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The most ridiculous travel requests rich people make including a sea view room at an inland hotel


LUXURY travel specialists have revealed some of the strangest and most outlandish requests from celebrities and VIP customers.

From a hamster babysitter to a hand-delivered new iPhone in Venice, money is no object to some of these clients.

 A hamster babysitter was one of the most bizarre requests

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A hamster babysitter was one of the most bizarre requestsCredit: Getty – Contributor

The bonkers requests, as told to Conde Nast Traveller, reveal how the 1 per cent truly live – and some of the insane feats “travel fixers” have to pull off to please their clients.

We’ve rounded up some of the best ones.

Hamster babysitter in the sky

One client was concerned about his daughter being scared about leaving her pet hamster behind.

To solve the problem, not only was the hamster flown out, but a “handler” for the animal was as well.

Jim Strong, President of Strong Travel explained: “I made arrangements with an airline to secure two seats: one for the hamster, and one for a handler for the pet.

“They flew from New York to LA, and the handler delivered the hamster right into the hands of the child.”

 A scavenger hunt around Europe took two weeks and six months of planning

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A scavenger hunt around Europe took two weeks and six months of planningCredit: Getty – Contributor

Around the world scavenger hunt

A client went above and beyond to celebrate a wedding anniversary and birthday – by planning a two-week scavenger hunt across Europe.

Working on the project for six months, Travel Artistry owner Bobby Zur explained how 14 couples raced across countries with problems to solve.

He explained: “Along the way, the couples had to open silk pouches filled with white Scrabble tiles and arrange the letters to form the name of the next destination they’d be travelling to the following day.

Starting in a five star hotel in Geneva, the trip took them to Lake Maggiore, St Moritz, Istanbul, Bodrum and finished in Corsica, with private jets, Audi TTs and mega-yachts along the way.

Hand-delivered iPhone in Venice

John also told the story of a woman who lost her phone in the canals of Venice, only to be hand-delivered a brand new one.

This is due to the problems at customs, which would have prevented it entering Italy via post.

He said: “[Her assistant] had the phone delivered to me, and I jumped on a plane to Venice [from the US] so I could deliver it personally.”

 One man needed a suit - leading to tailors working through the night

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One man needed a suit – leading to tailors working through the nightCredit: Getty Images – Getty

Suit tailoring throughout the night

A rich CEO ended up having a tailor-made suit at 1am at Barneys after leaving his outfit behind before an important appointment.

The businessman landed in New York at 9pm the night before he was due to ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange but he didn’t bring a suit.

Regena Falling, chief concierge at Park Hyatt New York, explained that they contacted Barneys who re-opened the store, before arranging a tailor at 1am.

She said they “worked through the night to have them ready for the guest to try on at 6am”.

A pony, champagne and butler wedding anniversary

One man wanted to push the boat out for his 25th anniversary.

What he requested, however, was out of the ordinary – he wanted a live pony, a butler in a white tie, and a silver tray with two champagne flutes.

Michael Romei, chief concierge at Faena Miami Beach explained: “Sure enough, at 4pm on the afternoon agreed, the couple appeared; he was in black tie and his wife was in a ballgown.

“He placed her on the pony, then pulled the pony around the corral (enclosure) twice, at which time the butler walked slowly toward them to give them the champagne.”

While he wasn’t sure what the reason was for the very specific requests, it was suggested it was to do with “how the couple met”.

 One guest wanted a sea view room - when there wasn't any sea

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One guest wanted a sea view room – when there wasn’t any seaCredit: Getty – Contributor

A sea-view room with no sea

Travel agent Lynn Garfi told Travel + Leisure how one client wanted a sea-view room in Orlando – despite it being 40 miles from the coast.

When they told the client it wasn’t possible, they simply replied it should be because Florida was a “skinny state” – with Lynn eventually compromising on it.

Nothing purple

A woman claimed to have an allergy to the colour purple and wanted nothing purple in the hotel.

Nathan Brown, who worked at the hotel in New Zealand, explained to Reader’s Digest that the most of the hotel was lavender scented, therefore purple themed, including purple artwork and purple bottle labels.

Despite this, they were able to make it work.

Dog wedding

Manager of The Beverly Hills Hotel, Edward Mady, was asked to arrange a wedding for a guest’s dog – costing $15,000 (£11,600).

He told Reader’s Digest that they managed to get an ordained minister as well as catering – but staff had to address the dogs in “dog language” only.

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