Oddest Hotel Requests: Sex Chaperones

Oct. 28, 2010— -- Hotel guests often ask for extra towels, a high floor or firm pillows.

But what about a chaperone to prevent them from having sex?

That request was just one of the many strange ones that hotel chain Best Western received from its guests this year. Other strange requests included a group of men who wanted exclusive use of the hotel so they all could dress up in baby grows for the day and another group that insisted on only being served blue food.

"We always try to accommodate our guests' requirements no matter how off the wall they may be," Tim Wade, head of marketing for Best Western Great Britain, told ABC News. "Our hotels want to ensure that your meeting reflects your personality and believe that when it is conducted in an unusual environment you will get more out of your staff and the activity."

Forget the days of conferences just wanting a room with a projector.

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Some of the requests these days have been downright strange.

Take the group of sex addicts who decided to have their conference at a Best Western. (It's probably not a good idea for sex addicts to have a conference at a place with lots of beds ... but let's move past that.) The event organizers asked the hotel to have all twin beds and to provide a chaperone to make sure that everyone went to bed alone.

For another event, Best Western needed to ensure that a group was placed in a room with a very high ceiling. Why? Because they wanted all conference attendees to undergo circus training and apparently the fire juggling required a bit of extra ceiling clearance.

Then there was the lawnmower convention. The organizer there did not just want to showcase his product but to actually have his guests mow the hotel's lawns to try it out for themselves.