We’ve extended our January sale until 31^st January so there’s still plenty of time to book your 2013 holiday and save 10%.

Have you noticed how when you look back on a year it’s always the holidays that stand out from everything else that happened? Whatever’s on your ‘to do’ list for 2013 don’t leave time away off it - book up early to make sure you get the luxury property and dates to suit you and your clan.

We have discounted holiday cottages and apartments across the South West close to its biggest attractions including the Eden Project, Paignton Zoo and Wells Cathedral. You can wake up a stone’s throw from some of the UK’s most exciting days out and they host events throughout the seasons to make your visit special.

Tune in to Holiday Home Sweet Home on ITV 1  to see an extra special Christmas episode which features Blue Chip Holidays!

The show, presented by Lisa Faulkner, follows holiday letting agents across the UK and takes a peek behind the scenes of a busy season.

The extended episode will showcase two of our luxurious properties – The Cwtch Barn near Paignton and At the Beach in Torcross.

It may not be the most celebrated national day but it’s one of the most important...it’s National Grandparents Day on 7 October.

Make National Grandparents Day extra special with a 10% discount on a multi-generational holiday when you book before 7 November 2012.

You can take your holiday any time next year, so you’ve plenty of time to gather your grandparents, children and the newest additions to the clan and look forward to making some memories.

Come and celebrate the Newquay Fish Festival’s tenth year from 14 – 16 September, with all kinds of events taking place around Newquay harbour.

The festival will welcome top celebrity chefs, cookery demonstrations and fun for the whole family and it opens at 10am each day.

Events include a lifeboat display, appearance by Nathan Outlaw, fly fishing tuition, live music, a sandcastle competition, quayside bar and much more.

There's a new addition to the Torquay skyline until the end of October, a 60 metre observation wheel in the Princess Gardens.

The wheel was used to celebrate the Olympics in London and has been placed in the seaside resort until the end of next month.

The wheel is open by day and of an evening, so whether you choose to ride during daylight or after sunset it's a spectacular way to take in the coastal scenery of Torbay. The wheel has 40 illuminated, enclosed gondolas and it's even taller than London's Nelson's Column!

We’re down to our last 16 properties for the Easter period, as eager guests have booked out nearly all of our 825 properties across the South West.

The English Riviera has proven as popular as it’s been for generations, as we’re fully booked for Torbay so we look forward to welcoming many of you tomorrow.

We’re also sold out in Dorset and Somerset, so the South West it’s going to be the more the merrier in the west country this weekend!

Torbay, on the English Riviera, will see its sheltered waters come alive with activity for the Torbay Sailing Regatta in August. The annual Torbay Sailing Week will take place between Friday 20th and Wednesday 25th August.

The fun-filled regatta will include many events and activities throughout Torbay - in Torquay, Paignton and Brixham – so those on well-timed Torbay holidays will be treated to various displays and spectacles!

Torbay’s excellent conditions for sailing make it the perfect location for the annual regatta, and those who prefer to enjoy the festivities from dry land will have plenty of opportunity to watch the thrilling races from various locations throughout the Bay.  

Anyone who has ever visited the picturesque Devon seaside town of Brixham will be only too aware that it has many secret sides just waiting to be explored. Well now this status has been officially confirmed within the June edition of Lonely Planet’s “5O New Travel Secrets” feature.

We are offering a fantastic £960 off half-term in Falmouth at Nightingale House, a stunning four-bedroom, waterside property set in the heart of Falmouth overlooking the harbour.

This traditionally styled house sleeps up to eight and is perfect for a large family or two sharing. 

Congratulations to Kate Singlehurst, the March winner of our writing competition, who wins a £50 Marks & Spencers voucher and the chance to win a short stay at one of our finest properties! She and her husband enjoyed a stay at the charming Linden Court, Brixham, and managed to take in some of the spectacular scenery and attractions that the English Riviera has to offer. During their spring break in the South West they managed to enjoy the quaint charms of Dartmouth, took in the fantastic coastline and even found time to enjoy one of the legendary cream tea’s that this region is so famous for! If you would like to be in with a chance of winning the aforementioned fantastic prizes, simply email around 500 words on your favourite activity in the South West to ewan@bluechipholidays.co.uk. To read more of Mrs. Singlehurst’s break in Torquay, click here.