People We Meet on Vacation (film)

People We Meet on Vacation is a 2026 American romantic comedy film about about Poppy and Alex, who become best friends and grow closer over a decade of summer vacations.

Directed by Brett Haley. Written by Yulin Kuang, Amos Vernon, and Nunzio Randazzo, based on the 2021 novel of the same name by Emily Henry.

On vacation, you’re free to follow your heart. (taglines)

Poppy

• On vacation, you can be anyone you want. You can do anything you want. Or being on vacation, transport you into another version of yourself. Because on vacation, you strike up conversations with fellow travelers. You're more outgoing, more confident. On vacation, you're free. Free to nourish your soul. Free to follow your heart.
• When people think of home, they think of the place where they live or maybe the place they grew up. Those places never felt like home to me.
• I spent most of my life looking for somewhere I belonged. And believe me, I search everywhere. But it's a thin line between searching and running away. So after all my searching, this is what I've learned. Home is where you can be entirely yourself. In fact, home doesn't have to be a place at all. It doesn't matter where you go or what you do. When you're with the person who loves you, for you, you're always home. Even on vacation.

Taglines

• On vacation, you’re free to follow your heart.
• When your best friend is actually your soulmate.

Cast

• Emily Bader — Poppy
• Tom Blyth — Alex
• Sarah Catherine Hook — Sarah
• Lucien Laviscount — Trey
• Miles Heizer — David
• Jameela Jamil — Swapna
• Tommy Do — Nam
• Lukas Gage — Buck
• Alice Lee — Rachel
• Molly Shannon — Wanda
• Alan Ruck — Jimmy

External links

• People We Meet on Vacation (film) quotes at the Internet Movie Database