Caravan breakdown recovery

The best places to get cover

Finding good caravan breakdown recovery service is a key concern for many caravanners. There are a number of different options available to chose from but until you actually get the cover and have the misfortune of needing to use it, how do you know which recovery service is best for you?

Our forum is a great resource of experience and opinion - and below summarises some of the best comments and tips made by our members.

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Caravan breakdown recovery providers

Britannia Rescue

Web site: http://www.britanniarescue.com

JonV: "I'm with Britannia Rescue and have been for many years. I have '1 vehicle and Personal cover on a comprehensive policy' this covers my car for any driver and any car driven by myself or my wife (i.e. my wife's car), with homestart as well. This option is cheaper than a second car on the policy. They will recover car and caravan/trailer. On one occasion I pranged the car, they delivered me and my car back to the camp site and then collected family' car, trailer and equipment 3 days later to return home. Delivered trailer and family to the house then took the car to the garage! The AA won't do that!"

CPDavis: "I would endorse comments about Brittania Rescue - Excellent service and value."

caw: "I have had excellent service and value from Brittania Rescue on the few occasions I have had to use them."

Paulines7: "I am with Britannia Rescue but through the CSMA. Their deluxe cover for £71 covers roadside assistance, recovery, housecall and replacement car/hotel accommodation. It also includes free European Cover on named vehicles. There is no limit to the amount of time you can use this service, as long as any one trip does not exceed 90 days. We used to take out separate insurances for our trips to France with the Caravan Club and that was always over £100, so the deluxe cover with Britannia Rescue is a bargain. We also have Personal cover which covers our other car and any other car that we drive. This is an extra £28.50."

Paulines7: "Brittania Rescue state in their policy document that 'Caravans and trailers should not be more than 8 metres in length overall and fitted with standard 50 millimetre ball couplings'. We have their Deluxe cover which also covers us for Europe. We just have to tell them the dates when we will be away."

Caravan Club (Mayday Scheme)

Web site: http://www.caravanclub.co.uk

Ron Brookes: "I have always been satisfied with the Caravan Club's Mayday Scheme, I haven't used it for 13 yrs but it`s the best alround cover i think there is for folk who tow caravans. Go for the Personal cover it costs around £96.00 but it will cover all your cars, caravan and it covers you if you are in somebody elses car and that breaks down."

laurieW: "The Caravan Club's breakdown service "Mayday" is operated by Greenflag. There are NO weight/length restrictions and it is cheaper than Greenflag. You have to be a member of the Caravan Club though."

Green Flag

Web site: http://www.greenflag.co.uk

Shiba: "Green Flag covers extra cars at a discounted rate, as long as they are at the same address. There have been good reports for this service."

Yvonne: "We use the Green Flag a couple of times, found them very helpful. Our friend was towing down to Cornwall from Cambridge, broke down half way and called Green Flag out. They took them down to their CC site and returned them back home with the car on the truck and the van behind, so they did't lose their hoilday. Money well spent."

MoreThan

Web site: http://www.morethan.com

purplebus: "Try MoreThan (Sun Alliance). I've been with them for 2 years and they've just quoted me about £45 for renewal cover for my X-Trail including European cover."

RAC

Web site: http://www.rac.co.uk

brightredrover: "I can vouch that RAC are good if you need them. Have broken down twice, once in the UK and once in France. they were great both times. Not sure on cost though as i get it through work."

Caravan breakdown recovery - tips for choosing which provider

When choosing which breakdown recovery service to go with, there are a couple of pointers to bear in mind:

• The length of your caravan could be an issue if you breakdown
• Does your cover protect you if either your car OR caravan are at fault?

navarac: "Whatever you do, read the small print. They sometimes restrict the length of van that will be recovered if the vehicle breaks down."

mark70: "I have a company car and cover is provided by the RAC. Broke down at the weekend and they recovered both the car and van as the fault was with the car. However they did advise that if the fault was with the van I would not have been covered. Seems pointless to cover the car twice to get caravan cover!!"

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