocktail bar scene has exploded over the past decade into something worth planning a full crawl around. Start at NOLA Brewing Company (3001 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70115) in the Irish Channel, a sprawling taproom with a massive outdoor lot that fills on weekend afternoons. Roll through the Freret corridor to Wayward Owl Brewing (1517 Tchoupitoulas St) for a round of small-batch IPAs, then cross to the Mid-City Urban South Brewery (1645 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70130) before ending the night on Frenchmen Street.
The logistics problem with a New Orleans pub crawl is that the neighborhoods are spread out — Irish Channel to the Marigny is not a walking distance situation — and Tchoupitoulas Street has almost no street parking at peak hours. Your group stays together in a New Orleans party bus rental, no one is hunting for a parking spot at every stop, and there is no drawing straws for who stays sober. Call 504-758-3591 for a free quote and let us map the route.
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Party Bus In New Orleans serves New Orleans and the entire surrounding metro. Whether you need a Metairie party bus, a Kenner bus rental, a Slidell charter bus, transportation to Baton Rouge for an LSU game, or a group shuttle from Covington across the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway — Party Bus In New Orleans has the right vehicle. Call 504-758-3591 for an all-inclusive quote.
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Party Bus In New Orleans is proud to serve all cities in and around New Orleans, including the ones below. If you don't see your city listed, call us at 504-758-3591 — we go anywhere your group needs to roll!
Booked the bus for my mom's surprise 60th and it could not have gone smoother. The whole crew got picked up at one spot and we rolled around New Orleans blasting her favorite oldies the entire night. Plenty of room to spread out, the lights inside were a huge hit, and getting everybody home at the end without anybody worrying about parking was the best part.
Marisol T.
Desmond R.
Used these guys for a Saints game day with eight of my buddies. Cold drinks loaded in the cooler, music going, and we pulled right up near the crowd without the stress of finding a lot. The booking was honestly the easy part, the lady on the phone answered every dumb question I had. Ride was comfortable both ways and we were already celebrating before kickoff.
Priya N.
Our office needed transportation for a client dinner and I'm so glad we went this route. Everyone arrived together, relaxed, no scramble through New Orleans traffic. The bus was clean and roomy, easy to talk over the sound system, and the quote they gave me was exactly what I paid at the end. Made me look good in front of leadership, which I appreciated.
Jamal W.
Set this up as a wedding shuttle to move guests between the ceremony and reception. From the first email to the last drop-off everything was on time and organized. Older relatives loved not having to drive, the younger crowd treated the ride like part of the party. Honestly one of the smoothest vendor experiences we had during the whole New Orleans wedding weekend.
New Orleans party bus rental prices vary based on vehicle size, date, and how many hours you need. Our rates: 14-passenger Sprinter limos run $170–$344/hour; small party buses (15–20 passengers) run $204–$378/hour; mid-size (20–30 passengers) run $244–$414/hour; large party buses and minibuses (35–50 passengers) run $294–$490/hour; and full-size charter buses run $150–$300/hour or $1,200–$2,500/day. Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, Essence Festival, and Sugar Bowl weekends push rates higher and availability lower — book those dates as early as possible.
Call 504-758-3591 or use our online tool for an all-inclusive quote in under 30 seconds.
Two windows dominate demand in New Orleans: Mardi Gras (mid-January through Fat Tuesday, which falls in February or early March) and the Jazz Fest–Essence stretch (late April through early July). During Mardi Gras season, parade routes on St. Charles Avenue and Napoleon Avenue force street closures that alter approach roads to every venue in Uptown and Mid-City — your group's route has to account for which nights parades are running. Book Mardi Gras transportation the prior fall.
Jazz Fest weekends in late April and early May sell out similarly fast. Essence Festival, which occupies the Superdome and the Convention Center over Fourth of July weekend, is the third major crunch. If your trip touches any of those windows, call 504-758-3591 as soon as your dates are set.
