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“Oh no we’re just friends. Platonic… travel… companions…”
Netflix has unveiled the official teaser-trailer for People We Meet On Vacation, based on the best-selling novel by Emily Henry.
From the first glimpse, the film follows two long-time friends who share a yearly tradition of vacationing together. There’s the free-spirited Poppy (Emily Bader), who thrives on adventure, and Alex (Tom Blyth), the reserved, nerdy type, the kind of guy who’d happily bring a book to the beach. Cute, right?
Their trips have always been about friendship, but after a pause in their annual tradition, the trailer hints that the two might finally confront the not-so-platonic feelings simmering between them.
The setup may feel familiar. It’s not worlds apart from the 2025 film The Map That Leads to You, which revolved around strangers falling in love while traveling. The difference here is the friends-to-lovers trope, though both films share the clash of free-spirited versus restrained personalities at their core.
Whether People We Meet On Vacation manages to stand out from the sea of “vacation romance” stories will depend on how much depth it adds to this well-trodden formula. The good news? The cast is stacked, with Sarah Catherine Hook, Lucien Laviscount, Jameela Jamil, and Lukas Gage joining the leads.
People We Meet On Vacation hits Netflix on January 9.