The Brown family are self-confessed loners, who spend their holidays on an SAS style survival course in Scotland. They learn to live off the land, sleep in the open and eat only food they catch. In contrast, the Maybes are a typical Essex family who love to party hard in Lanzarote. They smoke heavily, eat fast food and love to drink.

In this week's Holiday Showdown consumerism and spirituality collide, when a fun and sun-seeking family who love to party in Magaluf, team up with back-to-basics hippies whose idea of holiday heaven is backpacking around off-the-beaten track India.