Trolley Pay Station, airport trolleys Terminal Two, Manchester Airport, Ringway, Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX

Heading through the airport as you start your holiday can be a stressful experience – and being forced to drag multiple cases behind you is a sure-fire way to make it all the more miserable. Sadly, this could be the fate that awaits at many UK airports. Forget to stock up with change before heading to the terminal and you could be met by a collection of locked luggage trolleys refusing to surrender themselves to your bags until you feed them gold… Bristol and Luton take the title of most expensive airports for luggage trolleys with a non-refundable charge of £2, but you will be able to save yourself around 43p by using an old €2 coin instead. If you do turn up at the airport without any shrapnel, just hope you’re departing from Birmingham or Luton, where travellers are given option of paying by card – even if the former does add a 40p admin fee to your £1 outlay. It’s not all a big money-grab, though. While many airports charge for the trolley, you will get the money back – supermarket style – when you return it. Even better, though, others – including Heathrow – still provide trolleys for free without even the need for a deposit.