As my van turned 16 this summer, Dynamo won't cover it anymore. I can get reasonable UK quotes from Green Flag etc. However, I really want to be able to make a trip to France/Spain and another to Ireland. I did a one-off trip quote and it's coming back around £230 for a few weeks which is madness and nobody will give me European or personal cover for a 16+ van.
For those with older vans and campers that take them abroad - are there are tricks or places to go for reasonable cover or am I better off spending £200 on a tow rope and French lessons? If I can't find something closer to £100-150 I'll go without cover. By next summer a load more preventative maintenance will have been done (and the van will be much more reliable than when it was 15 years old) and I'll take a tool kit. But if the fuel pump electrics go or more than one tyre gets shredded I might be stuffed.
Does it make any difference getting it registered as a motor caravan with the DVLA? I know this is going to be tricky with a low-top with how they are right now but I won't be far off the requirements by next summer.