New Orleans Getaways: Cite $39,476, Keep Metairie Separate

Thomas Garner
14 hours ago
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Most New Orleans listings still get sold as a generic festival city stay, or worse, as a blended Metairie year. Guests who typed New Orleans are looking for the Marigny, the river, and a real city night. They are not looking for a Jefferson Parish caption. 5,013 active listings sit on this city extract. Write the stay you can actually host.

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.

Two Parishes, Not One Blended Crescent Year

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. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. 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.

New Orleans's Own Extract: $39,476 on 5,013 Listings

5,013 active listings is a real gallery. Superhost share is 59.4 percent. Professionally managed share is 32.2 percent. Heirloom holds 77 listings. Treat $39,476 as evidence for New Orleans, not as a corridor dashboard you can paste onto Metairie. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Keep $39,476 on 5,013 city listings on its own line. 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, March, and February Are the Strong City Months

The three strongest city months are April, March, and February. April is the busiest. July is the slowest revenue month. Occupancy is weakest in July. Stay is 5 nights. Lead is 62 days. Most guests arrive from New York, then Houston. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. April is the city peak. July is the city hole. New Orleans Shoulder 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.

Metairie Is Another Year, Not This Note

Metairie listings earned about $10,999 last year from 116 active rentals on the current AirROI extract. Keep that stay on its own line. Jefferson Parish is another hall. A Marigny driveway is not a Jefferson Parish lot. 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.

Arabi Is Another Year, Not This Note

Arabi listings earned about $26,634 last year from 65 active rentals on the current AirROI extract. Keep that stay on its own line. St. Bernard Parish is another hall. 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.

The Quarter and the Marigny Are Demand, Not Occupancy

The Quarter, the Marigny, Jackson Square, and the river are visitor demand. Named weekends are demand, not occupancy. Confirm 2026 event dates on the primary page. Do not invent a Mardi Gras date. 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.

Year Over Year Is Plus 2.4 Percent on This Pass

Year over year is plus 2.4 percent on the current extract. Supply moved plus 8.4 percent. File both numbers. 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. 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.

How a Host Should Read This Map

How a host should read this map is to file three occasions. New Orleans is the Marigny, the river, and city nights. Metairie is Jefferson Parish. Arabi is St. Bernard Parish. Keep $328 city ADR off both satellites. 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.

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

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, per AirROI's trailing twelve months from August 2025 through July 2026. Average nightly rate was $328, occupancy ran 39.6 percent, and revenue per available night landed at $135. Year over year sits at plus 2.4 percent with active supply up plus 8.4 percent -- keep this figure separate from Metairie or Arabi numbers.

What does the 5,013-listing supply tell hosts about competition?

Superhost share sits at 59.4 percent and professionally managed share is 32.2 percent, with Heirloom alone managing 77 listings. Treat the $39,476 average as evidence for New Orleans specifically, not as a figure you can paste onto a Metairie or Arabi listing.

When is New Orleans's strongest season for hosts?

April is the busiest revenue month, with March and February also running strong. July is the slowest month and also has the weakest occupancy. The typical stay runs 5 nights, booked about 62 days out, with most guests arriving from New York, then Houston.

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 before assuming either neighborhood is eligible.

How is New Orleans different from Metairie as a rental market?

New Orleans's 5,013 listings earned about $39,476 on average with a $328 ADR, while Metairie's 116 listings earned about $10,999 on the same trailing-twelve-month AirROI extract. A Marigny driveway is not a Jefferson Parish lot -- pasting one area's numbers onto the other misleads both guests and buyers.

How does Arabi compare to New Orleans for hosts?

Arabi's 65 active listings earned about $26,634 last year -- notably lower than New Orleans's $39,476 across 5,013 listings. Arabi sits in St. Bernard Parish, a separate jurisdiction with its own demand pattern -- keep it on its own line rather than folding it into a New Orleans citywide average.

Is New Orleans's rental supply growing or holding steady?

Active supply moved plus 8.4 percent even as year-over-year revenue sits at plus 2.4 percent -- a market absorbing new listings while still posting modest growth. That combination is useful context for hosts weighing whether now is the time to add a new listing.

Should I hire a property manager in New Orleans?

Professionally managed listings make up about 32.2 percent of the New Orleans market, with Heirloom managing 77 listings and superhost share at 59.4 percent. Metairie and Arabi each reward their own separate management plan -- do not buy one pitch for three occasions.

What should a New Orleans buyer packet include?

Cite the $39,476 average revenue on 5,013 city listings, the plus 8.4 percent supply growth against a plus 2.4 percent year-over-year revenue trend, and confirmed permit status from the Short-Term Rental Administration at 504-658-7144. Keep Metairie and Arabi figures on their own separate lines.

Work with Crest & Cove Creative

New Orleans listings keep getting marketed with a Metairie caption pasted on top, blurring two separate parishes into one blended Crescent City pitch. Guests notice, and so do buyers reading the packet.

Crest & Cove writes New Orleans, Metairie, and Arabi as three distinct listings with their own numbers and their own guest story. Send your address and we will build the copy for the market you are actually in.

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