Do we need our passports when we check in? What time does the Newport Ghost Train depart? These are just some of the bizarre requests that the Isle of Wight’s Travelodge hotel teams have been asked by customers over the last 12 months.
Travelodge, 1 of the UK’s largest hotel chains, has revealed the top 25 most interesting and bizarre requests that the company’s 581 UK hotel teams have received during the last 12 months – including the top 10 requests from the company’s 2 Travelodge hotels in Ryde and Newport.
With a network of hotels stretching the length and breadth of Great Britain, Travelodge welcomes millions of customers each year staying for a variety of reasons.
The hotel teams across Isle of Wight’s 2 Travelodge hotels have received hundreds of customer requests throughout the year – listed below are the top 10 most interesting and bizarre requests.
|
Bizarre Request
|
Travelodge Hotel |
| Do we need our passports when we check in? | Newport |
| Can you help my son with his French homework? I am not very good at languages and you are not far from France. | Ryde |
| I’m going fishing for Mullet this afternoon; can you cook my catch for dinner? | Bar Café, Newport |
| Where can we meet the Three Sisters? | Ryde |
| Can we distil gin at the Ventnor Botanic Gardens? | Ryde |
| What time does the Newport Ghost Train depart? | Newport |
| Where is the Finger fish caught? | Bar Café, Newport |
| Can you arrange for the Milky Way to appear in front of the hotel tonight? | Ryde |
| Can you fill my room with heart shaped balloons? I want to impress my girlfriend. | Ryde |
| I need a plus one for a wedding tonight; are you free? | Newport |
Shakila Ahmed, Travelodge spokeswoman, has said:
“Following a very difficult two years, Britons have taken full advantage this year to enjoy everything they have missed during the pandemic and this includes holidays and business trips.
“We have experienced a significant increase in bookings across our 581 UK Travelodge hotels this year including our two hotels in Isle of Wight, with Britons taking more short breaks and turning a concert or sporting event into a Minication. Also with more Britons holidaying on British shores than ever before our hotel teams have also received a high volume of interesting requests and questions especially around attractions, locations, local dishes, customs and traditions across our diverse British regions.
“Where possible, our hotel teams will go above and beyond to help customers as they relish a good challenge. However, there are some requests beyond their control such as arranging for the Milky Way to appear in front of the hotel at Ryde for a guest who wanted to see it with his wife that night.”
Bullshit! None of this has been asked and I speak as a staff member!
Rather go to premier inn lallalalala
With u working there with that attitude I rather go else where
Well as part of the Travelodge team (it’s not a big team and we are all buddies) I can say hand on heart the statements in this article for our hotel are fabricated 100%
I been there I see u guys ur all up to no good
Slow news day today?
I’ve worked at Newport for 4 years and never heard a single one of these! Where are you getting these ‘quotes’?!
Don’t let ur son go down on me
Not approving my comment and other staffs comments shows how bored you must be. Making up articles, real professional
I think ur so wrong
Who cares ?? No one can be thick enough to believe this so called news item! I expect this comment won’t get published
Totally agree with you Sophie, this site is becoming a joke , it should be called island joke shop not island echo!!!!!
Fake news trying to up the views
If you Google Shakila Ahmed you will soon find that she is quite renowned for concocting dodgy PR stories.
Usually for the gutter press.
Do we need our passports when we check in?
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1689/made?view=plain
No u just need ur mother but she with me in bed
I know. I told her, “There’s some tit on the Island Echo comments section who can’t spell”, so she volunteered to pop round to help you with your spellings and read you a bedtime story.
Don’t let ur mum go down on me