EXCLUSIVE Outrageous demands from jet-setting billionaires when they stay at the world's best hotels: 'They lose their minds'
But her most viral moments come when she reenacts these luxury travel meltdowns on her TikTok, @travelwithlivii - dramatic phone calls with clients flipping out over crystal meditation rooms or gluten-free bread gone rogue.
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