Yes, you can get car insurance that only lasts over the weekend. By taking advantage of insurers’ short-term insurance options, you’ll find cheap and comprehensive cover that will give you peace of mind and let you drive a different car on Saturday and Sunday.
To ensure you qualify for weekend car insurance, check out our simple guide to eligibility.
To get car insurance for a weekend, you must |
To get car insurance for a weekend, your car must |
| Be aged 17-78 years old | Be valued between £1,500 and £65,000 |
| Hold a UK or EU driving licence | Be roadworthy with a current and valid MOT (unless you are using our policy to take the vehicle to a pre-booked MOT) |
| Have been a permanent UK resident for the last 12 months or a British expatriate | The vehicle must be taxed (unless you are using our policy to get the vehicle taxed immediately after purchase) |
| Have no more than 7 licence points in the last 3 years | Not be modified in any way except for a car designed to aid disabled drivers |
| Have not been disqualified from driving for the last 2 years | Be a right-hand drive car |
| Have no more than 2 fault claims in the last 3 years | Have no more than 8 seats |
| Have no criminal convictions | Not be declared SORN |
| Not have had a previous policy of insurance declared void by an insurer |
Please be aware that each insurer on our panel has its own eligibility criteria, so you should pay close attention to its Proposer’s Declaration.
If you’re planning a weekend away or just need to borrow a vehicle at the end of the week, weekend insurance could be the best way to ensure you’re properly covered.
Only paying for the time you need means you’re not forking out for expensive and unnecessary long-term cover.
Weekends are a great opportunity to meet friends, go on trips, or spend time with the family. If you’re using a car you’re not already insured to drive, you’ll want cover that’s fast and flexible to suit whatever you’ve got planned.
As with all our temporary policies, our weekend car insurance means you get comprehensive cover as standard. This means you’re insured against any damage to the vehicle you’re using and any other third parties.
What’s covered with weekend insurance |
What’s not covered with weekend insurance |
| Fully comprehensive insurance | The excess you agreed to pay |
| Accidental and malicious damage to your car | Release from an impound (unless you buy a specific temporary impounded vehicle policy) |
| Legal liabilities for injury or damage to another person or their property | Additional drivers – we can only cover the driver named on the policy |
| Driving in the UK, and in some instances driving in the EU |
To find the cheapest weekend car insurance, we work with a panel of insurers. This means we’re able to provide a range of cover, find you the best possible prices, and cover as many drivers as possible. Because of this, full details of cover may differ depending on the insurer. Please double-check the policy wording before buying to confirm what your policy specifically covers.
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.
nfortunately, 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 any 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 you’re looking for.
Since its inception in 2006, Tempcover has been dedicated to providing the best temporary vehicle insurance possible to hundreds of thousands of drivers.
We're currently rated 'Excellent' with a TrustScore of 4.6/5 on the consumer review website TrustPilot, and here’s what just some of the drivers who’ve used Tempcover before thought of our service.
It couldn’t be simpler to get a weekend car insurance policy.
You can buy a policy online anytime you need it, and with our speedy quote process, you can get a price in just 90 seconds.
We all know that comparing prices is the best way to save money.
We compare prices and policies from a panel of leading weekend car insurance providers and show you the cheapest price possible.
After you’ve bought your policy, your documents will be emailed to you instantly so there’s no waiting around.
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