Emily Bader and Tom Blyth Are Best Friends and “Platonic Travel Companions” in Netflix’s ‘People We Meet on Vacation’ Teaser Trailer
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Emily Bader as Poppy and Tom Blyth as Alex in ‘People We Meet on Vacation.’
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Netflix has unveiled the first teaser trailer for the anticipated adaptation of Emily Henry’s bestseller, People We Meet on Vacation.
Emily Bader and Tom Blyth star in the upcoming rom-com as free-spirit Poppy and routine-devoted Alex, two best friends who spend every summer vacation together. Though an unlikely duo due to their differences, their friendship is soon put to the test when they begin to question “could they actually be the perfect romantic match?”
Throughout the trailer, Bader is shown jamming to Robyn’s “Hang With Me” as she awaits her luggage at the airport. Only when her jam session turns into a brief karaoke moment, Bader’s Poppy is surprised to find Blyth’s Alex standing there watching her.
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As the two embark on adventures, at one point they’re shown being asked if they’re romantically together to which they quickly awkwardly reiterate that they’re just friends, well “platonic travel companions.”
Directed by Brett Haley from a screenplay from Yulin Kuang and Amos Vernon & Nunzio Randazzo, People We Meet on Vacation was a released in 2021 by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House, debuting No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list and having sold more than 2 million copies in the U.S. In her novel, Henry chronicles a slow-burn, friends-to-lovers romance with lots of fun travels.
“I’ve been kind of an anxious wreck about who would play these characters,” Henry told Netflix’s Tudum. “I truly could not feel more confident that my readers and then so many more people who don’t even know about the book are going to completely fall in love with Poppy and Alex.”
“I watched their chemistry read four times in 12 hours, and I loved it more every single time,” Henry added of Blyth and Bader. “The very first time I was laughing out loud, and I got so emotional by the end.”
Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Isaac Klausner produce with Laura Quicksilver, Ted Gidlow and Henry executive producing. The film is produced in partnership with Sony Pictures.
Sarah Catherine Hook, Lucien Laviscount, Miles Heizer, Jameela Jamil, Tommy Do, Lukas Gage, Alice Lee, with Molly Shannon and Alan Ruck also star.
People We Meet on Vacation is just one of the novels from the Henry book universe getting the adaptation treatment. Three of her other novels are in development to become films — Beach Read, Book Lovers and Funny Story — while her book Happy Place is going to be a series on Netflix.
The film will premiere on Netflix on Jan. 9, 2026.
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