No, your breakdown cover and your vehicle insurance are completely separate, even if they are being provided by the same company. However, following an accident, you may need to use your breakdown cover before making a repair claim under your vehicle insurance.

If you have our Roadside & Recovery cover level, and you break down at home, where the vehicle is usually stored, or within a quarter of a mile of that location, you will not be covered.

Not having cover for breakdowns occurring where the vehicle is kept is one of the main reasons assistance has to be declined under the MAYDAY UK Breakdown policy, and breaking down ‘at home’ is a very common occurrence! Our Premium UK and Premium UK Plus cover levels both include Home call cover. We’ll come to you at home, where the vehicle is normally stored (if different) or if you’ve broken down within a quarter of a mile of that location and, if it’s not possible to get you going again, we’ll take you and your vehicle (and even your passengers if required) to the nearest garage or any other single destination within 25 miles of where the breakdown happened.

Our Roadside and Recovery cover is available from only £80.

MAYDAY Breakdown is only available in the UK. If you’re looking for breakdown cover for European travel please get a quote for our Red Pennant product which can provide breakdown cover and/or travel insurance.

Yes, our MAYDAY UK breakdown cover includes caravans, motorhomes and campervans of any age, weight, or size, providing you are operating within UK legal towing guidelines and using a standard 50mm tow-ball when towing a caravan.

Our MAYDAY UK breakdown and roadside recovery have no size, weight or vehicle age restrictions, providing you are operating within UK legal towing guidelines and using a standard 50mm tow-ball when towing a caravan. There are also no extra charges for specialist equipment if your outfit gets stuck on soft ground or other ‘off-road’ areas. Plus, our ‘Dual recovery’ feature means that if your vehicle breaks down on the way to (or during) a holiday and can’t be fixed, we'll take you on to your destination and, if your vehicle can’t be fixed during the holiday, we’ll take it (and you) back home again once your holiday is complete.

Yes, MAYDAY offers three different levels of cover, starting with our Roadside & Recovery level, which includes roadside assistance to try and get you going again; recovery to a single UK destination if your vehicle can’t be repaired; a second drop-off within 75 miles of your home if your caravan or trailer needs to be recovered to a different destination; misfuelling cover; and our Dual Recovery feature, which means that if your vehicle breaks down on the way to (or during) a holiday and can’t be fixed, we'll take you on to your destination and, if your vehicle can’t be fixed during the holiday, we’ll take it (and you) back home again once your holiday is complete.

If you want extra peace of mind, we offer our ‘Premium UK’ cover level, which includes all the features of Roadside & Recovery, but adds on Home Call, fixing mechanical problems at your home or recovering your car or motorhome/campervan to your nearest repairer; and also includes Extra Care, which offers a choice of one of either accommodation, car hire or alternative travel expenses (up to £100 per person, to a maximum of £500), as well as deferred recovery and even an emergency driver if the main driver is incapacitated. And finally, our top-tier cover level, ‘Premium UK Plus’, which offers all the benefits of Premium UK but also includes Enhanced Extra Care, offering a combination of accommodation, car hire and/or alternative travel expenses (up to £150 per person, to a maximum of £900) as well as our unique Pre-Departure Caravan Cover element, which gets your immobilised caravan or trailer moving, even when it’s at home.

Yes, if you take out cover for your caravan, this includes both your tow-car and your caravan when they are being used together, and your car alone when the caravan is not being used. This means all the elements of your chosen cover level will apply to your car/caravan combination, or just your car if you are driving it on its own.

Technical difficulties happen all of the time with all vehicles, regardless of their age, model and potentially whatever they’re towing. No matter how well you maintain your vehicles, there’s always the other guy, the weather and any number of other elements outside your control. MAYDAY UK Breakdown and Recovery offers you the peace of mind that wherever you’re going, we will be by your side if you do run into any difficulties, with unlimited call outs, 24/7, 365 days a year, as long as it’s not for the same problem!

All cover levels of MAYDAY UK Breakdown are annual policies that cover every trip you make throughout the year, which is why we say you are covered 24/7/365.

There are no limits on how many trips you make in a single year, nor on the length of those trips, as long as you are in the UK.

Breakdown cover pricing can vary significantly across providers based on a wide range of factors, not least how each provider structures its pricing. Many of the main providers adopt ‘risk-rated’ pricing, which means the price will increase depending on your vehicle and other circumstances. Your premium may also increase at renewal, depending on whether, and how many times you use the service. MAYDAY is a fixed-price policy – the price you see quoted on our website is the price you’ll pay. And it will not change at renewal, regardless of how many times you use the service, unless the overall ‘list price’ changes.

MAYDAY Breakdown is only available in the UK. If you’re looking for breakdown cover for European travel please get a quote for our Red Pennant product which can provide breakdown cover and/or travel insurance.