A man once asked a hotel to sack its horse after he was left with a sore butt from riding it.
''With customers seeking 100 per cent satisfaction from their holidays, their requests do sometimes uncover very personal needs.''
The guy - whose identity is not known - even provided images of his sore rear to encourage the establishment to make their equine unemployed.
The strange request is just one of a number of bizarre demands made by hotel guests, according to findings by online travel agent lastminute.com.
A guest staying in Morocco once demanded to be told the exact temperature of the sea in Marrakech, while another guest asked for a hotel's club entertainer be sacked for looking at his girlfriend.
Lastminute.com customer operations head David Beatley said: ''Our customer support team are the 'hidden heroes' of the travel industry.
''With customers seeking 100 per cent satisfaction from their holidays, their requests do sometimes uncover very personal needs.''
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