HOLIDAY BREAKDOWN - ARE YOU REALLY COVERED?
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
- We planned to travel to Sleaford in Lincolnshire for a six night getaway at "Slade House" CL site and practice our VLOGing skills for a future big trip. But unfortunately things did not go as planned !!!
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Hi there. Really glad that you did manage to get away on holiday in the end. We used to have AA cover but have recently spent 3 weeks up in Scotland with our van. On the advice of friends we changed to Mayday before our trip even though our car is only a few months old.
Thank you. Yes I think I'll be swapping to Mayday before the start of the next season.
Hi Dave.
Sorry about your holiday.
Nice heads up with the AA. Only got a two berth caravan but want to know it's safe if we break down.
Thanks Dave
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....Pete and Su....
Thanks Pete, we did get away in the end so all worked out. Glad you found it useful.
After 25 years, last changed from the AA to Mayday, due to the cost of the AA ever increasing. Infact the Mayday total premium plus cover was just over half that requested by the AA with an enhanced level of cover including home start and onward which the AA didn't have. When I phoned to cancel my AA renewal they suddenky offered ne a massive discount but it was still higher than Mayday and offered less cover. Hopefully I will never need to call Mayday.
I know what you mean about the AA prices. They kept putting me in a higher tier as a thank you for being a long-term member. (And charging me more for the privilege!!!)
This video shocked me !!!! A TOYOTA LAND CRUISER BREAKING DOWN ! But just to tell you I also have a Land Cruiser and I also had a alternator failure However it was just a day after I returned from holiday with my caravan Phew a lucky escape ! I first called an Auto electrician to diagnose the fault can he confirmed it was the alternator He told me this often happens while towing a caravan with the fridge running 12v direct from towing vehicle seems the fridge really works the alternator hard and if its coming to the end of life it will finish it off !
A bit of luck tho I managed to get an up graded 160 amp alternator now supplying my fridge when running 12v PS Your Land Cruiser didn't really break down after all an alternator is a consumable If you want a real breakdown you should have bought a Land Rover 😂
lol Well you know what they say. "If you want to go anywhere take a Land Rover. If you want to come back again take a Land Cruiser" 🤣.
More seriously though I did wonder if the extra current for the caravan added to it's downfall but we never tend to tow with the fridge on. Not for any particular reason just neve got into the habit. We have BIG road trip with the caravan coming up so I'm glad it happened before that, but at the end of the day it's all part of the adventure.
Hi Dave, Interesting stuff. Alternator went on my Kuga the day we were going on holiday with the caravan. Luckily it occured on the drive but the Ford dealer couldnt look at it for over a week and took great delight on quoting me £900+ for a new alternator.(I remember when they were £40 quid and you could fit them in half an hour!) I then had great delight in telling THEM that it was covered by one of their warranties! We have green flag through our bank and it covers the caravan but Ill check now that the onward journey is covered. Was the land cruiser under warranty?
No warranty on the Land Cruiser but our local garage got a part in and had it fixed the next day (a Saturday) . Cost about £360 in total I think.
Not fun Dave but could have been worse. Ironically I have free free RAC membership from my insurer, and Land Rover / Range Rover recovery as part of my car warranty but have still kept the Mayday going, just in case. Never actually used any of them but I don't think anyone else looks after us caravaners the way Green Flag - Mayday do.
Yes I'm thinking of doubling up on cover myself.
I was towing my caravan for 2 years thinking my AA Volkswagen breakdown cover covered the caravan. I have discovered it does not.
If the car breaks down, it will get the car and caravan to destination or home etc.
If the caravan has a puncture or worse, I cannot get them to come out and fix it.
That is the extent of cover.
So I have just taken out Mayday cover which covers car and caravan.
Question:-
Why don’t breakdown companies do bolt on cover for towing. I now have 2 lots of breakdown cover for car.
I am also going abroad in September with Caravan. First excursion abroad with caravan so I have taken out Red Pennant. I don’t know if good value or not but it does include travel insurance as well as breakdown insurance so at nearly £300 it probably is.
(My wife and I used to travel on our bank travel insurance - not with caravan - until I turned 70 and then it was another £150’ish so again £300 for travel and breakdown / get you home insurance is, I think, reasonable. )
Why doesn’t somebody do all encompassing insurance with the necessary bolt ons.
Or perhaps somebody does and I cannot find it.
We have a big euro trip coming up and will take out clubs Red Pennant insurance for that. My parents have used it in the past and it has been very good (though that was a while back now.)
A bolt on option certainly would make sense.
@@DTSquared Dave (and all). Somewhat connected, but something to be aware of. A friend of mine had "Fully Comp European cover" on a motorhome, which was explicit on the cover of the policy certificate. However, on page 6 of the small print, it stated that the policy cover was "the minimum required in that country", which meant they only have third party..... Just something to be aware of. BTW. Hope you're well..