Van cover for a week or more
Weekly Van Insurance
A comprehensive policy for the week a van job, a fit-out or a loan van needs, seven days at a time, with business class 1 use included and the owner’s no claims discount left alone.
- Seven days at a time
- Vans up to 3.5 tonnes
- Comprehensive as standard
- Owner’s no claims untouched
In partnership with GoShorty
What being in partnership with GoShorty means GoShorty is a trading style of Complex to Clear Group Limited (company 05044963), a UK insurance broker authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under reference 751221.We may be paid a fee if you take out a policy after being introduced by this website. We do not provide advice or make recommendations, and we are not an insurer or a broker.
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FCA-regulated cover
Every policy is arranged by an authorised UK insurance broker
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1 to 3 weeks
Seven days at a time, up to the 28 day limit of one policy
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Certificate emailed to you
Your policy number and documents, minutes after paying
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MID updated four times a day
So a roadside check shows the vehicle as insured
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What Is Weekly Van Insurance?
Weekly van insurance is a comprehensive temporary policy for a van up to 3.5 tonnes that runs for seven days from the start time you choose, on its own certificate and policy number.
It is the one-week length of temporary van insurance, and it follows the same rules as the rest of the range: comprehensive as standard, business class 1 use included, and carriage of your own goods available as an option. It is a standalone policy of the kind described on the temporary car insurance homepage, bought for a stretch of work rather than a year.
A week sits between a single day and the 28 day limit of one policy. Cover for a van can be bought by the hour, the day or the week, and the week sits between the two. A policy can also be bought for two weeks, and the published starting price for that length is below.
Because the policy is separate from the owner’s annual insurance, a claim on it does not touch their no claims discount. That is the reason owners are comfortable lending a van for a week, and borrowers are comfortable asking.
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How Do You Get Weekly Van Insurance?
Enter the registration, say who is driving and when the week starts, choose the use, then check the end date and the policy wording before you pay.
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Enter the registration
The number plate pulls up the make, model, weight and value of the van, which is most of what the quote is priced on. The van must have a valid MOT, and it must not be SORN, seized by the police, a hire or rental van, or a converted campervan.
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Say who is driving and when the week starts
Your licence details, your address and the start date and time. The week runs for seven days from that time, so set it for the hour you collect the van rather than the hour you pay. Cover can start within minutes of paying, but there is no reason to start the clock early.
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Choose the use
Business class 1, which covers driving to sites, meetings and suppliers, is included. Add carriage of your own goods if you will be moving your own tools, materials or belongings. Carrying someone else’s goods for payment is hire and reward, a separate product set out on the temporary courier insurance page.
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Check it, then buy
Read the end date, what is covered, what is excluded and what the optional extras add. The certificate lands in your inbox the moment you pay, and that certificate, not the quote, is the proof of cover. Cover exists only once the policy is issued and the certificate is in hand.
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One Week, Two Weeks or Three?
A policy can be bought for one or two weeks on the published prices, and 28 days is the longest one policy runs.
From £51.82 for one week and £62.64 for two weeks. A single day was published at £15.36, and no price is published for three weeks.
A second policy bought after the first ends is a new quote, with the same criteria and no guarantee of the same price, and a policy cannot be extended, only bought again.
| The job | Length |
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| Three days or fewer, with a firm end | A day, see one day van insurance |
| Four to seven days, with a firm end | One week |
| Five to ten days, or a job that depends on others finishing | Two weeks |
| A contract that could run past two weeks | The longest policy, see monthly van insurance |
Ready when you are
See what a week in the van would cost.
Just the registration to begin. Fully comprehensive, 1 to 3 weeks.
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When Is Weekly Van Cover the Right Choice?
It suits any job where you need a van you do not insure all year for a few days at a time: a fit-out, a loan van, a house move with days either side, or the gap between vans.
A job or a fit-out
A kitchen fit-out, a roofing job, a week of clearing a property or a run of site visits all want the same van every day for the same few days. Buying a day at a time is more work and costs more once the job passes four days. A weekly policy is bought once, has one certificate and one end date, and covers every journey in between.
A van on loan while yours is repaired
If your own van is in the garage after an accident or a breakdown, a van lent by a friend, a relative or a garage may not be covered for you as a driver. Being added to the owner’s annual policy is slow and puts their no claims discount at risk. A weekly policy is its own policy, so the claim, if there is one, never reaches the owner’s record.
A house move, or a trip in a borrowed van
A house move is rarely one day. There is the clearing, the decorating, the trips to the tip and the second load either side of the main day, and a week covers all of it. The same goes for a festival or camping trip in a borrowed van, where the van sits on a field for most of the week but must be insured for the drive there and the drive back.
A trial week or the gap between vans
Someone testing a week of self-employed work with a van and their own tools does not want to commit to an annual policy before knowing whether the work will last. Someone who has sold one van and is waiting for the next, or whose annual policy has lapsed or not yet started, needs a short bridge. A week does both, and a fortnight is available if the gap turns out longer.
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What Does Weekly Van Insurance Cover?
It covers the van and your liability to other people, comprehensively, but it does not cover tools, cargo or goods in transit, and it does not cover wear and tear or breakdown.
What is covered
Third party liability for injury and damage to other people and their property, which every UK motor policy must carry. Accidental and malicious damage to the van itself, fire and theft, subject to the excess shown on the schedule. Business class 1 use is included as standard, and carriage of your own goods can be added as an option.
What is not covered
Tools, cargo and goods in transit are outside the policy. If a thief takes the toolkit from the back of the van, or a customer’s furniture is damaged on a journey, the van policy pays for the van, not the contents. Wear and tear and mechanical breakdown are outside it too. A separate tools policy or goods in transit policy does the contents job, and it is worth arranging before the week starts rather than after something goes missing.
