Hotel guests have made bizarre requests to staff, including wanting a spare bed for a child’s imaginary friend, and a room to store 200 butterflies for a wedding.
Travelodge said many of its 575 UK hotels had received “interesting” calls from guests or those making a booking in recent months.
Among the most notable were a plea for a bag of soil from Liverpool’s Anfield stadium, an inquiry about how to get an honorary degree from Oxford University for a grandmother, and a wife asking for a face mask for her snoring husband.
One guest also asked staff to stop seagulls from squealing as they were keeping him awake, while a businessman wondered if a bed could be placed on the beach for him to have a session of “blue sky thinking”.
“Where possible, our hotel teams will go above and beyond to help customers as they relish a good challenge.
“Interestingly the requests change regionally, seasonally and this year we have even received interesting requests around social distancing. However, there are some requests beyond their control.”
