Breakdown cover for older van in Europe

SantaCruz_3

Just looking for breakdown cover for a 3 week trip to France this summer. I've tried a few on here, AA and RAC will cover but works out about £300. It's a 2005 van and when I put it into other breakdown quotes I usually get the response that they won't cover the vehicle due to it's age! It's never broken down in the 6 years I've had it so a bit frustrating it gets excluded, any vehicle can break down anytime. Anyway, anyone know of a reasonable cover that doesn't cost the earth for older vehicles to save me trawling through the internet and entering my details 20 times .... thanks. PS mwb self-build 3500kg so not a massive vehicle.

SaverRate

Go onto a comparison site - moneysupermarket etc?

forgotmyname

Don't look for the cheapest options, choose the more expensive packages and they often do not have age
restrictions. Had no issues calling them out to a 1972 vehicle when the clutch pedal stuck to the floor.

That was the RAC back then, they were willing to take me from the Midlands to Cornwall but I chose to go home
instead and fix it overnight and travel down the following day.

Mildly_Miffed

A friend found the breakdown cover bundled with Nationwide's FlexPlus account was about the only option.

jimjames

Mildly_Miffed said:

A friend found the breakdown cover bundled with Nationwide's FlexPlus account was about the only option.

I've got this and it works very well. Far cheaper than the options mentioned and you get other cover bundled with it too. Only restriction might be on the size of the vehicle, there certainly isnt an age limit for normal cars.

Tranboy

Try Asda who use Britannia, cheaper than going directly to Britannia. ...!

cymruchris

I recently took a 2007 Mercedes SLK to Germany for 8 days - 'rescuemycar.com' covered me, and with topcashback I got 20 percent cashback that's 'confirmed' but not yet 'received' (Once confirmed it's usually just a matter of time). See what a quote works out from them once you take the cashback into account. (I didn't break down in Europe - but hit a pot-hole in London on the way back and took out two tyres - so it's not always about whether your vehicle is in good mechanical condition or not - it's 'pot-luck'! (or in my case 'pot-hole-bad-luck')