Anyone any recommendations for travel insurance and breakdown cover for touring in europe on the bike? or even who to avoid. lookin an annual travel policy and maybe single trip breakdown cover.
HSBC Bank have an 'advanced' account worth looking at for personal worldwide travel insurance. Small monthly fee. Good immediate worldwide cover with homestart and breakdown recovery for UK included. Need to open an account though and check smallprint. Don't think HSBC policy recovers vehicles from Europe.
AA have good European breakdown/recovery cover available also, but be careful what you choose. i.e. costs of single trips versus multi trips etc.
I have travel cover thru my Barclays premier account but was lookin for something a bit more bike related ie that gives me luggage/helmet/gear cover which most travel insurance doesn't. there are also some policys about which specifically exclude motorcycling! :(
We should start our own biker only insurance company, but my ex (the devil) always said she couldn't trust me with money. More and more biking abroad now. There must be a niche there.
Debs I'll get the details of travel insurance we used last year, was reasonable priced, I'm with MCE for the bike and all I need to do for that is let them know the dates and countries to be visited.
Non hotmale not ALL women are 'the devil' thats like me saying ALL men are bastards too (which I know that ALL of them aren't)
Please don't generalise about women.
Apologies to KG and others for detracting from the thread, anyone wants to discuss or debate this PM me or start another thread.
I didn't (and wouldn't) dream of generalising like that. It isn't right to do that. I can't see how you came to this conclusion. It's only one person I am referring to (and jokingly of course).
I have never seriously spoken ill of my ex even now. She is the mother of my children and we still try to show fair and balanced views to our grandchildren.
Sincere apologies if I unwittinlgy caused offence, none was meant. NHM
Sorry the Devil is a bloke and he is bi.... you've heard the saying "she/ he has the devil in her/ him that one"...... well I rest my case ....
if you don't get it by now, you probably wont....
but back to insurance...I was with MCE as well it was the cheapest and the best cover and I'm sure I got 60 days cover abroad as standard...just call em and let em know your date..... on another note it is always worth having a brake down cover....lot of money to recover from europe if it goes tits up on you..
I'm with MCE now Dave, good cover as you say. £507.00 for 3 bikes for 15 months duration. Strangely, I need to pay extra to take a pillion on my ZX12R but not the other two.
ebike is the policy I had it is very good... I just got a 3 bike policy quote for a K1300S, vfr800 and a XV700 customized for £457 with free European cover also legal....get in there
its not bike insurance im after but travel insurance and breakdown cover. my policy with Adelaide covers me to ride the bike in Europe. but my existing breakdown cover (that i get thru my premier banking) doesnt give me recovery for anything over 10 years old outside of the UK....and my bike is a 99 model.
dunno about breakdown cover, but travel insurance i did through Carol Nash, as most general travel ones dont cover riding bikes over 125.. its a stand alone policy rather than including bike ins..
![travelling in europe - Forums [Biker Match]](/images/backgrounds/strips/8mobileLQ.jpg)
![travelling in europe - Forums [Biker Match]](/images/backgrounds/strips/8desktopLQ.jpg)
