Finding the right summer holiday for your family is not always easy. You want to choose a location where you know that kids will be entertained, but it's likely that there may be limitations in terms of how much money you have available to spend.

So how should you go about choosing a holiday within the budget that you have available? Your opening task should probably be to think about the type of holiday that you need - you may find it easiest to include the whole family and to make a written list.

What sort of factors would you want to include? You might want to consider whether you want to stay in the UK or look abroad. This decision is likely to be about whether you believe that you'll be able to get a cheaper holiday at home, or whether you prefer the thought of the better weather that you're likely to see overseas.

Thinking about the weather tends to be important for us Brits! The problem is that the climate at home always seems to be so completely unreliable, meaning that a holiday booked at home can easily be ruined.

The thought of a camping trip to Devon or Cornwall may sound lovely when it's being booked, but it can seem considerably less appealing once you arrive at a campsite that's been receiving torrential downpours for the previous fortnight.

This helps to explain why so many people look abroad for their holidays. When trying to keep kids entertained, this can seem particularly important. The key is to find a location that offers a decent chance of warm, dry weather but where you won't be completely reliant on it.

Florida tends to offer many advantages in this respect, with some of the world's very best theme parks being on hand to help your children to have fun. Luckily it's not as costly a holiday as it once was.

With more and more travel companies competing for business, prices have been falling. That means that you can get some great discount deals, whether you're looking to book a flight or an entire package holiday.