Insure yourself on a car for seven days, or any length up to 30, without changing anyone’s policy.
Plenty of plans last about a week: a stay with family, a car off the road for repairs, a run of hospital visits. Covrly’s weekly car insurance covers you on a car for that whole stretch with one policy. It’s fully comprehensive and runs alongside the owner’s insurance, not instead of it.
Cover the full seven days in one go instead of buying day after day.
Need eight days, or ten? Pick any length from 1 hour to 30 days.
A claim goes on your standalone policy, so the owner’s No Claims Discount isn’t touched.
One week car insurance in the UK suits situations where you’ll be using a car regularly for a few days, but only for a limited time. It’s long enough to give you real freedom, and short enough that a 12-month policy would be overkill.
In each case, a week of cover lets you drive when you need to without watching the clock on every trip.
There’s no standard weekly price, because every quote is based on who’s driving and what they’re driving. An experienced driver with a clean licence insuring a small hatchback will usually see a very different figure from a newly qualified driver insuring a powerful car.
The main factors are:
Compared with buying single days, a week of cover can work out better value per day, because you’re buying one policy instead of several. The easiest way to check is to compare a few different lengths when you get your quote.
Being added as a named driver on the owner’s annual policy is the other common route. It can make sense if you drive the car often, but for a one-off week it has drawbacks. Some insurers charge to make mid-term changes, and any claim you make goes on the owner’s record, which could affect their No Claims Discount.
A weekly Covrly policy avoids both of those. It’s yours, it ends on its own, and the owner’s cover stays exactly as it was.
If you need a car for a week every now and then, temporary cover keeps things simple. If you need it most weeks, being added properly to the owner’s policy, or getting your own annual insurance, is likely to make more sense. Our guide to annual vs temporary car insurance explains the trade-offs.
Every policy is fully comprehensive and standalone. Your details are uploaded to the Motor Insurance Database and your documents are emailed straight away, so you have proof of cover from the start.
Cover is for social, domestic and pleasure use, such as visiting people, shopping and days out. It doesn’t include business use, delivery work or any form of hire and reward, and breakdown cover is separate. The full details are in your policy wording.
A week sounds like plenty of time, but the start and end points still matter:
If your week turns into two, buy a new policy before the first one ends. You can get another quote in about three minutes, subject to eligibility.
Yes. You can buy a Covrly policy lasting seven days, or any length from 1 hour to 30 days, on a UK-registered car you have permission to drive. Eligibility criteria apply.
It depends on your age, driving history, the car, where it’s kept and how long you need cover. There’s no fixed weekly price, so the best way to find out is to get a quote, which takes around three minutes.
It can be, because you’re buying one policy rather than seven. It’s also simpler, as you won’t need to remember to buy cover each morning. Compare both when you get a quote.
Yes. You can pick any length up to 30 days, so eight or ten days is no problem.
No. Breakdown cover is separate from car insurance. Check whether the car already has breakdown cover that applies to you, or arrange it separately.