New Orleans Shoulder: April Peak, July Hole, Not Metairie

Jacob Mishalanie
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April is the busiest month on this New Orleans extract. July is the slowest. Price both like themselves.

Typical New Orleans listings earned about $39,476 last year from 5,013 active rentals, AirROI trailing twelve months from August 2025 through July 2026. The average night was $328. Occupancy was 39.6 percent. Revenue per available night was $135. Year over year is plus 2.4 percent. Active supply moved plus 8.4 percent.

The three strongest city months are April, March, and February. April is the busiest. July is the slowest. Occupancy is weakest in July. Most guests arrive from New York, then Houston. Stay is 5 nights, booked about 62 days ahead. Call Short-Term Rental Administration at 504-658-7144. 1340 Poydras Street Suite 800. Email str@nola.gov. NSTR is a lottery, one permit per square block in residential areas, and the operator must live on the lot. Garden District is banned. Most of the French Quarter is banned except a limited Vieux Carre Entertainment / Bourbon stretch — confirm zoning on the parcel. New commercial STRs need City Council conditional-use review under the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning District adopted May 7, 2026. Cite the $50 non-refundable application and the operator-permit page: NSTR operator $150, CSTR operator $1,000. Confirm the current owner-permit amount at the desk. Do not invent $500 or $375 as current. Occupancy fees: NSTR $5 per night rented, CSTR $12 per night rented. Confirm 2026. AirROI's high-regulation label and 92 percent registration evidence are a scrape of listings, not the town file.

April Is the Busiest Month on This City Extract

April is the busiest month on this city extract. March and February are the other strong months. Protect April. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. New Orleans Getaways is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Do not paste a satellite year into a city tile. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned. Metairie is not the Marigny. Arabi is not the Quarter. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned. Metairie is not the Marigny. Arabi is not the Quarter. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay.

July Is the Slowest Revenue Month

July is the slowest revenue month. Price July like July. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. Market a New Orleans Stay is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Do not paste a satellite year into a city tile. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned. Metairie is not the Marigny. Arabi is not the Quarter. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned. Metairie is not the Marigny. Arabi is not the Quarter. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned.

Occupancy Is Weakest in July, and July Is Not April

Occupancy is weakest in July. July is the city's hole. Do not treat July as a filled summer template. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. New Orleans STR Rules is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Do not paste a satellite year into a city tile. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned. Metairie is not the Marigny. Arabi is not the Quarter. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned. Metairie is not the Marigny. Arabi is not the Quarter. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay.

Do Not Treat a Named Weekend as a Filled Month

A named weekend is demand, not occupancy. Confirm 2026 festival dates on the primary page. Do not invent a Mardi Gras date. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. New Orleans Remote Stays is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Do not paste a satellite year into a city tile. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned. Metairie is not the Marigny. Arabi is not the Quarter. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned. Metairie is not the Marigny. Arabi is not the Quarter. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay.

A 62-Day Lead Time Is Not a Filled July

A 62-day lead time is a booking window. 2,457 listings, 49 percent, set a 30-night minimum. That setting is not occupancy. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned. DIY vs Hire in New Orleans is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Do not paste a satellite year into a city tile. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned. Metairie is not the Marigny. Arabi is not the Quarter. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned. Metairie is not the Marigny. Arabi is not the Quarter. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay.

Marigny Weeks Are Demand, Not Occupancy

Marigny weeks are demand. Photograph the block you can walk. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Metairie is not the Marigny. Who Books New Orleans is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Do not paste a satellite year into a city tile. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned. Metairie is not the Marigny. Arabi is not the Quarter. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned. Metairie is not the Marigny. Arabi is not the Quarter. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned. Metairie is not the Marigny.

Protect Rate Around Named City Demand

Call Short-Term Rental Administration at 504-658-7144. 1340 Poydras Street Suite 800. Email str@nola.gov. NSTR is a lottery, one permit per square block in residential areas, and the operator must live on the lot. Garden District is banned. Most of the French Quarter is banned except a limited Vieux Carre Entertainment / Bourbon stretch — confirm zoning on the parcel. New commercial STRs need City Council conditional-use review under the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning District adopted May 7, 2026. Cite the $50 non-refundable application and the operator-permit page: NSTR operator $150, CSTR operator $1,000. Confirm the current owner-permit amount at the desk. Do not invent $500 or $375 as current. Occupancy fees: NSTR $5 per night rented, CSTR $12 per night rented. Confirm 2026. AirROI's high-regulation label and 92 percent registration evidence are a scrape of listings, not the town file. Protect rate around named city demand. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Arabi is not the Quarter. Buying a New Orleans Rental is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Do not paste a satellite year into a city tile. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay.

