For generations, people have flocked the beach for their holidays. In the early part of the 20^th century, the great British seaside holiday usually started with a train journey to places like Skegness, Cromer, Scarborough, Bournemouth and Blackpool. By the 1950s, families were staying in bed and breakfasts or caravan parks. For most people, it was the only way they could get away for a family holiday as foreign travel was prohibitively expensive.

However, it wasn’t long before travel companies saw the potential for the package holiday which could take people to exciting, new destinations in Spain, Portugal and the Greek Islands. The warm Mediterranean sunshine and beautiful beaches were a magnet for people who until the advent of the package holiday, had been unable to afford to travel abroad.

The foreign beach holiday grew rapidly in popularity although there were problems with some travel companies going bust, Brits appetite for foreign travel wasn’t going to ease off. Since the 1980s, the number of beach destinations has expanded rapidly which charter airlines regularly flying to places like Egypt, North Africa, Florida and the Caribbean.

Large hotels and resorts have sprung up at many of the destinations to cater for the huge numbers of holidaymakers travelling to enjoy the foreign sea, sand and sun. These new hotels were capable of holding hundreds of guests which in turn meant there were some great beach hotel deals on offer.

Today, beach hotels remain incredibly popular with deals on offer to suit all budgets from basic 2* family run places right up to 5* luxury beach hotels. The British holidaymakers love affair with beach holidays looks set to continue for a long time to come.