Hands up who has taken their car across to France for the weekend, either to see some local scenery or to fill the car up with booze, just to come back again, even just for the day.

It is a regular thing now, you can drive on to the ferry or you could use the channel tunnel which only takes 30 minutes or so, putting this into perspective you could only travel about 4 miles in London traffic in that time. this make France a very popular destination to take our second biggest purchase. our cars.

Services Such As European Breakdown Cover

But even being so close a mere 21 miles away, we are so far away when it comes to services such as breakdown cover and insurance. it doesn't matter how much insurance you have to drive in the UK, if you don't have insurance for Europe you are not covered. the same rules apply to breakdown cover, if you don't have a European breakdown cover policy then you are not covered should you breakdown in France.

The RAC and the AA both do options to cover you to all European countries including France.

Think of Paris, Marsielles, Nice, Brittany, skiing in the French Alps or driving to the French Riviera.