kez8371

hi there. we are moving to spain via portsmouth-bilbao ferry in may and are looking for breakdown cover to get us to murcia.
Like other people on here they too have been having trouble finding some. I read on someones thread about RACE but when i went on the website its all in spainish and i dont do spainish Yet!! I have tried rac, green flag etc but they dont do single way trips. I didnt really want to go to the expense of taking out spainish insurance as i want to do this as cheap as possible but i do need cover as our car is getting on a bit and id hate to break down.
can anyone help with some recommended companies that are cheap and of course speak english. please. cheers kerry

happybunny

we got our cover through rac one way we just arrived 3 weeks ago.we also drove down through france and spain etc

kez8371

well i rung rac and they said that we couldnt get breakdown with them. they didnt even mention about one way trip. im having to look at taking out spainish insurance now which includes breakdown because my insurance has said i wont be insured after 90 days on my policy. great fun!!! the quote i just had was 680 euros or the year!!

Mitzyboy

Uh ohhh .... I think you may be about to experience a lot of input on whether you can actually insure a UK plated car with a Spanish insurance company :-)

Search and read on importing a UK plated car into Spain. Basically if you are a Spanish resident you aren't supposed to drive a UK plated car, you have to matriculate it.

happybunny

we got our cover on line i think it was about £50.00 but we could have got it cheaper but we left it to late.

mikelincs

To get the insurance through RAC Green Flag etc, you MAY have to be a member, which is possibly why they wont do it. Try Europassist, there used to be a company called that who did cover you for breakdowns in Europe. Found this on the web..
http://www.icbreakdown.co.uk/compare.php?refer=gaw626

kez8371

i can get 90 day cover from rac but they said that if i break down they may ask for proof that we are returning ie return ticket home which of course i wont have. the only thing i can do is say to them that we are travelling around for the 90 days and havent got a return date yet and find out what happens in that situation. then i will just cancel it a few weeks later as is i have returned

happybunny

Well we got our cover for £42.41 one way cover RAC on the internet no problem (and there was other companys that did the same various prices) hope that helps