Bookings for Winter Peak season
Demand for peak season bookings has increased in recent years. Special arrangements will be in place for the opening of bookings for winter Peak season. It is important to understand this change if you are booking for this very popular time. (Some years ago we used a similar process just for July school holidays.) There will be a special application period for these bookings, from 1 February to 15 March. During this application period, the booking grid will show all beds as available, even if someone has already requested them. This is so that members are not deterred from booking a bed that may have been requested by someone with a lower booking priority. At the end of this period the booking officer will allocate and confirm bookings by email based on the priority criteria. You can use the comments section to indicate secondary bed preferences or special booking requirements/limitations to the booking officer in the comments field so that the booking officer can consider these during the allocation process. It is quite possible that a person with a higher priority could be allocated a bed that you have requested. Peak season bookings that are lodged between February 1st and March 15th will be allocated by the Booking Officer based on the following criteria:
- The date the request was lodged in the system, or received by the booking officer (any bookings received prior to the relevant opening date will be deemed to have been received on the relevant opening date).
- AAC Falls Creek Members (including Juniors) [from 1 February]
- Members of other AAC lodges [from 1 March]
- Spouse and children of AAC Falls Creek Member, accompanied by that member [from 8 March]
- Guests [from 15 March]
- Optimising occupancy and giving members a fair go.
Wherever possible (in keeping with the priority system and accommodating as many people as possible) bookings will be allocated their preferred beds/rooms. More details will be available prior to opening of bookings.