Peterborough Travelodge staff reveal strangest guest requests - from workers writing 1,000 Christmas cards to controlling traffic lights

There are three branches of the hotel chain in the city - Alwalton, Eye Green and in the city centre - and the firm said there had been a range of bizarre requests made this year.

Guests at the Alwalton branch asked staff to write out 1,000 Christmas cards to clients and for them to arrange for the Cathedral’s choir to serenade his wife at breakfast for their 30th wedding anniversary,

At the city centre hotel, one guest asked if they could set up a pop up shop in reception and can for hotel staff be their assistant, while another asked for staff to arrange it for her husband to be a mascot at Peterborough United.

Another city centre guest asked for all the traffic lights to be green at 7am as they needed to get to an interview on time, and another asked for their pitch presentation to be translated into Mandarin. Finally, a guest for 100 £20 notes to be pinned to a tree for their mum's birthday.

At Eye Green one gust asked for a Christmas Grotto in their room for their wife's birthday - in July - while another asked to read staff's mind as they were trying to be a mind reader.

Shakila Ahmed, Travelodge Spokeswoman said: “Annually we welcome millions of customers from all corners of the UK at our 575 hotels which includes three properties in Peterborough. Throughout the year, our hotel teams receive thousands of interesting requests from business and leisure guests. Where possible, our hotel teams will go above and beyond to help customers as they relish a good challenge. Interestingly the requests change regionally, seasonally and this year we have even received interesting requests around social distancing. However, there are some requests beyond their control such as programming all the traffic lights to green, translating sales pitches into different languages and arranging for last minute private cathedral choir performances at breakfast.”