Let’s all go on a Vintage vacation!

As we enter the popular time of year for heading off on our vacations, look at the similarities and also the differences to how we used to do it. For some of you over a certain age, the gallery will trigger many memories if you went on your family escapes in the 1960s to 1980s.

Overseas travel, especially in Europe, to other countries became accessible to the masses in the 70s. It was a time to experience new food, languages, new and strange money, exotic sights and landmarks and reading newspapers from your country that were one or two days old as the only way of keeping up with what was going on back home. What image makes you wish you were there?

Homowack Hotel and Lodge, Spring Glen, New York, USA, John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive, 1977. Photo: Glasshouse Images/Universal Images Group
United States: c. 1960. A station wagon towing a power boat heads up into the mountains from the valley below in the background. Photo: Underwood Archives/Universal Images Group
Passengers leaving a plane of the Bavaria Germanair airline at Munich airport, Germany 1970s. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
Highway exit to Disneyland Resort at Anaheim, CA. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
While their baggage is loaded, passengers enter their plane of the Jugoslowenski Aerotransport airline at Frankfurt airport, Germany 1980s. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
Camping with the family in a meadow, Germany 1980s. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
A trip to Mallorca, Spain 1980s. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
A trip to Ibiza, Spain 1980s. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
A trip to Munich, Bavaria, Germany 1980s. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
Trip to Mallorca, Spain 1970s. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
Dinner in a restaurant on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands 1975. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
Vacation on the campsite Lanterna near Porec, Istria, Croatia, Yugoslavia 1970s. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
Friendly atmosphere in cafe Montesol in Ibiza Town; Ibiza 1976. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
Hungry tourists at the cake buffet of Hotel Buenaventura, Playa del Ingles, Grand Canary 1980s. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
Tourists waiting for their luggage at Almeria Airport at the Costa de Almeria, Andalusia, Spain 1980s. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
At the bar of Hotel Playalinda in Roquetas de Mar, Andalusia, Spain 1980s. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
Campsite at Ohio, Or ‘Sunshine’ Key. Extensive Dredging Filling and Defoliation Have Taken Place to Make Way for a ‘Travel-Trailer’ Camp. ca. 1975. Photo: HUM Images/Universal Images Group
Backpackers at the memorial of the Corsican soldiers who died during the First World War, Calvi, Corsica 1980s. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
Tourists enjoying the nightlife at the bar of Hotel Argos, Ibiza 1976. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
Rows of Luggage, Jekyll Island Club, Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA, John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive, 1990 . Photo: Glasshouse Images/Universal Images Group
Pool Scene, Raleigh Hotel, South Fallsburg, New York, USA, John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive, 1978. Photo: Glasshouse Images/Universal Images Group
Boardwalk Tram, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive, 1978 Photo: Glasshouse Images/Universal Images Group
Pool Area, Grossinger’s Resort, Liberty, New York, John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive, 1977 Photo: Glasshouse Images/Universal Images Group
Beach at Little Duck Key. Camping Is Popular Throughout the Keys, and Many Have Large Commercial Facilities. These Do Not Yet Exist at Little Duck, But Camping and Trailers Are Permitted ca. 1975. Photo: HUM Images/Universal Images Group
Camping at Bahia Honda State Park in the Lower Florida Keys ca. 1975. Photo: HUM Images/Universal Images Group
Outdoor Cafe and Street Scene, Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland, Toni Frissell Collection, July 1954 Photo: Circa Images/Glasshouse Images/Universal Images Group
A stewardess distributing newspapers to the passengers on a flight to Hong Kong, 1980s. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
Pedestrians together with a minibus in the streets of Hong Kong, 1980s. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group
During a gym session at Costa Blanca beach, Spain 1988. Photo: United Archives/Walter Rudolph/Universal Images Group