Hotels Offer ‘Rebuild Big Easy’ Special

If you’re like me, you never need an excuse to visit New Orleans, even post-Katrina. Between the food, the music, the architecture, the history and the people, the Big Easy always beckons.

But here’s a new and nifty reason to plan a Crescent City getaway: the Marriott’s “Care Concierge” vacation package.

Now through Nov. 15, travelers who book a stay at one of New Orleans’ Marriott or Renaissance hotels will receive email recommendations for local groups that welcome visitor-volunteers who want to help the city rebuild. And $50 of the package rate (ranging from $159 to $259) will be donated to Habitat for Humanity, which is working to return New Orleans’ flood-ravaged neighborhoods to life.

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And, because it’s the Big Easy, you get food, too. Marriott calls it “Goodies for Do-Gooding”: “Guests will be armed with breakfast to help keep them fueled throughout the day.”

And just to give you a head-start on possible volunteer projects, consider this one: the Common Ground Collective’s bioremediation project, which tests soil samples for contamination and is working to promote sustainable and healthy soils, clean water and locally grown produce in the area.

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