Remember the good ol' days when kids would build sandcastles on the beach for hours, explore the nooks and crannies of a hotel, and have to be dragged out of the pool every day at 9pm?
And what about all those fabulous new pals children would make when on their annual holiday? Friends for life, a few teenage holiday romances thrown in for good measure - all a far cry from the daily grind at home.
Right?
It probably (and hopefully) still happens, of course, but it appears that parents are struggling to turn off from their own digital lives when on a trip and are also continuing to feed the tech habits of their children.
Online travel agency BonVoyage asked almost 1,300 British travelling adults (aged over 25, with at least one child) and found that two-thirds take gadgets away on a trip "specifically to babysit their children".
The average number of devices hauled overseas (for the sole purpose of keeping kids away from, err, enjoying themselves and seeing the world) was three per family for a one-week trip.
The most popular item taken away is the tablet computer (iPad et al) at 51%, with kid smartphones (43%), games consoles (41%) and laptops (32%) also featuring.
Sadly, the average amount of time spent playing with the gadgets was two hours per day, with one in five parents admitting they allowed kids to use technology "for as long as they like".
There is hope, however (!) - 78% of parents in the study claim their children are not playing with devices for as long as they do when they are back at home.
NB:Child tablet beach image via Shutterstock.