Hotel
The Carriage House is located in the River Ranch neighborhood of Lafayette and has walkable access to restaurants, bars, coffee, CVS, etc. It is a 15 minute ride from the hotel to the wedding venue. There is no free shuttle access to/from the airport, but the hotel will help arrange transport if you need it.
Hotel
The DoubleTree is a 10 minute ride from the wedding venue. The hotel does offer free shuttle service to/from the airport.
Although we admittedly did not plan it out this way, there is a festival the weekend of the wedding! Festival Acadiens et Creoles is a three day celebration of Cajun and Creole culture with live music, arts, food, and dancing. It is held in Girard Park near UL's campus, which is a short car ride away from just about anywhere in Lafayette. Festival Acadiens is unique to our area and is an awesome way to experience some Cajun culture while you're here. Megan and I are planning to be there.
Cocktail. Feel free to go with the more casual side of cocktail.
Warehouse 535, located at 535 Garfield St., Lafayette, LA.