Everyone seems to be recalling their non-aviation hols at home here.
Meanwhile, over at the airport, it was a decade of probably greater change than has been seen since. In 1960 there were a motley set of charter operators running dilapadated DC4s and Vikings with no real long term contracts, and aircraft hopping around picking up odd work wherever, which seemed to vary from week to week. Airlines, as well as tour operators, regularly went bust.
For those who couldn't even afford an air holiday to Spain, many operators used coaches from London, short-hop airlines from Southend or Ashford across the Channel, and then long overnight coach journeys down to Spain or Italy. Ostend-based coach operators doing such work got real notoriety in the UK press for poor driving standards and occasional major accidents.
By 1969 however, operations were showing distinct signs of current styles of operation. BAC One-Elevens had come along as the charter aircraft of choice, and most operations were now jets. The commercial arrangements were different and much more professional as well, and many were operated on season-long contracts based around an aircraft programme all week. To the key destinations of Spanish Costas, Majorca, Rimini in Italy, etc, a jet could schedule three daily rotations at weekends on sectors about 2.5 hours long, leaving the UK at about 0800, 1500, and 2300, which they did pretty much all together at times.
The key resorts were typically the closest areas of Spain. The Costa Brava was nearest (and cheapest), and Barcelona and Gerona were early key destinations. There was seemingly some advantage in earlier years in operating into Perpignan, just inside France and then on by bus across the border; Perpignan had a challenging approach with the navaids of the time and there were several major accidents approaching there. Most of the holidays offered were classic hotel, rather than villas, self-catering, or do-it-yourself, which all came later. The season was notably short, May to September, and airlines still suffered from having to make do for the other 7 months of the year on odd alternative work.
Ah yes. My own first flight. Summer 1966, Cambrian Airways Vickers Viscount 700 G-AMOO. Liverpool to Isle of Man. Return fare (child) £3:18:0. Still have the tickets somewhere ..... !