Strangest Guest Requests

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Top Ten Strangest Guest Requests

When our friends at Gadling.com were contacted by Great Hotels of the World about their list of strange guest requests, they were convulsed by some of the crazy things people ask-and so were we. The member hotels of Great Hotels of the World all sent in their wildest stories to help promote GHOW's "91 Days of Summer Offers"-check out their website for some great deals on luxury hotels: www.ghotw.com.

Curious about the best of their funny hotel requests? Keep clicking.

Top Ten Strangest Guest Requests

The crashing waves at Gran Hotel Elba Estepona & Thalasso Spa irritated a guest so much, he asked the hotel staff if there was anything they could do about it. There wasn't.

Top Ten Strangest Guest Requests

At Vila Vita Parc Resort & Spa (Portugal), a guest craved cheesecake- and made the staff order one from New York. Apparently, New York cheesecake made in Portugal is unacceptable.

Top Ten Strangest Guest Requests

A couple at Swiss Diamond Hotel Olivella booked two executive deluxe suites-one for them, and one for their "beautiful dog."

Top Ten Strangest Guest Requests

An American singer visited Dom Pedro Palace and requested that three holes had to be made in the bedsheets in order for her to sleep in them. We figure this is either some type of witchcraft, or an anticipated game of "look, I'm a ghost!"

Top Ten Strangest Guest Requests

At Shanghai Mansion, a pair of guests liked their bed so much, they requested to have the whole thing-including the silk pillows-boxed up and sent to Europe.

Top Ten Strangest Guest Requests

A guest at Tarik Aksoy Midtown Hotel was feeling claustrophobic and asked to leave his door open while he slept-and to have security guards stationed outside his room

Top Ten Strangest Guest Requests

A male guest at Premier Palace not only wanted to bathe in milk, he wanted the milk to be from glass bottles. This reportedly took a hotel staff member several hours of milk purchasing.

Top Ten Strangest Guest Requests

At Hotel Puente Romano, a VIP guest felt his bed was altogether too high. The staff wasn't having any of this, thank goodness.

Top Ten Strangest Guest Requests

Okay, there is an old pet cemetery on the grounds of Swiss hotel Beau-Rivage Palace, but it's no longer in use. Stop asking to bury your pets at this hotel, weirdos.

Top Ten Strangest Guest Requests

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