Price the Month the Extract Actually Named

Price the month the extract named. April, March, and February are strong. July is slow. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. We market. We do not take the lock. New Orleans Tourism Data is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Do not paste a satellite year into a city tile. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned. Metairie is not the Marigny. Arabi is not the Quarter. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned. Metairie is not the Marigny. Arabi is not the Quarter. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned.

Hosts who underwrite Crescent City stays should keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings, call 504-658-7144, and leave Metairie and Arabi on their own lines. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 504-658-7144 before you advertise a New Orleans stay. NSTR is a lottery. Garden District is banned.

Frequently Asked Questions

When is New Orleans's strongest season for hosts?

April is the busiest revenue month on the current AirROI extract, with March and February also running strong. July is the slowest month of the year, so pricing strategy should treat these as genuinely different seasons rather than one flat annual rate.

Is July's weak occupancy tied to festival timing?

Not directly -- occupancy is weakest in July specifically, well after the spring festival season that drives the April-March-February peak. Do not assume a single warm-weather month behaves like the spring peak just because it falls later in the year.

How much did typical New Orleans listings earn last year?

Typical New Orleans listings earned about $39,476 last year from 5,013 active rentals, with a $328 average nightly rate, 39.6 percent occupancy, and $135 revenue per available night. Year over year sits at plus 2.4 percent with active supply up plus 8.4 percent.

Does a 62-day booking lead time tell me anything about July demand?

Not on its own. The 62-day average lead time reflects typical booking behavior citywide, but it does not mean July -- the slowest revenue month -- is quietly filling up in advance. About 2,457 listings, 49 percent of the market, also run a 30-night minimum, which is a platform filter, not proof of occupancy.

Should I price around Mardi Gras or other named festival dates?

Named festivals like Mardi Gras create real visitor demand that feeds the April-March-February peak, but confirm actual 2026 dates on the event's own primary page rather than assuming a repeat of a prior year's calendar. Demand from a named event does not automatically mean every surrounding week is filled.

Do I need a permit to run a short-term rental in New Orleans?

Yes. Contact the Short-Term Rental Administration at 504-658-7144, 1340 Poydras Street Suite 800, or str@nola.gov. NSTR permits are issued by lottery, limited to one per square block in residential areas, and the operator must live on the lot.

Is the Garden District or French Quarter legal for short-term rental?

The Garden District is banned outright. Most of the French Quarter is also banned, except a limited Vieux Carre Entertainment/Bourbon stretch -- confirm your specific parcel's zoning at 504-658-7144.

Should I hire a property manager for a New Orleans listing?

Professionally managed listings make up about 32.2 percent of the New Orleans market, with Heirloom managing 77 listings. Metairie and Arabi each have their own seasonal patterns and reward separate management decisions rather than one shared pitch.

How does New Orleans's seasonal pattern compare to Metairie's?

Metairie's 116 listings earned about $10,999 last year, well below New Orleans's $39,476 across 5,013 listings, and Metairie runs on its own demand calendar. Keep seasonal and revenue figures on separate lines for each parish rather than assuming shared timing.

What should a New Orleans buyer packet say about seasonality?

Note that April, March, and February are the strongest revenue months while July is the slowest with the weakest occupancy. Cite the $39,476 average revenue on 5,013 listings and keep Metairie and Arabi figures on their own separate lines.

Work with Crest & Cove Creative

A New Orleans listing priced like every warm month is April ends up underpricing the real spring peak and overpricing a slow July. Shoulder-season pricing needs the actual monthly pattern, not a generic summer-versus-winter split.

Crest & Cove builds New Orleans pricing calendars around the actual monthly data -- April's peak, July's low, and the festival demand that really drives spring bookings. Send us your listing and we will map out where your calendar is leaving money on the table.

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