Louisiana RV rentals — rent from local hosts

Louisiana caps non-commercial RVs at 13 ft 6 in height + 8 ft 6 in width (Louisiana RS §32:381).

The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (the longest continuous bridge over water in the world at 24 mi — Causeway Commission) accepts RVs at standard toll rate.

Louisiana state-park camping accepts rigs up to 40 ft at most main loops. The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge segment of I-10 (18.2 mi over the basin — third-longest bridge in the US) has no shoulder; pull-overs are emergency-only.

Generator quiet hours at Louisiana state parks are 10 PM – 7 AM (Louisiana State Parks). Hurricane season (June–November per NOAA NHC) is the defining seasonal constraint.

Best window: October through April. Summer (June–September) hits 95°F + 80 % humidity + peak hurricane season.

Mardi Gras (date varies — typically February or early March, see Catholic liturgical calendar) is the largest Louisiana event by RV demand; book 12+ months ahead.

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (last weekend of April + first weekend of May) is the second-largest demand spike. Sugarcane harvest (September–November) and crawfish season (January–June peak) are the Cajun-country calendar anchors.

Hurricane Ida (2021) and Katrina (2005) define hurricane planning baseline — confirmed evacuation orders activate I-10 contraflow westbound.

Classic 7-day Louisiana loop: New Orleans (3 days: French Quarter, Garden District, Frenchmen Street, City Park, WWII Museum — largest in the US) → drive west on US-90 → Houma + Thibodaux (sugarcane country) → Morgan City → Lafayette (Vermilionville heritage + Acadiana Cultural Center) → Breaux Bridge + Henderson (Atchafalaya basin swamp tours) → Eunice (Cajun French Music Hall of Fame) → Baton Rouge (state capital, LSU) → return New Orleans via I-10.

Add 2 days for plantation country along the Great River Road (Oak Alley, Laura, Whitney Plantation — the only US plantation museum told from the enslaved perspective).