Clark Griswold heeft de gezinsvakantie goed uitgekiend. Samen met zijn vrouw Ellen, zijn zoon Rusty en zijn dochter Audrey wil hij heel Amerika doorkruisen om een paar dolle dagen te beleven in de pretparken aan de westkust. Dat hij weigert met het vliegtuig te reizen, kan niemand begrijpen. Zeker wanneer de nieuwe wagen een lelijke stationwagen blijkt te zijn in plaats van de bestelde sportauto.
Nee, helaas is National Lampoon's Vacation nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | John Hughes | Screenplay |
| Production | Matty Simmons | Producer |
| Camera | Victor J. Kemper | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ralph Burns | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Pembroke J. Herring | Editor |
| Directing | Harold Ramis | Director |
| Crew | Tony Epper | Stunts |
| Directing | Dick Ziker | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Jophery C. Brown | Stunts |
| Crew | Glenn R. Wilder | Stunts |
| Crew | David R. Ellis | Stunts |
| Production | Robert Grand | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Lindsey Buckingham | Songs |
| Sound | Lindsey Buckingham | Vocals |
| Art | Jack T. Collis | Production Design |
| Crew | Dick Ziker | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Susan Arnold | Casting |
| Production | Phyllis Huffman | Casting |
| Production | Robert Grand | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Robert P. Cohen | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ross Brown | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Sam Mercer | Location Manager |
| Art | Joe D. Mitchell | Set Decoration |
| Art | Karen Holley | Leadman |
| Sound | Caryl Wickman | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Robert G. Henderson | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Alan Robert Murray | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bub Asman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Eugene Marks | Music Editor |
| Editing | Tim Board | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Brooke Henderson Ward | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Camera | Robert M. Stevens | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Elliott Marks | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Alan Greedy | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Earl Clark | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Kevin Jewison | Second Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Griffin | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adele Taylor | Hairstylist |
| Art | Robert J. Visciglia Sr. | Property Master |
| Art | Sonny Van Hecke | Assistant Property Master |
| Sound | Martin Raymond Bolger | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Hal Whitby | Boom Operator |
| Lighting | Earl Gilbert | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Patrick Marshall | Rigging Gaffer |
| Lighting | Rhio Haessig | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Gaylin P. Schultz | Key Grip |
| Camera | Bernie Schwartz | Dolly Grip |
| Art | Richard J. Bayard | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | John M. Woodward | Transportation Coordinator |
| Directing | Carl Barth | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | Paul Vombrack | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Editing | Donah Bassett | Negative Cutter |
| Art | Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer |
