When you’re spending the only questions you get asked are “When?” and “How High?”!!!! Forbes used their concierge connects to remember that time when:
The Plaza, New York City
Chief concierge Raphael Pallais was asked by a guest to obtain a live batch of tarantulas for him to take home and enjoy–roasted. Pallais reached out to the Explorers Club–famous for its “exotic” animal dinners–which, in turn, pointed him to the club’s tarantula supplier.
The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun
A few years ago, a loyal (and extremely wealthy) guest of the hotel wanted to watch a film, privately, on the beach fronting the hotel. However, the guest did not like sand and asked the concierge to “cover it up somehow.” A team was dispatched to Mexico City to buy a panoply of rugs that were carefully rolled out on the beach.
Brown’s Hotel, London
Head Concierge Simon Thomas once was asked to purchase a house and all of its contents for a loyal guest–sight unseen. A Middle Eastern traveler once asked him to ship 21 live deer to Kuwait–a 21st birthday surprise for his daughter. Another guest requested two golden pheasants–live, not stuffed.
Le Saint-Sulpice Hotel, Montreal
A pop star staying at this boutique hotel during the making of a movie insisted on drinking raw milk–straight from the cow–first thing every morning as part of a strict dietary regimen she was following.
Then concierge Patrick Huynh made regular trips in the middle of the night to a farm a couple of hours outside of the city in order to be back in time for the guest’s breakfast. He’d worked out a barter with the dairy farmer: free raw milk in exchange for a night’s stay at the snazzy boutique hotel. Huynh even opted to milk the cow himself–in his concierge suit.
We got excited when we read about those requests being fulfilled, like they were ours……
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i like the house and the milk one
“go get my homie a house over there! and keep all the shit in it too!”
I read this on yahoo news lastnight and found the request of a wealthy individual, that had cell phone service issues, requesting the hotel to install a cell phone tower immediately, as hilarious. It seems the richer some become, the more determined they’re to displaying how wealthy they’re.
Kick rocks buddy…you have issues with your phone, use a landline and call your provider. It’s as if they lose human decency.