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Weekend Car Insurance
Saturday and Sunday plans sorted
- Flexible cover that suits your needs
- No long-term contracts
- Comprehensive with no impact on no claims discount
What is weekend car insurance?
Whether visiting family, waiting for your car to be fixed or borrowing a vehicle for a weekend away, our two-day car insurance is available in an instant.
This short-term policy gets you on the road without the hassle of altering an existing policy.
Benefits of weekend car insurance
Easy
Get a quote in under 2 minutes online or use our app.
Flexible
No long-term commitments.
Peace of mind
No impact on any existing no claims discount.
Cost-effective
Only pay for the time you need.
How do I apply for weekend car insurance?
Get a quick quote
Enter a few details on our website or app and we’ll send a quote within 2 minutes.
Check your quote
Once you have your quote, confirm you’re happy to move forward and read the declaration carefully.
Get your cover
Buy your policy and we’ll email all the documents you need, so you can be on your way.
When would I need car insurance for the weekend?
Weekends are a great opportunity to meet friends, go on trips, or spend time with your family.
Weekend car insurance is fast and flexible to suit whatever you have planned…
Borrowing a friend's car for the weekend
Using a friend's car for two days is often cheaper than hiring a vehicle. Temporary insurance won’t affect their no claims discount.
Having a weekend away
Having flexible insurance for just the time you're away is ideal for keeping costs down.
Getting car repairs on the weekend
Temporary car insurance keeps you moving, even if your vehicle ends up off the road longer than expected.
What does weekend car insurance cover?
It’s comprehensive as standard, meaning you’re insured against any damage to the vehicle you’re using and any other third parties.
What's covered with weekend insurance
- Fully comprehensive insurance on policies from 1 hour to 28 days
- Accidental and malicious damage to your car
- Cover for injury or damage to another person or their property
- Driving in the UK
- In some instances driving in the EU with the third-party or equivariant level
What’s optional with weekend insurance
- Excess Reduction Cover - Reducing your policy excess to as close as £100 as possible
What’s not covered with weekend insurance
- The excess you agreed to pay
- Release from an impound (unless you buy impound insurance)
- Additional drivers – we can only cover the driver named on the policy
- A sole claim or separate cover for broken/damaged glass including the windscreen
Full details of cover may differ depending on the insurer. Please double-check the policy wording before purchasing to confirm what is specifically covered in your policy.
Can I get car insurance for a weekend?
Yes, temporary car insurance is available for a weekend. This cover comes comprehensive as standard, offering peace of mind on your next weekend trip.
To get weekend car insurance, you must be eligible…
To get car insurance for a weekend, you must
- Be aged 17-77 years old.
- Have no criminal convictions.
- Not had a previous policy of insurance declared void by an insurer.
To get car insurance for a weekend, your car must:
- Be taxed and in a roadworthy condition with a current and valid MOT (unless you are using the insurance policy to take the vehicle to a pre-booked MOT).
- Not be a hired or rented vehicle.
- Not be modified in any way except if designed to aid disabled drivers.
- Be a right-hand drive car with no more than 8 seats.
- Not be declared SORN (unless you are using the insurance policy to take the vehicle to a pre-booked MOT).
Each insurer on our panel has its own eligibility criteria. Please pay close attention to their Proposer’s Declaration.
Quick and easy insurance, built around you
The details you will need:
- The car's registration number.
- The value of the vehicle.
- Your details (name, address, date of birth, etc.).
- Your licence type and how long you've held it.
- When you'd like the policy to start and end.
- Your email and phone number, so we can send you your policy documents.
Temporary car insurance calculator
It couldn't be simpler get a short term insurance policy. You can buy a policy online anytime you need it, and with our straightforward quote process, you can get a price in under 2 minutes!
Get your price estimate
It couldn't be simpler to get a short term insurance policy.
You can buy a policy online anytime you need it, and with our straightforward quote process, you can get a price in under 2 minutes!
The price for your selected duration is from:
just £26.31
Prices based on the average price 19,765 policies for the displayed durations (January 2023)
Get your quoteWe work directly with insurers to provide you with short-term insurance to suit your needs
You can pay for your short term insurance policy in several ways. Using our secure payment system, you can use the following payment methods:
After you’ve bought your policy, your documents will be emailed to you instantly so there’s no waiting around.
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Weekend car insurance FAQs
You can get car insurance in just a couple of minutes. With Tempcover, you simply need to enter a few important details about yourself and the car you want to drive. You’ll then receive a tailored weekend insurance quote from our panel of insurers. Once you pay, your cover can begin in minutes. We’ll email all the necessary documents to you right away so that everything’s good to go.
Unfortunately, the weekends don’t last longer, but you can get cover that does. Our temporary car insurance policies last however long you need them to.
If you only need to pop from A to B and back, we can provide temporary 1 day car insurance or even just 1 hour car insurance.
If you need longer, you can get car insurance for a week, though the longest our panel of insurers can offer in a single temporary agreement is a 1-month car insurance policy. To get longer, you’d simply need to take out two or more policies to run one after the other.
Not having insurance, even if you’re just borrowing a friend’s car for the weekend, is illegal and you could face an unlimited fine.
Rather than take risks, insure the car with a cheap weekend car insurance policy. Getting a free quote is quick and easy and you can be covered in minutes.
If you’re looking for complete peace of mind while driving another car, without having to alter your existing policy, then weekend car insurance cover is the answer.
Yes, you can get car insurance that only lasts for one day over the weekend. You can take advantage of our short-term insurance options to give you peace of mind when driving a different car on your weekend journeys. Receive a personalised car insurance quote for the weekend in under 2 minutes from a panel of insurers with Tempcover.
Yes, you can. Tempcover short-term insurance policies mean that you can insure a car for a weekend for as little as 1 hour at a time. With hourly car insurance, you’ll benefit from the same flexible and comprehensive cover at the weekend that other policies offer.
The process of getting a quote is quick and easy and your insurance can begin instantly if you need it to. If you need more time, you can always adjust your policy or take out a new one.
Yes, you can easily get van insurance for the weekend. Whether you need it for two days or less, our weekend insurance is ideal for vans and offers the same comprehensive cover you would expect from other policies. However, it will not cover you if you’re hiring a van.
If you looking to insure a van over the weekend as part of your business, you can also find short-term insurance to cover employee use of your vehicle.
If you’re planning on taking a weekend trip abroad, our insurance provides cover for European travel. It provides the cover you’re looking for without the yearly price tag. This is ideal when your annual insurance policy doesn’t cover you for European road trips.
Whether you’re driving a borrowed car or sharing the driving with someone else, our two day policies cover you and other passengers at the lowest legal level available when you need to drive in Europe.
Our weekend insurance packages are designed to be comprehensive and affordable. However, the total price of your cover will depend on the specific details of your policy.
Just as with annual cover, your quote will differ based on factors such as your postcode, the car’s make and model, and your driving history.
Call your insurer as soon as you can to start your claim. You can find the number of their dedicated claims-handling team on your Certificate of Motor Insurance or policy wording.
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