The actual St. Regis in Bora Bora, where this was filmed, has a channel on their televisions that plays this movie over and over.
Vince Vaughn's character's father in this film, Grandpa Jim Jim, is played by his real-life father, Vernon Vaughn.
Irina Krupnik, the model in the photo to which Joey (Jon Favreau) was preparing to pleasure himself, sued NBC Universal for $10 million in March 2010 for publishing her likeness in a vulgar context. A judge ruled against her in July 2010.
Filmed mostly in Bora Bora.
A controversy arose when the UK posters were released and black actors Faizon Love and Kali Hawk had been removed. Universal claimed the change was to highlight actors who were more recognizable by UK audiences, but apologized for any offense and changed plans to use the modified poster in other countries.