Reductions on last minute May half-term getaways

Save up to £140…

Helpful Holidays, the award-winning cottage experts, have a tempting choice of West Country cottages available for May half-term with big savings.

Quist Cottage, Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset

Sleeps 6 plus pets with 3 bedrooms/2 bathrooms. Week commencing 27th May was £699, now £559 (£94 pp): save £140. A former farmhouse surrounded by beautiful countryside and cider orchards of central Somerset, a stroll from the pub, restaurant and playground in the little conservation village of Hatch Beauchamp. Rustic games barn and pretty garden. Big Shaker-style kitchen/dining room with woodburner and living room with piano.

1 Glencairn, Looe, South Cornwall

Sleeps 6 plus pets in 3 bedrooms/2 bathrooms. Week commencing 26th May was £627, now £501 (£84 pp): save £126. A spacious three-storey townhouse close to shops, pubs and restaurants in the popular fishing town of Looe, and 500 yards from the golden sand beach. Panoramic views over the river from sun terrace and balcony. Convenient for amenities and good transport links to the rest of Cornwall.

Kestorway, Dartmoor, Devon

Sleeps 2 plus pets in 1 bedroom/1 bathroom. Week commencing 27th May was £431, now £344 (£172 pp): save £87. On the side of the wooded Teign Gorge valley, directly on open moorland, a fantastic place for serious walkers or for simply wandering Dartmoor's valleys and tors to soak up spectacular views and peace. Binoculars advisable to watch sparrowhawks, buzzards, deer and skylarks. Three miles from lively, friendly Chagford with its pubs and restaurants.

West Barn, Crowan, Cornwall

Sleeps 3 plus pets in 1 bedoorm/1 bathroom. Week commencing 26th May was £453, now £363 (£121 pp): save £90. A little thatched detached cottage in 10 acres of fields and blubell copse, five miles from St Ives and the fabulous sand/surf beach at Gwithian Towans. Fresh, comfortable and stylish accommodation with open-plan living (sofa bed for child under 16)/dining/fitted kitchen and double bedroom with en suite shower-room.

These offers and more welcoming half-term cottages available from Helpful Holidays, helpfulholidays.co.uk, 01647 433593.