“What an amazing five years it’s been owning and operating Elysian Fields Inn. We’ve made hundreds of friends from all over the world and love being ambassadors for the city of New Orleans.”
– Michelle Hagan
Elysian Fields Inn is owned and managed by Michelle and Bob Hagan. If you want to NOLA like a local, you’re in good hands.
Bob and Michelle spent weekends in New Orleans for years before buying Elysian Fields Inn and turning their love of NOLA into a part of their daily life. They’d love to meet you, show you their neighborhood, and help you fall in love with this amazing city.
Michelle acts as the general manager for the inn; handling reservations, playing concierge, daily chef and greeting guests on arrival. Bob has a corporate job but enjoys playing part-time chef, innkeeper and maintenance man on the weekends.
“Bob and I are proud to carry on the 20-year tradition of Elysian Fields Inn. We are from Louisville, Kentucky where we met in Study Hall in the 10th grade. After living in Atlanta for 16 years, and with both of our daughters out of college and living in different states, we began thinking about an empty nest plan and, for me, a new career.
We had fallen in love with New Orleans years ago and made it a regular weekend getaway. Krewe du Vieux and Halloween weekend became our favorites. As fate would have it, our youngest daughter moved to New Orleans, where she met and eventually married a native New Orleanian. We expected grandchildren would follow and we are now blessed with a grandson who we get to see on a weekly basis.
We have enjoyed making improvements to the inn over our first five years and are proud of our consistent ranking near the top of third-party sites like TripAdvisor, Airbnb and Booking.com. We take a rest in August and usually find ourselves traveling somewhere new and different. On two different trips to Europe, we had the pleasure of spending time with guests we had hosted from France and Spain.
We have been deeply touched by the welcome from our neighbors in the Marigny Triangle and are still giddy with joy over our proximity to the best music and food New Orleans has to offer. We are humbled to have the opportunity to care for this beautiful house, and all our guests who will come to stay.
We hope you’ll make Elysian Fields Inn your home here in NOLA. We know you’re going to love it as much as we do!”
– Michelle Hagan, Innkeeper