HOUSTON — Dad wants to go someplace with great mountain views and lots of hiking.

Mom wants someplace with a nice beach.

And the kids are looking for a fun-filled location with lots of activities.

While getting everyone on board for summer vacation is easy, getting everyone to agree on the location can be a challenge. But, with a diverse menu of choices for places to land available at Houston’s airports, finding a place for a getaway can be a lot easier.

As the only airport in the western hemisphere to offer non-stop service to all six inhabited continental regions, George Bush Intercontinental Airport provides travelers with 29 different carriers to choose from and more than 600 daily non-stop flights to more than 170 different destinations, including 24 cities in Mexico — Bush Airport has more Mexico destinations than any other airport in the United States — as well as 18 cities in Central and South America, 10 cities in the Caribbean and seven cities in Europe.

If it’s a spot on the beach you crave, Bush Airport has a bevy of destinations to choose from:

Notable beach destinations, US

• Destin-Ft Walton Beach, FL
• Honolulu/Oahu, HI
• Miami, FL
• St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
• West Palm Beach, FL

Notable beach destinations, Caribbean

• Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
• Bonaire, Leeward Antilles
• Bahamas (Freeport and Nassau)
• Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
• Montego Bay, Jamaica
• Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
• Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Notable beach destinations, México

• Acapulco
• Cancún
• Cozumel
• Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo
• Puerto Vallarta
• San José del Cabo
• Veracruz

Notable scuba destinations

• Roatán, Honduras
• Cancún, México
• Cozumel, México

If the great outdoors and “roughing it” is more your speed, there are plenty of mountain destinations available from Bush Airport:

Notable mountain/outdoors destinations

• Aspen, CO
• Boise, ID
• Bozeman, MT
• Colorado Springs, CO
• Gunnison, CO
• Jackson Hole, WY
• Montrose, CO
• Rapid City, SD (Black Hills & Mount Rushmore)
• Steamboat Springs, CO
• Vail/Eagle, CO

And if the idea is a place more suited to family fun and traditional tourist attractions, Bush Airport has plenty to choose from, including:

Traditional tourist locations

• Albuquerque, NM (Santa Fe, NM)
• Anchorage, AK
• Austin, TX
• Boston, MA
• Branson, MO
• Charleston, SC
• Los Angeles, CA
• Nashville, TN
• New Orleans, LA
• Orlando, FL
• San Francisco, CA
• Washington, D.C.

William P. Hobby Airport expanded its options for summer vacation travel with the opening of its new concourse and the return of international travel in 2015. With four carriers offering more than 170 daily non-stop flights to nearly 60 locations, Hobby Airport provides vacation travelers a variety of destinations both in the United States, as well as Latin American and island locations.

Notable beach destinations

• Corpus Christi, TX
• Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Gulfport/Biloxi, MS
• Pensacola, FL
• San Juan, PR
• Tampa, FL
• Aruba, Dutch Caribbean (seasonal)
• Montego Bay, Jamaica
• Cancún
• Puerto Vallarta
• San José del Cabo

Notable mountain/outdoors destinations

• Albuquerque, NM
• Denver, CO
• Salt Lake City, UT

Traditional tourist locations

• Charleston, SC
• Las Vegas, NV
• Nashville, TN
• New Orleans, LA
• Orlando, FL

There’s no shortage of choices, and even more options available, when it comes time to fly out to that summer getaway … once you can get everyone to agree on a destination.

To learn more about destinations and choices available at both Houston airports, check out fly2houston.com.