In purchasing access to holidays, members also gain the ability to make reservations over holiday periods using only a standard Advance Reservation (without the holiday token, assuming it's been used for another reservation already) once the holiday period in question falls within a six-month booking window. This is separate to the standard space available window for any membership - the six-month holiday booking window is specific to members who have purchased holiday access under the new membership plans.

When becoming a member of The Hideaways Club you receive a set amount of points - these points are used annually and are deducted every time a member books a trip to one of the homes. The allocation of points varies according to membership levels.

Priority Weeks are New Year, Easter, Major sporting or cultural event weeks, February skiing, Christmas
Peak Weeks are School holiday periods (excludes Christmas, New Year, Easter and ski properties during February half term).

In order to book a reservation that is greater than 120 days in advance and covers one of the peak holidays, you must have a "Long-term Holiday Reservation" in your membership plan. Holidays may be booked under 120 days in advance and do not count as using a "Holiday Reservation".

Holidays are divided into three groups: Group 1 - Christmas & New Year's, Group 2 - President's Day and 4 weeks comprising Spring Break (fluctuates from year to year), Group 3 - Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day and Thanksgiving. When Members join LUSSO, they are assigned a rotation schedule to cycle through the three holiday groups. So in one year they will be in the priority group for Christmas/New Year (i.e., Group 1), next year they may be in the priority group for Spring Break, including Presidents' Week (i.e., Group 2) and the following year they may be in the priority group for other Secondary Holidays (i.e., Group 3). Members are inserted into the rotation when they join and remain in that rotation thereafter.

Reservations for holiday periods will still be on the basis of availability but by using priority groups, only one third of the Club membership will be eligible to make reservations when the priority grouping is released. Other members can make reservations after the priority group has had the first chance.

Similar to the LUSSO system, M Private Residences assigns members to one of two rotating priority groups (Blue and Green) when they join the club. The club also operates two priority booking windows of one week each - one in April and one in October - with different holiday periods available during each priority period. The ranking of the priority groups alternate every year so that the priority group ranking ahead will have priority for either the April or October booking periods for that calendar year.

In addition to Christmas, New Year and Spring Break the summer months at certain properties are also considered peak weeks.

Members enjoy the number of "Advance Holiday Reservations" specified within the membership plan that they joined under. Plus they can reserve additional holidays with base plan nights within the short-term window (180 days or less), subject to availability. Advance Holiday Reservations may be made up to 365 days in advance and can be made from for 3 to 10 nights.

All membership plans provide access during the four designated holidays of New Year, Spring Break, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Reservations during the holidays are decided through a lottery system, which gives all members an opportunity each year to participate. There is a surcharge for Christmas and New Year, but not the other two dates.

Members enjoy the number of "Advanced Holiday Reservations" specified within their membership plan. Plus they can reserve additional holidays with base plan nights within the space available window (180 days or less), subject to availability. Advanced Holiday Reservations may be made up to 2 years in advance and can be made for 2 to 7 nights.