Wanderlust published a list of the 11 weirdest hotel requests compiled by Best Western in the UK:

Judging by a recent report compiled by Best Western in the UK, it's not just artists and pop stars that make diva-like demands. The company asked staff across their 280 hotels in the UK to list the weirdest room-service requests they've received from guests.

They included:

- A ferret. The guest was attending a small animal fair nearby and didn't want to go alone.
- A ghost. Staff were asked specifically to send a ghost up to the room.
- Spare bed for a doll (a precious porcelain one, apparently).
- A member of staff to comb the guest's hair.
- A sea-salt scrub to remove a botched fake tan job (the guest had applied too much and was looking unnaturally orange. Well, more so than usual).
- A place at breakfast for a religious statue. The guest was a nun and asked staff to carry it back upstairs to her room when she finished her toast.
- A place at the Christmas Day party for a hamster (staff politely declined).
- A meeting room for four people and a bed. No explanation was given.
- A staged wedding fight. The couple-to-be thought it would liven up the ceremony.
- A room with a sea view in Birmingham. Difficult considering the nearest piece of coast is over 100 miles away.
- A ground floor room with space for a motorcycle.

Bizarre as some of those requests are, the Brits have a lot of catching up to do if they want to compete with Americans. A pair of newlyweds staying at New York’s Waldorf Towers wanted the hotel to make life-sized chocolate figures of themselves for their stay. At the Seelbach Hilton, during the Kentucky Derby, a company asked to have a horse and jockey brought to the hotel.