Mainly shooting photos of family & scenery while on holiday!

I recommend the Canon G12 (I own one along with the T4i DSLR). At 10MP it has a better sensor than other cameras with 15MP. The camera now retails for $399 after the release of their G15 ($499) and G1 X ($799), however is harder to find.  It has similar quality to G15 at 12MP, but has something the G15 does not: flip LCD display (allows you to compose while the camera is above/below/pointing at you). It has many features of DSLR cameras (except, of course, interchangeable lenses) and a few they don't. Like stitch-assist for in-camera panoramic photos. Also, it's got a few facial recognition features not found on DSLRs: All eyes open and wink triggers. You can tell the camera to wait until everyone's eyes are open (up to 9 people) to trigger the shutter; or wait until it detects a wink (one eye), so you can get into the picture then simply wink to trigger the shutter (it's really neat). It also has a powerful built-in flash that ranges 23 feet, but also has a hot-shoe allowing for an external flash, not often found in point-and-shoot cameras. All this in a compact camera that is easy to use out-of-the-box.