Blue Chip Vacations will launch its brand new website this week, with a stylish new design and easy-to-use search tools to help visitors choose their perfect luxury self-catering holiday.

The new-look site includes an updated booking and payment system to make arranging your holiday quick and simple. Why not search our properties and take advantage of the sleek new property listings format?

Of course all of your favourite features will remain on the new website, so finding your way around the new version will be easier than ever. Watch this space to see the impressive new site as soon as it arrives!

Plymouth’s skies will be ablaze on 10th and 11th August as the city hosts the Plymouth Firework Championships from Plymouth Hoe.

Six of the UK’s finest firework companies will set the sky alight as they compete to win the championships, creating a spectacular event for those on Plymouth holidays on 10th and 11th August this year.

The displays will start around 9.30pm each evening, and there will be entertainment – including a fairground – on Plymouth Hoe.  

The winner of June’s writing competition is Stephanie Sawyer from Oxford who stayed at High Gables and booked a trip on the Round Robin tour to Paignton, Dartmouth and Totnes. 

Stephanie has snapped up a prize of a £50 Marks & Spencer voucher, as well as the chance to win a break in one of Blue Chip Vacation's most luxurious holiday properties. 

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.  

Congratulations to Craig Garnett, Glasgow, who is the May winner of our writing competition, winning a £50 Marks & Spencers voucher and the chance to win a short stay at one of our finest properties! Staying in Dorset, he and his wife enjoyed the stunning views and fascinating coastline on offer in this beautiful part of the world. 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@bluechipvacations.com. To read more of Craig’s break in Dorset, click here.

Blue Chip will be getting behind its very own Iron Man, Jon Pressling, who will be tackling one of the meanest and most challenging Triathlon courses in the UK, if not the world.

Jon, a member of South Devon Athletic Club, will be raising money for the RNLI when he undertakes UK Ironman 70.3 next month on Exmoor.  Blue Chip Vacations has pledged to contribute 25p for every booking made in June guaranteeing a minimum contribution of £300 towards the charity.

Blue Chip Vacations is offering holidaymakers worried about flight cancellations over the next month an extended 20 per cent discount across its entire portfolio through to 04 June!

The special offer includes 20 per cent off stays at Manor House, near Torquay, which sleeps ten.  Having only recently been cut in price by £470 per week, the combined discount comes to a saving of £725 for a seven night stay from 21-28 May, (now just £105 per person). 

Congratulations to Julie Cartmell, the April 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 Moorings Reach, Brixham, and managed to take in some of the spectacular scenery and attractions that this beautiful region has to offer. During their spring break in the South West they even managed to spy some majestic dolphins in the bay on a trip to Torquay !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@bluechipvacations.com. To read more of Mrs. Cartmell’s break in Brixham, click here.

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@bluechipvacations.com. To read more of Mrs. Singlehurst’s break in Torquay, click here.

The opening races of the Zapcat powerboat season will take place in Newquay, Cornwall on 24 and 25 April.

 Up to 16 heats of racing will take place culminating in two divisional finals each day.  Each daily round will earn the competitors vital points towards the prestigious National Championships, the Services, Rookie, and Team, Mixed, Home Nations and Surf titles, all of which will come to their tense finales in October.