Bachelorette Party New Orleans
New Orleans is built for one big party, and the bride is the star. Hop balconies on Bourbon Street, share beignets at Cafe du Monde, parade through Jackson Square and toast the future Mrs. with a Hurricane in hand. The Big Easy will give her a weekend she will retell forever.
Stops on this hunt
The geo-tagged checkpoints that anchor this route. You can rearrange, replace or remove any stop after using the template.
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Jackson Square
Navigate to Jackson Square in the heart of the French Quarter. Check in once the bride and crew can see St. Louis Cathedral.
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Cafe du Monde
Navigate to Cafe du Monde, the legendary 24-hour beignet stand at the French Market. Check in once the team smells powdered sugar in the air.
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Bourbon Street
Navigate to Bourbon Street, the famous nightlife strip of the French Quarter. Check in once the music gets louder than your group chat.
Challenges (20)
Big Easy bride lift
The party begins! Take a group photo where the bride is triumphantly lifted up by the team with a NOLA backdrop. Higher and louder, this is your starting shot!
To Jackson Square (bride)
Navigate to Jackson Square in the heart of the French Quarter. Check in once the bride and crew can see St. Louis Cathedral.
Cathedral bride pose
St. Louis Cathedral is the oldest cathedral in continuous use in the US. Take a group photo on Jackson Square with the three white spires behind you, the bride in a sash or tiara at the centre.
Trivia: New Orleans founded
New Orleans was founded by the French in what year?
Answer: 1718
To Cafe du Monde (bride)
Navigate to Cafe du Monde, the legendary 24-hour beignet stand at the French Market. Check in once the team smells powdered sugar in the air.
Beignet sugar shower for the bride
Cafe du Monde beignets are smothered in powdered sugar. Order an order for the team and take a group photo where the bride takes the first bite while the rest cheer her on. Sugar all over her face is encouraged.
To Bourbon Street (bride)
Navigate to Bourbon Street, the famous nightlife strip of the French Quarter. Check in once the music gets louder than your group chat.
Bourbon balcony bride toss
Bourbon Street is famous for its wrought-iron balconies. Find one with great character and take a group photo posing as if the bride is about to throw beads from the balcony above (or as if catching them from below).
Mardi Gras bead bride
NOLA is bead country year-round. Find any beads (in a tree, a shop, or buy a strand) and take a group photo where the bride is decorated like she is the queen of the parade.
Trivia: NOLA jazz birth
Jazz emerged in New Orleans in roughly which decade (just the decade is fine)?
Answers: 1900s / 1890s / 1900 / 1890
Jazz on the street with the bride
Jazz was born in New Orleans. Find any street musician, drop a tip and take a group photo with the bride dancing next to the musician. Bonus if everyone in the team is dancing too.
Hurricane toast for the bride
A Hurricane is the iconic NOLA cocktail. Find a spot with French Quarter charm, order Hurricanes (or any festive drink) and take a group toast photo with the bride leading. To the future Mrs.!
Streetcar shot with the bride
New Orleans streetcars rumble through the city (the St. Charles line is the oldest continuous streetcar in the world). Find a streetcar and take a group photo with the bride waving from in front, like she is heading to the wedding.
Po' boy bridal share
A po' boy is the New Orleans sandwich (shrimp, oyster or roast beef on French bread). Find one at any deli, share it with the team and take a photo where the bride takes the first bite.
Mississippi waterfront bridal shot
The Mississippi curves around New Orleans. Walk to the Moonwalk waterfront and take a group photo with the river behind you, the bride centred in a sash or tiara, and ideally a passing steamboat in shot.
White for the bride in NOLA
The bride is the star today. Make sure everyone in the team wears or holds something white, find it on the spot, and take a group photo where the bride stands out in colour or sparkle.
Second line for the bride
New Orleans is the home of the second line, where everyone dances behind a brass band. Form your own mini second line: the bride leads, the team dances behind her, capture it in a photo or short video.
Local NOLA tip for the bride
Convince a real New Orleanian to share one favourite restaurant, hidden gem or piece of bachelorette advice. Take a photo with your impromptu guide and remember the tip.
Recreate the bride's wildest moment (NOLA)
Everyone knows that one legendary night out. Imitate the bride at her most wild moment ever. One person plays her, the rest directs, capture it in a photo or short video. Best impression wins.
Big Easy finale for the bride
This is the final challenge! Take an amazing closing group photo where the bride wears a full bachelorette accessory set (sash, tiara, beads, the works) with a NOLA backdrop. A photo for the wedding slideshow, well done everyone!
Frequently asked questions
Three to four hours covers the French Quarter loop (Jackson Square, Cafe du Monde, Bourbon Street) at a relaxed pace, plus the Mississippi waterfront finale. The Quarter is dense and walkable, so most of the time goes into beignet stops, jazz musicians and photo angles, not transit.
Yes, the French Quarter is about thirteen blocks by six and every challenge sits inside it. Jackson Square to Cafe du Monde is two minutes, Cafe du Monde to Bourbon Street five minutes. The streetcar shot is the only stop that may need a short walk to Canal Street to catch the St. Charles line.
Yes, New Orleans is one of the few US cities with legal open containers on the street, as long as the drink is in a plastic go-cup. Most Bourbon Street bars will pour your Hurricane into one on request. The cocktail toast and balcony challenges work easily because of this.
The French Quarter is busy and lit until late, especially Bourbon Street, but it gets rowdier after dark. For a daytime hunt, start at 10 or 11 with Jackson Square and finish on Bourbon around 5. For a night hunt, do Bourbon and the cathedral first while it is still light and end at Cafe du Monde, which is open 24 hours.
NOLA is hot and humid most of the year (summer regularly hits 32 C with rain). Light dresses, comfortable sandals or sneakers, and a foldable umbrella beat heels on the uneven Quarter sidewalks. Save the sash, tiara and bead-loaded outfit for the photos and the post-hunt dinner.