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Review: Sonder rental in New Orleans

Review: Sonder rental in New Orleans

Note8.4/10

Hotel
Sonder New Orleans
Country
United States
City
New Orleans
Room Type
Apartment
Loyalty Program Status
None
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After a one night stay at the Q&C HotelBar New Orleans, Autograph Collection, we invite your to discover our Sonder apartment in New Orleans.

What is Sonder?

The Sonder platform was invented in Montreal in 2014. Since then, it has been gradually conquering North America and gradually expanding into Europe.

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North American cities already covered by Sonder

It meets a need: that of people who want the comfort provided by an apartment and the services provided by a hotel. And in this market, there are few players.

Sonder offers more than 2,500 apartments of all sizes (studio to… 6 bedrooms!) in nearly a dozen North American cities…. and has already won over 200,000 customers!

The advantage: no surprises on arrival that the apartments found on Airbnb can have. Comfort is assured, as is the cleanliness of the premises: it’s similar to entering a top-of-the-range hotel suite room.

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Sonder design

Booking

Once the booking is made, Sonder will send you all the details to access your apartment. No need for keys, different access codes are provided to you: front door of the building, door of the apartment, WIFI code.

You also have a number that can be reached 24 hours a day by phone or SMS in case of need, which acts as a concierge: you need something, we bring it to you (e.g. a Firestick or Chromestick to see online content on your TV).

Arrival

So here we are at the door of our Sonder apartment building in New Orleans.

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Sonder Apartment – New Orleans

The building smells new: it is probably a completely renovated industrial building. All the apartments on the 4 floors belong to…. Sonder.

The Sonder Apartment in New Orleans

As we enter the apartment, we notice one thing: it is bathed in light due to its position in the corner of the building!

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Apartment Sonder – New Orleans
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Apartment Sonder – New Orleans

The lounge

We are immediately charmed by the choice of furniture.

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Lounge
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Lounge

The kitchen

It has a well-equipped kitchen

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Living room

With all the necessary utensils. It smells new!

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Kitchen
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Kitchen

Sonder has even left small welcome gifts for all guests, which are custom to each city. In this cas, we got coffee from New Orleans and different kinds of chips.

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Kitchen

There is a very small dining room next to the entrance. Convenient for our lunches and dinners (we promise you, Arthur and Alexandra did not paint the frame 😆 ) .

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Dining room

The master bedroom and its bathroom

Let’s move on to the two bedrooms. The master bedroom first:

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1st Chamber
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1st Chamber

The bedding is very comfortable! On the other hand, if you like to sleep in the dark, go on your way. In this month of July, you’ll wake up at dawn with these white curtains.

There’s a very large dressing room in this bedroom, in which we were able to put all our luggage and the stroller.

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Closet

An adjoining bathroom with shower + bathtub + toilet, again rather exceptional in our eyes for an apartment on short term rental!

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1st Bathroom
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1st Bathroom

Our children enjoyed their bubble bath!

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1st Bathroom

The children’s room and its bathroom

Let’s go to the children’s room on the other side of the apartment.

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2nd room

It also has a dressing room.

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2nd room

Between this bedroom and the second bathroom there is a washing machine / dryer. How convenient!

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Washer and dryer

The second bathroom has a very large shower and it’s high-quality!

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2nd Bathroom

Of course, all linen is provided including many towels.

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2nd Bathroom

As well as high-end shower products.

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2nd Bathroom

Bottom Line

This Sonder apartment is of excellent workmanship. With two children, the surface area – around 1000 sq. ft. – and the layout were ideal!

In the end, the cost per night was equivalent to our first night’s hotel in New Orleans… that’s how good Sonder‘s value is! On future trips to cities covered by Sonder, we’re sure to repeat the experience!

Annual fee
$799
Our valuation
$1,700
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Value

1st Year Value$1,482
2nd Year Value$470

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Concierge service24/7
Airport lounge access$400
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Travel medical (under 55)Up to $5,000,000 / 15 days
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Trip CancellationUp to $2,500
Trip InterruptionUp to $2,500
Delayed BaggageUp to $1,000
Lost BaggageUp to $1,000
Flight DelayUp to $1,000
Hotel BurglaryUp to $1,000
Travel AccidentUp to $500,000

Purchase protection

Purchase ProtectionIncluded
Extended Warranty+1 years
Auto Rental Collision (primary)Up to $85,000 / 48 days

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Annual income required

Individual$0
Household$0

Conversion fees

2.5%

Earning rate

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Value

1st Year Value$1,437
2nd Year Value$312

Travel insurance

Delayed BaggageUp to $500
Lost BaggageUp to $500
Flight DelayUp to $500
Hotel BurglaryUp to $500
Travel AccidentUp to $500,000

Purchase protection

Purchase ProtectionIncluded
Extended Warranty+1 years
Auto Rental Collision (primary)Up to $85,000 / 48 days

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