Tunisia attack inquest: Animations show where Midlands victims died
For some couples, the holiday was a celebration of an upcoming anniversary, or the purchase of a new home.
Some were planning their wedding, for others, it was just a summer break with family.
On the morning of June 26th, a lone gunman opened fire at people relaxing on sun loungers.
ITV News Central has put together videos outlining where each of the 11 victims from the Midlands died in the Tunisia massacre.
In the first bank of sunbeds, Scott Chalkley, from Derbyshire and his partner Sue Davey from Tamworth were killed.
Ray and Angela Fisher from Leicester were on the front row by the sea, they too were among the 20 shot dead there on the beach.
Inside the nearby Imperial Marhaba Hotel he killed another 10 people, including Carly Lovett, from Lincolnshire, who died in her fiancé's arms.
Former paratrooper John Stollery, from Newark in Nottinghamshire, was running away through the car park with his wife when he was hit.
Former Birmingham City player Denis Thwaites and his wife Elaine, were among the 20 shot dead there on the beach.
19-year-old Joel Richards was shot next to the indoor pool, along with his uncle Adrian Evans, and grandfather Charles Patrick Evans.
Eight more died in the hotel grounds as the gunman made his way back to the beach and was eventually shot in an alleyway nearby.