Where They Went

Vacation (2015)

Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein

Grown-up Rusty Griswold repeats his father's road trip from suburban Chicago to Walley World with his own family, through Memphis, Texas and the Southwest.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Griswold home
    Chicago, Illinois
    ≈ 00:02:00
    Stated on screen

    Rusty springs a road trip on the family in a rented Tartan Prancer.

  2. 2Memphis, Tennessee
    ≈ 00:14:00
    Stated on screen

    Debbie's old sorority visit goes badly.

  3. 3'Hot springs'
    Arkansas
    ≈ 00:24:00
    Stated on screen

    A fake hot spring and a burgled van.

  4. 4Crandall ranch
    Plano, Texas
    ≈ 00:32:00
    Stated on screen

    They stay with Audrey and her husband Stone.

  5. 5Wigwam Motel, Holbrook, Arizona
    ≈ 00:44:00
    Stated on screen

    A night at the Wigwam Motel.

  6. 6Four Corners Monument
    ≈ 00:50:00
    Stated on screen

    Rusty and Debbie's escapade draws four states' police.

  7. 7Rafting trip
    Grand Canyon, Arizona
    ≈ 00:57:00
    Stated on screen
  8. 8Clark and Ellen's B&B
    San Francisco, California
    ≈ 01:08:00
    Stated on screen
  9. 9Walley World
    ≈ 01:18:00
    Stated on screenFictional
  10. 10Paris, France
    ≈ 01:32:00
    Stated on screen

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
13,866 km
Places
10
Countries
2
Stops
10
  • Plane: 9,090 km
  • Car: 3,843 km
  • Truck: 933 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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