People We Meet on Vacation Locations

People We Meet on Vacation is an American romantic comedy directed by Brett Haley and written by Yulin Kuang, Amos Vernon, and Nunzio Randazzo, based on the New York Times bestseller by Emily Henry. Starring Emily Bader, Tom Blyth, Sarah Catherine Hook, Lucien Laviscount, Jameela Jamil, Miles Heizer, and Tommy Do, the film follows the friendship between Poppy and Alex, who live very different lives but have spent one week together every summer for years. The film was released on Netflix on January 9, 2026.

People We Meet on Vacation was filmed in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, and Catalonia, Spain, with Spanish locations including Barcelona and the Costa Brava. Scenes set at the R+R offices in New York were actually filmed in Barcelona, while Alex’s family home in Ohio was brought to life on screen in New Orleans.