Hawaii Couples Vacation Recap with BFFs Aubrey, Wood & Max!
Real Pod
Dear Media
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Vic is joined by her best friend Aubrey, her husband Max, and his best friend (who also happens to be Aubrey’s husband) Wood, to break down their first-ever couples trip together to Hawaii, from how the trip was secretly planned to the moments that made it unforgettable. They recap the highlights and hiccups, including early-morning beach chair strategy, sunscreen drama, group dynamics, and the surprisingly deep conversations that came up along the way. The group answers listener questions about balancing friend time and partner time, whether any fights actually happened, and why this trip felt like exactly what everyone needed. This episode is a reminder of how restorative shared laughter and intentional time together can be. Tune in for a fun escape, honest reflections, and a full couples-vacay debrief!
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:04.4 | Welcome to RealPod. It's your host, Victoria Garrick Brown, and this is the podcast where we hold nothing back. |
| 0:11.4 | Oh, so we're getting deep, huh? I really cried for 12 days straight. |
| 0:15.9 | Why do I want to be perfect? There's nothing in my life that is perfect. |
| 0:19.3 | Every week, I'll bring you honest, unfiltered, |
| 0:22.0 | and eye-opening conversations to help uncover the real in all of us. I crave the type of content |
| 0:27.5 | that you're talking about. I actually felt insecure. Oh my God, I'm not going to cry. Let me just |
| 0:31.8 | unload everything. New episodes every Wednesday. Leave those filters at the door because it's time to get real. |
| 0:44.6 | Yay. |
| 0:45.5 | Hello everybody and welcome back to RealPod. |
| 0:47.9 | Joining me today and pinch me while I say this. |
| 0:50.9 | Here to talk about a couple's vacation is me, my best friend, my best friend's husband, his best friend, who's my husband? We're here to recap our most recent couple's vacay, which was so much fun. I don't know how it's possible that I already missed you guys and was super excited that we were going to do this. That was the best trip of our lives. That was so fun. |
| 1:27.2 | It was Wood's first time in Hawaii. Wood, what did we think? It was great. I mean, it was nice to pop my Hawaii cherry. But it was great. I mean, like, I see all the hype. I see what everyone talks about. We can get into it more, and you'll hear more. Okay, we're going to get into it. I love that little cliffhanger. |
| 1:28.8 | It's been a while since you've been on the pod. |
| 1:29.8 | We've missed you on here. |
| 1:30.7 | I know. |
| 1:28.8 | When was the last time? We can get into it more, and you'll hear more. Okay, we're going to get into it. I love that little cliffhanger. It's been a while since you've been on the pod. |
| 1:29.8 | We've missed you on here. |
| 1:30.7 | I know. |
| 1:31.5 | When was the last time? |
| 1:35.4 | I remember I said long-time listener, first time caller last time I was on. |
| 1:37.4 | I think it was when we went to that wedding. |
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