Charter buses and commercial vehicles serving the Caesars Superdome (1500 Sugar Bowl Dr, New Orleans, LA 70112) use the Girod Street commercial corridor on the south side of the complex, shared with the adjacent Smoothie King Center. Drop-off puts your group steps from Champions Square and the main gate entry points. On Saints game days, Poydras Street is heavily managed by NOPD from roughly two hours before kickoff — the Girod Street approach from the Warehouse District side is the cleaner route in.
All event-day parking in stadium-adjacent lots requires advance purchase; none is sold at the gate on major event days. We recommend reviewing the official Caesars Superdome visit page before your event date to confirm current access procedures.
Yes, with important caveats. The French Quarter has vehicle restrictions that tighten significantly on weekends and during major events. Bourbon Street is closed to vehicles from approximately 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights and during any active festival.
Commercial vehicles over a certain length are restricted on several streets in the Quarter's interior grid. The practical approach: your bus drops your group on Canal Street at the Quarter's edge, or on Decatur Street near the French Market, and waits outside the vehicle-restricted zone while your group explores on foot. For drop-off directly at a specific venue like the House of Blues (225 Decatur St) or the Ace Hotel (600 Carondelet St) in the adjacent CBD, we coordinate the exact curb approach when you book.
Call 504-758-3591 to talk through your specific itinerary.
Mardi Gras is the biggest complication on the New Orleans transportation calendar. Parade routes on St. Charles Avenue and Napoleon Avenue are physically barricaded before the krewes roll, and those closures ripple outward — Magazine Street, Prytania Street, and cross streets between Napoleon and Jefferson are cut off while a parade is active. On major parade nights (Endymion on Saturday, Bacchus on Sunday, Zulu and Rex on Fat Tuesday), the I-10 exits for Metairie and Mid-City back up by early afternoon.
The only viable strategy is to get your group into position before the closures go up — typically 90 minutes before parade start — and plan your pickup after the route clears, which can be well after midnight on the biggest nights. When you book a Mardi Gras party bus rental in New Orleans with Party Bus In New Orleans, we build the parade schedule into the itinerary so your group is at the right spot at the right time. Call 504-758-3591 to plan it out.
For most events outside peak windows, two to four weeks of lead time is workable — but the earlier you call, the better your vehicle options. For any date tied to a major New Orleans event, the timing is completely different. Mardi Gras: book by October for Fat Tuesday and the final weekend.
Jazz Fest: book by February for late-April and early-May weekends. Essence Festival: book by April for Fourth of July weekend. Prom season: book by January for April–May dates.
Sugar Bowl and New Year's Eve: book by October for the late-December–early-January window. Waiting until a month out during any of these periods almost guarantees higher rates or no availability. Lock in your date early — call 504-758-3591 right now.
A New Orleans party bus itinerary can run from Jazz Fest at the Fair Grounds to a second line in the Tremé to a rooftop sunset over the Mississippi — and the city rewards groups that move together. Here are six of the most popular destinations we take groups to, with the logistics you need to know before you go.
Home to the New Orleans Saints and one of the most iconic venues in American sports, the Caesars Superdome (1500 Sugar Bowl Dr, New Orleans, LA 70112) holds 73,000-plus fans for NFL games and hosts NCAA events, Essence Festival main stage performances, and Sugar Bowl week. On Saints game days, Poydras Street is NOPD-managed from two hours before kickoff, and all adjacent surface lots require advance-purchased passes — nothing sold day-of at the gate. Charter bus drop-off uses the Girod Street commercial corridor on the south side, putting your group at Champions Square steps from the main gate.
Rideshare pickup post-game in the Champions Square zone commonly runs 30 to 45 minutes after a Sunday night game. We recommend checking the official Caesars Superdome plan-your-visit page for current parking and event-day access details before your trip.
