Britain on the Cheap

Whether you’re a couple or a crowd for the holidays, Helpful Holidays, a West Country cottage specialist, is offering 10% off all its homes for a minimum three-night stay during the Christmas and New Year season. With the discount, prices start about £292/$467 per week (£65/$104 per person) for a detached bungalow for six, plus [...]

Helpful Holidays has a few cottage deals for the late August Bank Holiday weekend. A converted barn with hot tub, sleeping six, in North Devon’s Heddon Valley, near the coastal village of Combe Martin, has been reduced 20% for the late August Bank Holiday weekend. It’s now £588/$917 for three nights starting Aug. 27. Tucked [...]

For an Easter break by the coast, Helpful Holidays has a late Georgian cottage sleeping four at Flushing in South Cornwall for £439/$655 from April 3 and 10. Guests can take the regular ferry across the river estuary to Falmouth and visit the National Maritime Museum, shops, galleries and cafés. Pets welcome.