diff --git a/internal/services/gcp_reservation_service.go b/internal/services/gcp_reservation_service.go
index 34430f61..8f25225b 100644
--- a/internal/services/gcp_reservation_service.go
+++ b/internal/services/gcp_reservation_service.go
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ func CreateGCPReservation(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Check machine type for "This organization policy prevents creating instances with exotic machine types. Contact the IT Public Cloud team at help.redhat.com for an exception"
+	if payload.MachineType == "" {
+		renderError(w, r, payloads.NewInvalidRequestError(r.Context(), "Machine type must be present even when a template is in use", ErrBothTypeAndTemplateMissing))
+		return
+	}
+
 	namePattern := "inst-####"
 	// Verify name pattern is lower cased and add #####
 	if payload.NamePattern != "" {
diff --git a/internal/services/reservations_service.go b/internal/services/reservations_service.go
index cd791628..46e5b3b8 100644
--- a/internal/services/reservations_service.go
+++ b/internal/services/reservations_service.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ var (
 	ErrUnknownInstanceTypeName    = errors.New("unknown instance type")
 	ErrArchitectureMismatch       = errors.New("instance type and image architecture mismatch")
 	ErrBothTypeAndTemplateMissing = errors.New("instance type or launch template not set")
+	ErrMachineTypeMissing         = errors.New("machine type missing")
 	ErrUnsupportedRegion          = errors.New("unknown region/location/zone")
 	ErrInvalidNamePattern         = errors.New("name pattern is not RFC-1035 compatible")
 	ErrPubkeyNotFound             = errors.New("no pubkey found")
diff --git a/scripts/rest_examples/http-client.env.json b/scripts/rest_examples/http-client.env.json
index b595eb36..354f2834 100644
--- a/scripts/rest_examples/http-client.env.json
+++ b/scripts/rest_examples/http-client.env.json
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
     "source_id_gcp": "3",
     "pubkey_id": "1",
     "region": "us-east-1",
-    "launch_template_id": "",
+    "zone_gcp": "us-central1-a",
+    "launch_template_id_aws": "",
+    "launch_template_id_gcp": "",
     "reservation-get-id": "1",
     "azure-resource-group": "redhat-deployed"
   }
diff --git a/scripts/rest_examples/reservation-create-aws.http b/scripts/rest_examples/reservation-create-aws.http
index 5d4afcae..9adda73e 100644
--- a/scripts/rest_examples/reservation-create-aws.http
+++ b/scripts/rest_examples/reservation-create-aws.http
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ X-Rh-Identity: {{identity}}
   "source_id": "{{source_id_aws}}",
   "image_id": "ami-05fa00d4c63e32376",
   "amount": 1,
-  "launch_template_id": "{{launch_template_id}}",
+  "launch_template_id_aws": "{{launch_template_id}}",
   "instance_type": "t2.nano",
   "pubkey_id": {{pubkey_id}},
   "poweroff": true
diff --git a/scripts/rest_examples/reservation-create-gcp.http b/scripts/rest_examples/reservation-create-gcp.http
index d89b77b7..9e090931 100644
--- a/scripts/rest_examples/reservation-create-gcp.http
+++ b/scripts/rest_examples/reservation-create-gcp.http
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ X-Rh-Identity: {{identity}}
 
 {
   "name_pattern": "gcp-linux-eu-west8-c",
-  "zone": "europe-west8-c",
+  "zone": "{{zone_gcp}}",
   "source_id": "{{source_id_gcp}}",
   "image_id": "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-cloud/global/images/rhel-9-v20230411",
   "amount": 1,
   "machine_type": "e2-micro",
-  "launch_template_id": "{{launch_template_id}}",
+  "launch_template_id_gcp": "{{launch_template_id}}",
   "pubkey_id": {{pubkey_id}},
   "poweroff": true
 }