I spent the last week doing some promotion for VisitDevonandCornwall.com spending a day visiting a range of available holiday cottages in Cornwall.

I took the time to attend local Cornish holiday resorts and speak to the owners / agents in that area. We are keen to raise the profile of the web site and make sure it’s the number one accommodation booking site for Cornwall. I wanted peoples opinions on the actual market and ways to improve our marketing strategy. All of our current users find the site from natural search results, in the likes of google, yahoo and msn, but this needs to be improved on so I was keen to understand how people are searching on-line for their rentals as well as how owners looking to advertise their cottages were finding new avenues.

I spent most of the morning discussing this with 2 private owners of rental cottages in Porthleven. They were very keen to help and when I informed them that the service visitdevonandcornwall.com offers is free with no catches they were more inclined to help me out.

After recording all the new information, I have been able to build a marketing plan for the summer of 2007 aimed at increasing the amount of online traffic. I am armed with proven ideas as to how this can be best achieved and already results have started to roll in with new holiday cottages in Cornwall already on the site.

Look out for us also in a few magazines dedicated to Cornwall and Cornish life.

Held this year over the 17th 18th and 19th of May.

The Devon county show is the largest event of its type in Devon. There will be local producers, craft, farming and live stock.

Held from the 3rd August 2007 untli the 10th August 2007 in Sidmouth, East Devon.

Enjoy dancing in the streets with this fantastic gathering of musicians and artists from around the world playing thier own unique sound.

There will be work shops, markets, street music, plays and much more to enjoy.

The Navy will be holding thier air day on 1st August 2007 at RNAS Culdrose the primary helicopter base in the UK.

F16’s, Harriers, Hawks, Seakings, Lynx and Merlins plus many more aircraft will make the day a special one this year.

Its hoped that having it later in the year will improve the chance of fine weather for this airborne delight.

This years flora day will be on 8th May 2007.

A spring festival marked with dressing the town in spring flowers noteably lilly of the valley. The dances go all around the town starting at different points of the town throughout the day, Early Morning Dance, Hal-an-Tow, the Children’s Dance, the Ancient Furry Dance and Evening Dance.

There is a fair set on the carpark next to Flora motors located on the Porthleven road near to the Cornation Boating lake.

Newlyn is located beside Penzance in South West Cornwall. It’s a town formed on a fishing fleet that used to be one of the country’s major players. There is atill a heathy fishing industry here with a thriving fish market. I understand that the harbor is about 40 acres in size holding a fleet of crabbers, long liners and beam trawlers.

Enjoying views over mounts bay the towns of Newly and Penzance were once separated by open country side. The area is steeped in history and walking the streets of the town you can feel the history and imagine the olden days with sailors returning with their catch carrying kit bags through the streets.

The town now has art gallery’s, shops and a good range of places to eat. The food provide in the town is mainly fare from the sea, but other types of cuisine can be found.

Self catering accommodation is plenty ioin this town with options to suite everyone from the family group to the romantics amongst you.

Well in Cornwall really, but many people think it in Devon for some reason.

A Victorian holiday maker destination, Bude is a traditional seaside resort with all you require for a beach / surfing holiday.

There are fine sandy beaches which enjoy some great Atlantic swells making for great surfing conditions. There are also shops for new fins and wet suites as well as a school for learning to surf. There is a beach life guard service in the Holiday season.

The South West Coastal path runs across this  seaside resort and to feed the hungry traveller there is a super market or if you require to be waited on there are eateries to suite most tastes.

The Bude Canal can also be enjoyed. A 19 th century feat of engineering and design.

There is holiday accommodation to match your requirements, from B&B to Hotels as well as the ever popular Self catering cottages where you can be in charge of your holiday every step of the way.

Enjoy Bude, it has plenty to offer making for a great holiday destination.