Netflix’s film adaptation of the #1 New York Times bestseller PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION by Emily Henry (published by Berkley in 2021, with subsequent editions, including a deluxe and movie tie-in collector’s edition in 2025) debuted on Friday, January, 9, and quickly became the #1 movie in the U.S. on Netflix.
In the run-up and following its release, the buzz around People We Meet on Vacation has been nonstop. As of the first week of release, the social hashtag #peoplewemeetonvacation has already amassed about 60K+ posts on Instagram, 560+ million views on TikTok, and on the day of release, it was trending with over 3 million posts on Threads.
Emily Bader, Emily Henry, and Tom Blyth make a surprise appearance at the Netflix pop-up.
Emily Henry and her Berkley team attended the official premiere in Los Angeles last week, and over the weekend, Netflix amplified excitement with a sun-drenched, immersive experience in New York City where Emily and members of the cast made a surprise appearance.
From Glamour to The New Yorker to People, interviews with Emily Henry surrounding the film’s release have been everywhere. She has also joined the film’s lead actors, Emily Bader and Tom Blyth, in a slew of coverage from outlets including The New York Times, Elle, and Variety.
And the buzz is only just beginning: Tom Blyth and Emily Bader appeared on NBC’s Today Show last week, with appearances this week on The Tonight Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, The View, and The Drew Barrymore Show.
All signs point to People We Meet on Vacation being the rom-com of the season—and proof that Emily Henry’s stories resonate just as powerfully on screen as they do on the page.
