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Budget hotel chain Travelodge has revealed the most bizarre requests that some of its guests have made over the past 12 months.
Questions posed to the hotel teams across its 523 UK hotels included; “Can you get me a unicorn to carry my wedding proposal and engagement ring to my girlfriend?”; What time do the dinosaurs come out at the Jurassic Coast?; and “Do I need a passport to go to Scotland?”.
A receptionist at Liverpool Central Travelodge was asked by a customer wanting to sample the local cuisine “Where can I find a good Liverpool tart?” before he set off in search of the lemon treat, and a tourist in Edinburgh asked a team member, “Where can I find the Queen on the Royal Mile?”
During the last 12 months Travelodge said it has seen a “significant growth” in business customers, which has lead to an increase in bizarre requests from corporate travellers.
These included; “Does your [London Central] Bank Travelodge have a helipad as my boss is flying into London late tonight and want to be dropped off at the hotel?”; “Can you do my VAT returns?”; and “Can you purchase my wife’s birthday present and wrap it up?”
A spokesperson for the hotel company said: “Where possible, the hotels teams go above and beyond to help customers however, there are some requests that they cannot help with.
“Such as, finding a unicorn to help one romantic with his wedding proposal, ensuring there is a blue sky on the day of an important strategy meeting for an executive and moving a Travelodge room to the roof of the hotel so that the customer could sleep under the stars.”
Listed below are details of the most bizarre requests asked at Travelodge hotels throughout the last 12 months:
| Customer Request | Travelodge Hotel |
| I would like to propose to my girlfriend can you arrange for a unicorn to carry the wedding proposal and engagement ring to my girlfriend? | Bath Central |
| What time is the tooth fairy visiting the hotel tonight? | Dumfries |
| Does your Bank Travelodge have a helipad as my boss is flying in late tonight and wants to come straight to the hotel? | London Bank |
| Can you get me a white stallion horse to take me to my wedding ceremony? | Coventry |
| Can you arrange for a full moon to be outside of my window tonight as I have a good night sleep when I can see the moon? | Windsor |
| Can you stop the seagulls from singing? | Brighton seafront Travelodge |
| What kind of cheddar cheese is the Cheddar Gorge made from? | Portishead |
| Can you move my room to the roof as I want to sleep under the stars? | Glossop |
| Can you get Kobe beef for my pet Pomimo called Cleopatra? | Harrogate |
| What time do the dinosaurs come out at Jurassic Coast? | Taunton |
| Can you give me directions to Peter Rabbit’s burrow? | Kendal |
| Can you turn my bed into a fort using pillows? | Manchester Arena |
| What time does Big Ben chime? | London Covent Garden |
| Can you do my VAT returns? | Bristol Filton |
| Can you be my personal shopper for the day? | Bicester |
| Can you be my translator on an important phone call from China? | Manchester Piccadilly |
| Where can I find a good Liverpool tart? | Liverpool Central |
| Can you prop my bed with philosophy books like my bed at home so that I can feel at home? | Cambridge Newmarket Road |
| Can you take me out for a run this morning and work out with me before my big meeting? | Winnersh Triangle |
| Can you create a Christmas grotto in my room (in July) – it’s a surprise for my wife’s birthday as she will be away for Christmas, she is in the navy? | Southampton Central |
| Where can I find the Queen on the Royal Mile? | Edinburgh Princes Street |
| Where are the limes at Lime street station? | Liverpool Exchange Street |
| Do I need a passport to go to Scotland? | Watford |
| Can you arrange for me to be woken up to the sound of bagpipes? | Glasgow
Queen Street |
| Where is the zebra crossing on the M25? | Thurrock M25 |
| Can I have a circular quilt? | Oxford Abingdon Road |
| Can you read the stock market trading figures out to me whilst I eat breakfast? | London Docklands |
| Can you purchase my wife’s birthday present whilst I attend an important work meeting and wrap it up and deliver to her room before she wakes up? | Leeds Central |
| Will I be able to hear the bull from my room? | Birmingham Bullring |
| Can you hold a brainstorm with my team whilst I take a conference call and present back the best ideas? | Cardiff Atlantic Wharf |
| Can you move my room to the beach as I love to hear the sound of the sea? | Blackpool South Shore |
| Where do I get my pass to go through the Black Mountain? | Hereford Grafton |