Address: 1500 Sugar Bowl Dr, New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 587-3663
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course (1751 Gentilly Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70119) is the largest outdoor cultural event in the South, drawing 400,000-plus across two long weekends in late April and early May. The Fair Grounds sits in Gentilly, about 2.5 miles northeast of the French Quarter, accessible via Esplanade Avenue or Broad Street — both of which crawl on peak days. Parking on residential streets surrounding the venue is aggressively enforced, and the sanctioned remote lots shuttle system runs from UNO and Delgado Community College.
Charter buses wait on Gentilly Boulevard itself during the festival. Tickets for Jazz Fest sell out months ahead; transportation should be booked by February for late-April dates. Check the official Jazz Fest plan-your-visit page for current traffic advisories and shuttle info.
Address: 1751 Gentilly Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70119
Phone: (504) 410-4100
Stretching nearly a mile along the riverfront between the French Quarter and the Lower Garden District, the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (900 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70130) is one of the largest contiguous convention facilities in the United States, with 1.1 million square feet of exhibition space. It hosts everything from the American Dental Association annual session to Essence Festival ancillary events to Super Bowl infrastructure. Charter bus drop-off uses the Convention Center Boulevard entrance on the river side of the building, away from the pedestrian-heavy Warehouse District arts corridor.
The on-site parking garage has clearance restrictions for full-size coaches, making a planned drop-off far more practical than attempting to self-park. Review the official Morial Convention Center directions page before arrival to confirm entrance zones for your specific event hall.
Address: 900 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 582-3000
One block outside the French Quarter in the Marigny neighborhood, Frenchmen Street is where New Orleans locals go to hear live music — and it is genuinely one of the finest blocks of live jazz, brass band, and funk in the world any night of the week. The Spotted Cat Music Club (623 Frenchmen St), the Maison (508 Frenchmen St), and d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen St) all book live acts seven nights a week, with no cover and no reservations — just walk in.
The catch for groups: Frenchmen Street itself is narrow, parking is almost entirely residential permit-only after 6 p.m., and the cross streets into the Marigny grid are one-way. A party bus rental in New Orleans drops your group at the Esplanade Avenue corner and waits on Elysian Fields Avenue while your crew moves between clubs on foot. Call 504-758-3591 to build a Frenchmen Street crawl into your itinerary.
Address: Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116
Audubon Zoo (6500 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70118) sits inside Audubon Park along Magazine Street in Uptown, welcoming 900,000 visitors annually across 58 acres that include the Louisiana Swamp exhibit, the Reptile House, the White Tiger exhibit, and a carousel that school groups love. The zoo is open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended summer hours. For field trip groups, school buses and charter buses unload on Magazine Street at the zoo entrance and can wait inside the Audubon Park road loop for the duration of the visit.
Magazine Street itself is a single-lane corridor in each direction — approach from the Uptown side via St. Charles Avenue to Magazine for the cleanest entry. Group rates for 20-plus visitors apply; pre-book through the Audubon Zoo group visits page at least two weeks ahead for field trips.
Address: 6500 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: (504) 861-2537
Home of the New Orleans Pelicans since 2002, Smoothie King Center (1501 Dave Dixon Dr, New Orleans, LA 70113) seats 19,000 and sits directly adjacent to the Caesars Superdome in the heart of the CBD. It hosts NBA games, major concerts — including large touring acts that skip the Superdome's overhead for an arena-scale production — and NCAA tournament rounds. On-site parking is nearly nonexistent for general ticketholders; the Superdome lots require advance passes and shared-use access gets complicated when both buildings have events on the same night.
Official charter bus drop-off uses the Girod Street commercial corridor, the same approach as the Superdome, putting your group at the arena entrance without a long walk from a remote lot. After the game, rideshare pickup in the Champions Square area can back up significantly — having the bus pick you up on Girod is the cleaner way out. Check the official Smoothie King Center parking page before your visit.
Address: 1501 Dave Dixon Dr, New Orleans, LA 70113
Phone: (504) 525-4667