The most awkward holiday snaps

Everybody’s got one somewhere under lock and key – or maybe they display it proudly on the wall.

Hugely-popular photo website AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com has released a superb batch of pictures from vacations that you would probably rather forget, just in time for the summer holidays.

There are action shots of children falling into ponds and over barriers, extraordinary outfits and plenty of embarrassing parents who really should know better.

Watch out for the poor girl who looks like she’s about to fall out of an aeroplane, the bear that makes a surprise appearance behind a car window and plenty of families looking out of place.

U.S. creators Mike Bender and Doug Chernack get millions of hits every month to their website, which allows readers to share those family photos that should really be hidden away.

The childhood friends got the idea for the website after Mr Bender saw an awkward holiday photo hung up in his parents’ house – and thought many others must have the same.

They have also launched the Embassy Suites Awkward Family Vacation Photo Contest to find the most awkward photo submitted by users in the U.S. and Canada.