Which is the most bizarre request out of these?
Budget hotel chain Travelodge has revealed the most peculiar and bizarre requests that guests have asked in its 523 UK hotels during the last 12 months. Annually Travelodge’s hotel teams receive more than 200,000 bizarre requests and the oddities includes everything from accommodation for seven penguins to asking whether it’s possible for the changing of the guards to change days. Also included in the list are questions as ludicrous as “does the water come from the tap?” and “how can I cross the M25?
The list doesn’t just reveal the unusual requests which hotel staff face, it also highlights a trend for guests wanting to travel with their pets – no matter how strange their beloved pet is.
Our teams try their upmost to accommodate all customer requests but there are some requests that we just can’t help with such as... telling guests when Loch Ness has his dinner
Some of the most bizarre pet related request include the hotel manager at Travelodge’s Manchester Ancoats hotel being asked for an outside power supply unit to accommodate his refrigeration van which housed seven penguins (while their owner stayed in the hotel).
A guest at Ayr Travelodge asked the hotel team if her Shetland pony could stay in the room with her, whilst a customer en-route from Montana, USA, rang the Stafford M6 hotel to ask if his pet jaguar could spend the night in his room. Thurrock M25 Travelodge had a baby alligator stay with them and a guest staying in Cardiff Atlantic Wharf asked if it would be ok to have a Boa Constrictor snake in the room - without its tank.
Other strange requests have included one guest staying inBirmingham’s Bull Ring Travelodge asking where the Wi-Fi was in their room because he couldn’t “see” it. Also, a guest in Newcastle Central Travelodge asked the night receptionist for a bedtime story to help her nod off.
Travelodge spokeswoman, Shakila Ahmed, said: “Annually our hotel teams receive around 200,000 bizarre requests. Our teams try their upmost to accommodate all customer requests but there are some requests that we just can’t help with such as stopping the windy weather or telling guests when Loch Ness has his dinner!”
Listed below are Travelodge’s 30 most bizarre requests for 2012:
1. Heathrow Central: How can I cross over the M25?
2. Hilsea, Portsmouth: How many pets can you bring in on the pet policy? I have three dogs, nine cats, two budgies and a tortoise, oh and four children.
3. London City Road: Is it possible for the changing of the guard to change days?
4. Stafford, M6: Can my cat stay? (The cat was a pet Jaguar!)
5. Middlesbrough: Can you do anything about the wind? It messed my hair on the way to a meeting.
6. Brighton Seafront: A practicing Voodoo priest insisted that his room face the sunset so that he could pray naked to it
7. Birmingham Frankley: Can we land a helicopter on the roof of the hotel?
8. Ayr: Can my Shetland pony stay in my room with me?
9. Hayle, Cornwall: To the hotel manager: Could I borrow your shirt; I’ve got a wedding to go to?
10. Halkyn, Wales: Can we bring our goldfish with us?
11. Cardiff Atlantic Wharf: Would it be ok to have a Boa Constrictor snake in the room – without its tank?
12. Teddington, London: Can you stop the 12pm church bells from ringing?
13. Liverpool Docks: A customer once called because she thought the Travelodge logo had been painted onto her roof because she had seen it on Google Maps – we explained that it was an online map marker
14. Thurrock M25: My baby alligator is coming, how much will it cost?
15. Manchester Ancoats: Do you have outside power supply for a refrigerated van? In the van were seven penguins that were being transported to a zoo.
16. AshforD, Kent: Could we make the frogs in the pond behind the hotel be quiet?
17. London Covent Garden: Why can’t I see the Olympic flame from here?
18. Fulham, London: An elderly guest requested a bikini shaving kit
19. Saltash, Plymouth: How much is it for my pet parrot to come and stay with me?
20. London Excel: Can I see the Olympic rowing event from my window?
21. Dumbarton, Glasgow: A customer had a cage full of mice and wondered if they needed to pay per mouse.
22. London Liverpool Street: Can I use my Oyster Card to book a limousine?
23. London City Road: Can I pay for my pet monkey to stay with me?
24. Porthmadog, Wales: Can a maid visit me every two hours?
25. Newquay Seafront: Where can I buy a wedding ring, and quick!?
26. Wakefield, Leeds: Could four adult dwarfs book one family room because they were ‘only small’?
27. London Stratford: (During the Olympics) Why is it so busy today? Is there something happening nearby?
28. Swindon Central: Does the water come from the tap?
29. Edinburgh Central Queen Street: Can we keep 20 sheep in your car park whilst we stay in the hotel?
30. Inverness: Can you tell me when the Loch Ness monster comes out so we don’t miss it?
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