Just had the renewal for my breakdown cover and onward travel, Arrival with RAC and C&CC.
It's getting a bit expensive now at £188.79. Any cheaper alternatives, I don't need European cover.

Isn't Mayday cover (which takes you to your prebooked site and home again after your holiday about a hundred quid?

To take out Mayday cover I would have to join the CMC. That would push the total cost up to about the same.

Randa, that's been my usual trick on most insurance, energy and broadband suppliers. It might work with the RAC but the trouble is there doesn't seem to much competition. I'll give them a ring anyway.
Thanks :)

A 19 minute phone call to RAC just saved me £43 :)
Now down to £145. That's a bit better :)

Quote: Ray Lawrence wrote in post #5

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To take out Mayday cover I would have to join the CMC. That would push the total cost up to about the same.

Randa, that's been my usual trick on most insurance, energy and broadband suppliers. It might work with the RAC but the trouble is there doesn't seem to much competition. I'll give them a ring anyway.
Thanks :)

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Quote: Eribanut wrote in post #8

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I have Greenflag Euro cover which gives same as Mayday but without CMC membership. Recovery Plus gives you home start, onward travel, misfuel etc for about £60.

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Living overseas we don't/can't have Greenflag but reading their name here reminds me of an incident that I was witness too earlier this year. Walking around the campsite at Troyes one evening I noticed a van sporting a UK number plate although what I at first thought to be the towing vehicle - wrong as it turned out - parked next to it was sporting French plates.

A chat with the owners sitting in their deckchairs revealed that their own vehicle (a Skoda) had broken down on the nearby motorway. The vehicle had been recalled and modified as a result of the emission scandal shortly prior to their holiday which, as it turned out, resulted in further issues being created. Authorising for repairs had been given but for reasons that escape me now they were not able to be completed in France.

Cutting the story short, a local recovery firm brought the entire outfit to the campsite and, on behalf of Greenflag, arranged for the vehicle to be transported to the French coast for onward delivery to the UK and repairs. In order that the couple still got something from their holiday they were supplied with a French car (minus towbar) meaning that whilst they couldn't complete their journey to the final destination, at least they were mobile. At the time of speaking with them they had been at the campsite for just over a week and were thoroughly enjoying the area.

At the time of our conversation arrangements were being put in hand for the van to be collected and transported to the French coast and Ferry at which time they would follow on with the loan car. This loan car would then be dropped off at the Ferry terminal and they would board as foot passengers with dock workers loading the van onto the Ferry. Upon arrival in the UK their own car would be waiting following repairs, the van would be offloaded and the couple could return home complete with van and car.

Don't know what others think but it's 10/10 for Greenflag in my book.

Since renewing my RAC Arrival cover at the improved price I have spotted something of concern in the small print.

In the sections named " Re-unite after breakdown" and "Follow on recovery" there is an exclusion which states "We will not reunite you with your caravan/trailer more than 75 miles from your breakdown/destination"

I frequently travel more than 75 miles from home and also more than 150 miles to a campsite. Thus if I broke down midway, apparently I would neither have my caravan taken to the pre-booked campsite nor taken back home?

How does that compare with other people's policies? Anybody else checked?

OK, panic over :)

The 75 miles is separation distance between the towing vehicle and caravan. So if the caravan was pitched up and I went out for the day and broke down, it would have to be less than 75 miles from the campsite if the car was unrepairable and I wanted to take the whole lot home.

Can anyone tell me the difference between a Green Flag standalone policy which includes caravan recovery and the C&MC Mayday policy which is provided by Green Flag? When I do a like for like quote with the same options Mayday comes out at around £40 more expensive. I can't see the added value.

Thanks