Nothing makes a hotel room feel more like your own than adding a few personal touches. You can carry a framed photo or two with you in your luggage and place them around the room, or even tote along a scented candle. But a plant, vase of flowers or a bowl of fruit can add oxygen and beauty and can make a space feel like you live there.
Shopping for groceries or plants or flowers makes you feel like a local, and in fact, you are a local for the time you spend in New Orleans!