16th November 2016

 

Today, Travelodge, one of the UK’s biggest independent hotel chains, has revealed the most bizarre requests that some of its 18 million customers have asked whilst staying in one of its 523 UK hotels during the last 12 months.

 

The Travelodge hotel teams across the length and breadth of the UK receive thousands of strange requests every year and the oddities range from:

 

·         Can you get me a Unicorn to carry my wedding proposal and engagement ring to my girlfriend 

·         Can you get a white stallion horse to take me to my wedding ceremony?

·         Where can I find a good Liverpool tart?

·         What kind of cheddar cheese is the Cheddar Gorge made from?

·         Can you move my room to the roof so I can sleep under the stars?

·         Do I need a passport to go to Scotland?

·         Can you get Kobe beef for my pet Pomimo called Cleopatra?

·         What time do the Dinosaurs come out at the Jurassic Coast?

·         Can you give me directions to Peter Rabbit’s burrow?

·         Can you arrange for me to be woken up by the sound of bagpipes?

 

During the last 12 months, Travelodge has seen a significant growth in more business customers staying at its hotels and detailed below are examples of some of the requests that Travelodge hotel teams have received from its business customers.  

 

·         Does your 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?

·         Can you tweet on my behalf whilst I attend a strategy day

·         Can you read the stock market trading figures out to me whilst I eat breakfast?

·         Can you take me out for a run this morning and work out with me before my big meeting

·         Can you purchase my wife’s birthday present and wrap it up?

·         Can you hold a brainstorm with my team whilst I take a conference call and present back the best ideas

·         Can you help translate a presentation into Spanish?

·         Can you be my personal shopper for the day?

·         Can you ensure there is a blue sky today as I have an important planning meeting   

 

Shakila Ahmed, Travelodge Spokeswoman said: “With over 18 million customers staying annually across our 523 UK Travelodge hotels, our hotel teams receive thousands of unusual requests from business and leisure travellers.  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.        

In addition to the examples already listed a customer staying at Portishead Travelodge  asked the Hotel Manager “What kind of cheddar cheese is the Cheddar Gorge made from?”

 

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?” 

 

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

 

Ends

 

For further information, please contact:

The Travelodge Press Office

T: 01844 358 703

E: pressoffice@travelodge.co.uk