Luke has borrowed the timeshare flat from his brother. Polly, having agreed to spend the week with him, begins to have serious misgivings about the whole thing.
A group of lifelong friends arrive at Calderose Manor unaware that their relationships will change drastically during the course of this holiday.
Americans Fran and Leo Haley have this year exchanged their timeshare flat in New Mexico for one in England. It is to be a quiet, working holiday. Their peace, however, is soon shattered by unexpected arrivals.
Five total strangers meet in flat No 9, to spend the week together. They have been brought together by Phoebe on condition that they try not to communicate in English. It proves to be an educational week.
Alice and Reggie, who don't know each other, find themselves booked into the flat in the same week. A mistake has obviously been made - or has it?
The Howards and the Pierces have enjoyed each other's company during their holidays at the manor over the last couple of years. Yet it is only this year that their children began to see more in each other than they had ever anticipated.
There is a promotional weekend at Calderose Manor aimed at tempting prospective clients into buying a week or two in the flats. Barry and Kelly are among the guests - but their real reason for being there has nothing to do with buying a flat.
Ronald Pickup as Philip Eleanor Bron as Marcia Sheila Gish as Ingrid Jonathan Newth as Erik The flat has been lent by a business firm to a prospective Dutch client and his wife. Philip and his wife, Marcia, plan to be on hand to tie up the business deal over the weekend-but they don't bargain for the real 'business' test they are subjected to when they encounter Erik and Ingrid.
The Smythe family are naturally apprehensive about their holiday this year, as they had a horrendous experience with their next-door neighbours the previous year. They are determined not to have a repetition of events this time - but don't honestly prepare themselves for a few home truths.