In Home Alone: 8-Year-Old Kevin McAllister Is Accidentally Left Behind When His Family Takes Off For a Vacation In France Over the Holiday Season. Once He Realizes They ve Left Him Home By Himself Kevin Learns To Fend For Himself And Eventually Has To Protect His House Against Bumbling Burglars Harry And Marv Who Are Planning To Rob Every House In Kevin s Suburban Chicago Neighborhood. Kevin s Mother Kate Is Frantic When She Realizes That She And the Family Have Unintentionally Left Kevin Behind In Chicago And She Tries To Make It Back To Chicago As Fast As She Can. In Home Alone 2: The McAllister Family Go On a Holiday To Florida. Kevin McAllister Gets Separated From His Family And Manages To Get Himself Onto a Plane To New York Instead. There He Checks Into the Best Hotel With His Father s Credit Card And Sets Out To Enjoy Himself. Unfortunately the Burglars He Had Foiled Before Were In New York After Being Released From Jail And Had Plans To Rob the Biggest Toyshop In New York On Christmas Eve. Kevin Discovers Their Plan And Sets Out To Foil Their Plots Again