European breakdown cover (Just for holiday)

snaps

Is there any companies that offer temporary euro breakdown cover whilst you are abroad. My cover only covers me for Ire/UK.

db

I think it was Blue Insurance I got it from last year - it was a very good deal if I remember correctly compared to getting the same via Hibernian as an extension to my existing cover.
On their website they quote €85 for one year's cover including Europe.

snaps

The AA wants 211e!!!!!!

SeanPuddin

Try ADAC they're a German company. Around the €80 mark. I will be getting my breakdown cover with them in April for a jaunt down to Italy. :cool:

2cv

snaps wrote: »

Is there any companies that offer temporary euro breakdown cover whilst you are abroad. My cover only covers me for Ire/UK.

ADAC in Germany will give you their top level cover all over Europe for around €70 a year.

snaps

seanpuddin1 wrote: »

Try ADAC they're a German company. Around the €80 mark. I will be getting my breakdown cover with them in April for a jaunt down to Italy. :cool:

Thats where i am planning on going! Going to get a ferry as well from Genoa to Sardinia, very reasonable (43e single)

SeanPuddin

I must read up on their cover, but as far as mates who have used them before are concerned, they will give you a rental car if your car is in a bad way. Tow it home if it's more serious. For a company that covers breakdown on the Nurburgring (sp?) you can't go wrong.

2cv

snaps wrote: »

Thats where i am planning on going! Going to get a ferry as well from Genoa to Sardinia, very reasonable (43e single)

The good thing about the ADAC cover is that it's not just for holidays, it's like the top level AA cover for the whole year, all over Europe. My AA cover expires next month (was paying €250 a year, the thieving b*st*rds).
I'll give you three guesses where i'll be taking my business

BTW, you do not need an address in Germany to get the cover...

projectgtr

Paid 200 myself last Sept for 12 days in europe with the AA was a bit of a last minute thing but needed it badly as our trip involved 3 days at the nurburgring and then ALOT more driving after that. While at the ring ADAC had a stall there prices looked sweet, didnt realise i could use them as alot of UK companies would not touch an irish car plus one thats a 95 :rolleyes:

Berty

The AA is €129

Blue Insurance is €85 but if you look at http://www.breakdowncover.ie it is the exact same Insurance Policy and company for €79.

THIS ALSO provides you with 365 days a year breakdown cover in Ireland, something the AA will not give you.

Aviva also offer the insurance for €192.

2cv

Berty wrote: »

The AA is €129

Blue Insurance is €85 but if you look at http://www.breakdowncover.ie it is the exact same Insurance Policy and company for €79.

THIS ALSO provides you with 365 days a year breakdown cover in Ireland, something the AA will not give you.

Aviva also offer the insurance for €192.

AA might be €129 but for the basic package... It's €22 a month for the Rescue Plus with homestart package.

snaps

Thanks lads for the replies

Berty

2cv wrote: »

AA might be €129 but for the basic package... It's €22 a month for the Rescue Plus with homestart package.

€129 just for the holiday. You get nothing else.

Breakdown cover gives you 365 cover + a trip to mainland Europe.

However, the terms are a little worse. Less overnight allowance, less towards labour, less towards car hire.

2cv

Berty wrote: »

€129 just for the holiday. You get nothing else.

Breakdown cover gives you 365 cover + a trip to mainland Europe.

However, the terms are a little worse. Less overnight allowance, less towards labour, less towards car hire.

ADAC all the way so!!!

Finally the germans got something right

snaps

adac website all in german?

ToxicPaddy

Dont most standard car insurance policies offer cover in UK and Europe?

2cv

snaps wrote: »

adac website all in german?

Yes, but there is an english language section...

On the www.adac.de homepage, there are six grey tabs at the top of the page... One of them is called "mitgliedschaft". In the drop down menu under that tab, you will see "ADAC membership". Click on that and you will see an english language page.

You can't join online because their system will not recognise an irish address. But if you ring them, they'll be able to help you.

keithclancy

Got mine for 27 Euros full European cover with temp replacement car with my Insurance

Dutch Insurance though

2cv

The ADAC is not just a roadside assistance insurance, it's also a complete travel insurance, all for €79.50 :-)

This is what they cover:
Breakdown and accident assistance
Verhicle recovery back to Germany (not very useful for us)
Key service
Overnight stay
Parts delivery service from Germany (handy if you drive a german car, parts are cheaper over there)
Assistance after theft of the vehicle
(all of this is europe wide coverage)

There is also a wide range of coverage as a travel insurance.

This is the link of what they cover:
http://www.adac.de/mitgliedschaft/leistungen/default.aspx
(german only)

papac

Sorry to resurect this old thread but I am trying to arrange some european cover for a 1994 car and ADAC seems to be the way to go.

I can,t contact them though. I just get hold music on the number they give on english language page on their site and I do not speak any German.

Anyone got an email adress I for them.???

2cv

papac wrote: »

Sorry to resurect this old thread but I am trying to arrange some european cover for a 1994 car and ADAC seems to be the way to go.

I can,t contact them though. I just get hold music on the number they give on english language page on their site and I do not speak any German.

Anyone got an email adress I for them.???

Just use the phone number that's on the website... +49 1805 10 11 12 and wait for someone to answer. Ask them if they speak english, you'll see how helpful they are.

Dan Jaman

2cv wrote: »

Just use the phone number that's on the website... +49 1805 10 11 12 and wait for someone to answer. Ask them if they speak english, you'll see how helpful they are.

Apols for reviving this ancient thread again, but...

They sure are
The woman on the phone was tremedously fluent and helpful - as were the others at ADAC I spoke to before her.

After reading about ADAC recently I was going to give them a look when my AA came up for renewal - turned out the renewal happened quicker than I thought it would and the AA just did their annoying auto-renewal without telling me.
ADAC's rates are excellent and for all I really need it for, like being towed off a motorway, it's without comparison. I would have stuck with the AA if they'd been anywhere near them in price, but the killer deal from ADAC was the inclusion of the girlfriend for a mere €20 extra - it's like having two seperate cover plans for less than half what the AA was charging me for one.
I think I'll do a happy dance now

Anne Other

Bumping this up for more up to date advice please if any of you have it

Riskymove

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

Dont most standard car insurance policies offer cover in UK and Europe?

usually just UK and Ireland in my experience

dougie-lampkin

Anne Other wrote: »

Bumping this up for more up to date advice please if any of you have it

roadrescue.ie are the cheapest for a fairly comprehensive package. They do the standard roadside repairs, with a tow to a garage if they can't fix it roadside. They'll ship the car home and get it to your house or a mechanic (or pay for you to retrieve it if it gets sorted) if it can't be fixed abroad.

http://www.roadrescue.ie/european-breakdown-cover-benefits.asp