“The Road goes ever on and on down from the door where it began....": N'Awlins, ya'll.

Yesterday, I booked flights and hotel for our 1st anniversary (October) trip to New Orleans - neither of us have been there, and I am pretty excited!

I had a companion certificate for Delta, so our flights were only $150 each - good deal. And I originally booked a room at the Saint Louis hotel in the French Quarter - I booked because they had a fantastic government rate online. I added in the comments that Wes would bring along his Cobb Fire ID. I got a phone call telling me they only give the government rate to those with a government credit card....please explain to me how that makes sense? Police, firefighters, teachers, and all of those in the armed services - those are our public servants, but NONE of them get government credit cards. The only people with those are politicians! I was highly annoyed and canceled with them. The Saint Louis is a 2.5-Star hotel. Just to be crafty, I went on Priceline and did name-your-own-price, 4-Star hotels, French Quarter, for a few dollars LESS (total) than the Saint Louis would have cost us - and got a room at the Marriott. HA! Talk about a trade up! So we're staying here: