Gaston's job as lush businessman Karel's car and parking attendant barely makes ends meet, so he considers the annual Blankenberge (home coast) holiday expensive enough, but his wife Angèle is jealous of her 'friends' bragging about travels abroad, so she is dead-set on the most popular beach destination: Benidorm, Spain. Gaston isn't easily persuaded, until his greater fear, mother-in-law, invites them for a Blankenberge holiday and a friend offers them free house-sitting in Benidorm.