While Charles Chaplin is having trouble with the automobile at the beginning, a man across the street in the background walks by and stops, then walks back. This man was most probably a studio employee.

The house the family appears from is in reality Charles Chaplin's office.

Charlie and his family are out for a day's pleasure... but mishaps occur at every turn. First, they get caught in a traffic jam in their car, then a tar spill. Next, they head for a boat excursion but more complications arise and poor Charlie just cannot relax. He gets seasick. A deck chair he sits in collapses, and finally he gets in a fight with a man who thinks Charlie has been flirting with his wife. The day ends with Charlie very happy that his day of fun is over.