My son and his fiancé are going on an overseas trip for 3 months to Europe in May, neither of them are into photography.

They do want to take photos when they are over there, I considered letting them take my much unused now Canon 50D and I would buy them an EF-S zoom lens for it, but how many keepers would they get using it?

Would it be better for my wife and I to buy them a new compact type camera? If so.......what are some suggestions as I don't know anything about brands and models in this range.

I would really appreciate anyones thoughts.