More choice in Cornwall

West Country cottage specialists, Helpful Holidays, have greatly increased the number of properties in South Cornwall from 68 to 118 in their 2009 brochure with particular emphasis on the popular Falmouth and St Mawes region. The brochure now offers nearly 600 places to stay in Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset and Hampshire sleeping two to seventy guests priced from £134 to £8,111 per week.

Other new additions to the 2009 brochure include details of gift vouchers for purchase and an ‘index of places’. Designed for holidaymakers who know where they want to stay, this lists the pages where properties in their chosen hamlet, village or town are featured.

All Helpful Holidays’ properties are carefully inspected by its team so they can advise holidaymakers honestly and with first hand experience. They are also star graded by the agency with nineteen carrying a top five star rating and forty-one four-and-a-half stars. Some of the houses are exceptionally plush, others more modest. Seventy have use of a heated swimming pool, while some have private moorings or fishing rights; others are on friendly farms and many have far-ranging views across stunning countryside or out to sea. Over half welcome pets, many without extra charge, and some accept two at a time.

With eighty houses sleeping ten plus, Helpful Holidays has an excellent reputation for offering superb large properties; many can provide catering and maid service too. Guests can choose from historic manors and ancient farmhouses hidden on country estates, or stylish renovations just ambling distance of sandy beaches with magnificent sea views. Some of the most outstanding big properties have video tours, which can be viewed online.

Holidaymakers can look and book on Helpful Holidays’ website as well as manage their booking from deposit payment to finding directions and where to eat via a password-protected account entitled ‘My Helpful Holidays’.

For more information, visit helpfulholidays.com.