From Formula One on the Côte d’Azur and the closing parties of Ibiza to South African vineyards and Christmas in the French Alps, this is what 12 months of travel with one of our favourite members’ clubs could look like.

There are plenty of reasons why The Hideaways Club has become one of Gentleman's Journal's favourite travel companies. Chief among them is a proposition that feels increasingly well suited to the way we actually want to travel.

Rather than buying a second home and inevitably feeling obliged to return to the same place year after year, members collectively own a portfolio of exceptional properties around the world. You get many of the pleasures of having your own place, space, privacy, familiarity and somewhere that actually feels like home, without being tied to a single postcode or dealing with the day-to-day responsibilities of maintaining it.

When we last wrote about The Hideaways Club, we explored exactly that proposition: an alternative to traditional second-home ownership that combines equity ownership with the freedom to move between a global collection of homes. The Club currently has 45 homes in its own portfolio, while longstanding reciprocal partnerships expand the possibilities considerably further, including Costa Rica, the Maldives and Mykonos.

But the homes are only part of it. A dedicated Concierge team helps with the details around each trip, from transfers and restaurants to more ambitious itineraries and experiences. Partnerships with other clubs and hospitality names, including Banyan Tree and Equity Estates, further extend where members can go. The Member Home programme also allows members with high-end second homes to make them available to the Club community for selected weeks in exchange for stay credits. This year, the programme includes homes in Niseko, Marbella, Quinta do Lago and Layan Hills in Phuket.

The result is less about owning a collection of houses than having the infrastructure to travel differently throughout the year. Which got us thinking: what could 12 months as a Hideaways member actually look like?

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