Ask the team · Bywater, New Orleans
Hotel alternative · New Orleans
One private villa for the whole group instead of a block of hotel rooms.
Most groups coming to New Orleans start by pricing hotel rooms. A room block works, and it also means the group spends the weekend meeting in a lobby. CastleDay is the other option: one private villa with 12 bedrooms and 17 beds, a heated pool that only your group uses, and everyone under one roof.
The short answer
A room block and a villa, compared.
A hotel gives every guest a room and a made bed. It does not give the group a place to be together. Rooms land on whatever floors are free, and the only rooms big enough for everyone are the ones you rent by the hour. The pool is shared with every other guest, and it closes.
One CastleDay villa sleeps up to 30 across 12 bedrooms, 17 beds and 8 baths. It has a kitchen with double refrigerators and dishwashers, an indoor table that seats 18, a covered patio for the rest, and a heated pool, hot tub and courtyard that only your group uses, at any hour. Groups of 31 to 60 take two villas. Wedding weekends and offsites take all three and keep up to 90 people on one Bywater block.
The bill is simpler too. A room block is a folio per room and incidentals per room. Here it is one agreement and one card: the nightly rate plus one cleaning fee per villa, plus occupancy taxes. There are no per-guest charges, so adding a person does not add a line item, and the per-person share usually falls as the group grows.
Everyone behind one door
12 bedrooms, 17 beds and 8 baths per villa. The whole group in one house, up to 30.
A private pool
Heated pool, hot tub and courtyard, used only by your group, open at any hour.
One bill
One agreement and one card. Nightly rate plus one cleaning fee per villa, plus taxes.
Side by side
Room block or villa.
| A block of hotel rooms | One CastleDay villa | |
|---|---|---|
| Where everyone sleeps | Rooms on whichever floors were free | 12 bedrooms and 17 beds behind one front door |
| Where you all gather | The lobby, or a function room you rent | A kitchen, a table for 18, and a covered patio for the rest |
| The pool | Shared with every other guest, and it closes | Heated, private to your group, open around the clock |
| Late night | Neighbors through the wall | Your own courtyard and hot tub, on your own block |
| The bill | A folio per room, incidentals per room | One agreement, one card, one cleaning fee per villa |
| Adding a person | Another room, another nightly rate | No per-guest fee, so the per-person share drops |
One rate for the villa. One cleaning fee. Zero per-guest fees.
Three villas
Take one villa, or all three.
The layouts match; the personalities don't. Each sleeps up to 30; book two for up to 60, or all three for up to 90.
Good to know
Common questions
Is a villa actually cheaper than booking hotel rooms?
Often, and it depends on the group. A villa is priced per night per villa rather than per room, so it compares better as the group gets bigger. There are no per-guest fees. Put your dates into the availability calculator and it shows the live price split per person before you enter your name.
We need somewhere to gather. Is there space?
Yes. Each villa has a kitchen with double refrigerators and dishwashers, an indoor dining table that seats 18, a covered patio next to the outdoor kitchen, and a pool and courtyard that only your group uses. There is no function room to book by the hour.
What if the group is bigger than one villa holds?
The three villas sit side by side. One sleeps up to 30, two hold 60, and all three hold up to 90 on the same block. That is how wedding weekends and company offsites usually run here.
Is this a licensed place to stay, or a short-term rental?
CastleDay is licensed as a hotel. It is inspected and operates on city permit 24-XSTR-24029. Ask any large-group listing in New Orleans for its permit number before you send a deposit.
How far is it from the French Quarter?
About ten minutes by car. The villas are on a quiet block in the Bywater, close to the Quarter, the Marigny and the Convention Center.
Keep the group together
Ready to keep your whole group together?
Each villa sleeps up to 30 across 12 bedrooms, 17 beds, and 8 baths. No per-guest fees, and the lowest rate is always direct.
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