A music video for the song became available in August 2015 as part of a series of video releases in advance of the release of the album Tangled Up. Directed by TK McKamy and filmed at the same time as his video for "Die a Happy Man", it features Rhett on vacation with family and friends (including his wife Lauren) in Hawaii, participating in activities such as skydiving, surfing, lounging on the beach, and various random activities. The whole video is shot in the style of a home video, and was filmed entirely on a handheld camcorder. Rhett does not sing in the video; rather, several kids in the water (Rhett and Lauren's relatives, specifically) lip-sync the song throughout the video.
"Vacation" debuted on the chart at No. 50 on the Hot Country Songs for chart dated May 28, 2016,[2] and entered the Country Airplay chart five weeks later at No. 45 when it was officially released to radio.[3] It reached No. 19 on the Hot Country Songs chart on August 20, 2016 after being released as a promotional single. It later peaked at No. 30 on the Country Airplay chart. It was Rhett's first single to miss the top 20 and the lowest charting single of his career. As a result, it broke his streak of six consecutive No. 1 singles, although a new streak would be started with his next single, "Star of the Show". The song had sold 284,000 copies in the US as of October 2016.[4]
