Jerry's girlfriend Felicia has turned down his marriage proposal in a hot air balloon after vomiting all over her and tells him she’s met someone else.

During their trip, Jerry falls in love with the cruise's dance instructor Gabriella and in order to win her over, he pretends to be gay so he can get closer to her.

In the end, Jerry wins Gabriella while Nick loses out on Inga but sees a potential relationship with her sister instead.

In October 2002, Artisan Entertainment acquired the North American distribution rights to Boat Trip.

[3] Boat Trip was released in the UK on October 4, 2002,[4] and in the US and Canada on March 21, 2003, where the film opened at #10 and grossed $3,815,075 in 1715 theatres.

The site's consensus reads: "Boat Trip is a lame, juvenile farce that's heavy on stereotypes and desperate antics but short on brains and laughs.

"[7] On Metacritic, it has a score of 18 out of 100, based on 28 reviews, indicating "overwhelming dislike" by critics.

[8] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times panned the film and wrote: "This is a movie made for nobody, about nothing."