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Iona Young

The ten types of Edinburgh Airport passengers you are guaranteed to see

The Easter holidays are here and it's the first year us Scots have been able to get away for a proper holiday with no restrictions in years.

Without expensive tests or quarantining suddenly changing and scuppering your holiday plans, we are desperate to get away for some much needed sun.

Passengers are returning to the airport in their droves and if you find yourself jetting away this holiday season, these are the ten types of people you are guaranteed to see.

READ MORE: Edinburgh Airport passengers fly away for first time since pandemic in Easter getaway

Groups of teenagers wearing matching outfits heading on their first "boys" holiday

You will most likely hear them before you see them.

Loud, buzzing and boisterously heading to the airport Wetherspoons to put an Instagram post of their 10am pre-flight pint so EVERYBODY knows they are going on holiday.

Usually sporting a spray tan and branded bum bag strapped to their chest. One look is enough to guess which Spanish island they are heading to.

The mums in wedges

The official uniform for a mum off-duty - spray tan done, bamboo wedge sandals on mum is officially off the clock.

Usually can be seen shuffling around looking for somewhere to grab a glass of Prosecco before buying as many bottles of gin as possible from duty free before the flight.

The ones with "Dad Energy"

They turn up to the airport three hours in advance and you know they will check where their passport is at least 20 times before boarding the plane.

Always with a plastic pocket in hand, nervously pacing around, constantly glancing between their watch and the departure board.

These individuals don't possess this energy in day-to-day life but as soon as they step into an airport the person you once knew is gone and the erratic control freak takes over.

A family with a screaming baby

You try not to look, throwing the poor parents a couple of sympathetic looks.

But you know that no matter how disturbing the shrill screech of a screaming child is while passing through the airport, some poor so-and-so are soon to be trapped in a confined plane seat behind the little angel for the next couple of hours.

The young couple on their first romantic trip away

Pristinely dressed, hair and make up immaculate - the couple of their first romantic holiday have spent hours mastering the "perfectly undone" appearance for the journey.

You can spot adorable young love a mile away. Usually the pair still act a little shy around each other and can be spotted looking for somewhere to have his and hers pre drinks to share on social media documenting this milestone first holiday in their relationship.

The massive family

Think Home Alone. Stressed mum and dad, sister and brother-in-law with their obnoxious children who don't know how to behave in public.

Usually the big boisterous family comes with at least 12 + members and there is always one straggling behind.

There are glimpses of organisation present but after an hour of being in the airport that's out the window. Dad's in the pub, mum's chasing around two seven-year-old's pulling each other's hair out while the youngest is nowhere to be seen.

The backpackers

Usually in a large group carrying all their possessions in a grotty backpack that has seen more of Europe than most people.

They look like they haven't had a proper shower in weeks and are always wearing shorts, socks and sandals.

Most often they are seen taking up a whole row of seats as they sleep in the airport for days to save money on a hotel, until they fly out to the next exotic travel destination of their never ending gap year.

The briefcase business men

For them it's a weekly occurrence sometimes more than once. They come dressed like a contestant from the Apprentice, and are usually pulling a tiny suitcases that can't fit much more than a laptop.

The businessmen are always seen speeding through the terminal with a purpose, never killing time in the departure lounge. They glide through security and fly so often the process is a breeze.

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The stag do "lads"

A group of loud, obnoxious men wearing matching fluorescent vests branded 'The Lads' on their way to Prague.

It's the only weekend of the year they get to let loose and behave like the repulsive animals they are so who can blame them? Usually seen being barred from Spoons at 2pm with beer-soaked breath shouting unsolicited slurs at women.

The auntie trying to get through security with all sorts of prohibited items

She's holding up half the airport in security queues trying to convince the unimpressed security officer who will not budge.

"What do you mean this unlabelled bag of 'baked goods' wrapped in tinfoil aren't allowed on the plane?"

The child with divorced parents who has been packaged from one end of the country to another more times than a Hermes parcel

The only time you see a child alone in the airport and are not alarmed or worried for their safety.

Dressed head to toe in expensive clothes, with gadgets grasped in each hand waiting for the next domestic flight to Heathrow to stay with daddy for the weekend.

What type of people do you always see when travelling through the airport? Let us know in the comments.

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