The gang travel to Palm Desert for Jessie's father's wedding. His job as manager of a luxury hotel there guarantees them wonderful accommodation, but Jessie takes an immediate dislike to her father's much younger bride.
Due to Lisa's parents pulling some strings, the gang land summer jobs at Malibu Sands beach club, but Zack soon clashes with the owner Leon Carosi, and his initially abrasive daughter, Stacey.