Trying to find the right Christmas present for the person who has everything can be a nightmare at the best of times, but now during the financially hard hitting times, there are those who could do a few practical gifts this Christmas.
One solution could be to buy breakdown cover as a gift, either for someone who doesn’t think they need it, or maybe someone who may just not renew their current policy due to money problems. The breakdown cover organisations have never really been that good at marketing the fact that you can buy a breakdown cover policy for someone else and it is not until you visit their websites as an afterthought, which you can find out, that in most cases you can.
The AA, has just put a small banner on their homepage leading to the gift membership page, which pretty much explains it all. There is some considerations though, before you go to the AA Breakdown Cover site credit card in hand, thinking you have solved a gift problem. You will need to spend a bit of time establishing, if the policy you will buy for that person will suit their needs. No point in buying a breakdown cover policy, thinking it covers that car and only covers the driver, or maybe buying a roadside assistance option, when they do a lot of mileage away for home and really need a policy that will get their car and themselves home, should they breakdown.
At the time of writing the gift breakdown cover options start from ?39, which is a bit more that if you were to buy the cheap breakdown cover option yourself, so we must assume, there is some sort of gift package, card that comes with it. I suppose it could be an administration charge also.