Which airport are you going to?

We fly to Taba, and I always keep hold of my case and just say no thankyou when they try to carry it. They're fine with it. I've heard its only about £1 if they do carry them.

They guys putting them on the coach sometimes ask too... I give them 50p for four cases, just to make sure they put them on

As for toilets, we always carry a pocket full of tissue and a little container of the antiseptic gel...

We have flown into Taba & Sharm, as we have wheels on our cases we don't bother with trolleys anyway. A polite but firm no thank you seems to work, but in any case £1 Sterling seems to be the norm. As for the toilets, it's a bit hit and miss whether anyone asks for money, just make sure you have tissues on you. Again, a small tip is hardly going to break the bank, and as my other half pointed out we do have pay loos in the UK so what's the difference? I wouldn't worry too much about the Egyptians we have always found them to be friendly and courteous, in fact more so than a lot of other nationalities. Enjoy your holiday.

Thanks Kosh and Psychobabble,

We are going to Sharm with the 2 kids.

Thank you very much for the info.

Nia x

have experienced luxor, sharm and hurghada airports.... these airports have someone outside the toilet selling toilet paper before you enter... if you dont have a supply of tissues and object to this, go before you land! Like some other airports there is a charge for trolleys. Also, you may be approached by Egyptians wanting coins changed for notes - I always oblige, as they cant change their tips of coins in banks, only notes. Luxor airport was worth paying someone a £1 to take cases, as it was an up and over step job to get to the buses if I remember correctly.

Luggage trolleys are free of charge at Cairo Airport and I have heard that they are supposed to be free at the other airports.

Not that I ever use them, but I think trolleys are free, certainly at Luxor, Sharm and Taba airports. Maybe things have changed?