Optional extras
Excess protection and legal cover can be added, and the price of each is shown in the quote. The detail is set by the broker and the insurer that takes the risk, and it is in the policy wording and the insurance product information document rather than here. Read both before you pay.
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How Much Does Weekly Van Insurance Cost?
From £51.82 for one week and £62.64 for two weeks. Your own quote depends on the van, the driver and the use.
No price is published for 28 days, and what moves the price is the same as on any motor policy.
What sets your price
- 1 The van Value, weight and the type of body.
- 2 The driver Age, how long the licence has been held, claims and convictions.
- 3 The use Carriage of your own goods adds to the price; hire and reward is a separate product.
- 4 The length The number of days sets the price.
Starting prices on this page are GoShorty’s published from-prices, based on quotes from December 2025 to May 2026. A starting price is the lowest sold to anyone, not a typical price, and every quote is individual. Source: GoShorty’s published prices.
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Who Can Get Weekly Van Insurance?
Drivers aged 19 to 74 with a full UK licence, driving a van up to 3.5 tonnes with a valid MOT. Age limits, the licence types accepted and the value band vary by insurer.
The driver
Aged 19 to 74, with the limits varying by insurer, a full licence rather than a provisional one, and a permanent UK address. Points and motoring convictions are declared on the form within each insurer’s limits. The standard criteria for temporary van cover also ask that you have never had insurance refused, cancelled or voided, and that you have no unspent criminal conviction or prosecution pending. Only one driver can be named on a policy.
The van
Up to 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight, which a category B car licence covers; GOV.UK sets out the licence categories, and anything heavier needs a different licence and falls outside this product. The van must be worth between £500 and £65,000, with each insurer setting its own band, have a valid MOT, and must not be SORN, seized by the police, a hire or rental van, or a converted campervan. A converted campervan needs temporary motorhome insurance.
Who cannot
Drivers under 19 cannot get van cover on the panel. Provisional licence holders need temporary learner driver insurance, which is for a car and not a van. Anyone driving a hired or rented van is outside it, and anyone carrying goods or food for payment needs temporary courier insurance, which is a separate hire and reward product.
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A Week Compared With a Day and 28 Days
One-day, weekly and monthly cover are the same policy at different lengths. The table sets the three side by side.
The day and week prices are the lowest sold between December 2025 and May 2026. The cover is the same policy at different lengths, so the difference is the clock and the price, not what is covered. One day van insurance and monthly van insurance explain the other two lengths.
| One day | One week | 28 days | |
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| Runs for | 24 hours from the start time | Seven days from the start time | Up to 28 days on one policy |
| Published starting price | £15.36 | £51.82 | No price published |
| Typical use | A house move, a day’s work, a collection | A job, a fit-out, a van on loan, a trial week | A contract, a season, a long gap |
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What Happens If You Drive the Van Without the Right Cover?
Driving without insurance is a fixed penalty of £300 and 6 points, or an unlimited fine and disqualification at court, and the van can be seized.
GOV.UK sets out the penalties: a fixed penalty of £300 and 6 penalty points, or at court an unlimited fine and possible disqualification, and the police can seize, and in some cases destroy, the vehicle. A week is easy to overrun, so note the end time on the certificate and set a reminder two days before it. Driving on the wrong use is the same problem by a slower route: a claim on a use the policy did not include may go unpaid.
The police and insurers check the Motor Insurance Database, which is updated four times a day, so a new policy can take a few hours to appear. Keep the emailed certificate on your phone in case the database has not caught up when you are stopped.
Questions
Weekly Van Insurance: FAQs
How much does it cost to insure a van for a week?
From £51.82 for one week, on the broker’s published prices. That is a floor, not a typical price, and your own quote depends on the driver, the van and the use you choose.
Can you buy van insurance for 1 week?
Yes. A week is one of the standard lengths: cover runs for seven days from the start time you choose and ends by itself. You pick the start, enter the registration, and the certificate is emailed the moment you pay.
Can I get temporary insurance for my own van for a week?
Yes, if the van meets the standard criteria for temporary van cover: up to 3.5 tonnes, worth between £500 and £65,000 with each insurer setting its own band, with a valid MOT and not SORN. It is a standalone policy with its own certificate and policy number, so it suits a gap between annual policies or a week while a renewal is sorted out.
What is the lowest-cost way to insure a van for a week?
Buy the length the job really takes and choose the use honestly. A week at £51.82 was published below four single days bought one at a time, and a fortnight at £62.64 was published barely above a week, so a job of four days or more belongs on a weekly policy and a job that might spill over belongs on a fortnight. The published figures are starting prices, so the quote for your van and driver is the only price that counts.
Can I get van insurance for 2 weeks?
Yes. Two weeks is bought as one policy, and the price was from £62.64, on the broker’s published prices.
Can I insure a van for a week under 21?
With some insurers. The minimum age for van cover varies by insurer, and the lowest on the panel is 19, so a driver aged 19 or 20 may be quoted and a younger one will not.
What if the job runs over the week?
The policy ends on the date and time on the certificate, and it cannot be extended, only bought again. A second policy is a new quote with the same criteria and no guarantee of the same price, so buy it before the first one ends. Driving a day past the end date means driving without insurance.
Can I carry my tools in the van?
Yes, if you add carriage of your own goods, which covers moving your own tools, materials and belongings. The tools themselves are not insured: tools, cargo and goods in transit are outside the policy, so a thief who empties the back of the van is a loss for a separate tools policy. Carrying other people’s goods for payment is hire and reward, a different product.
Does a week start when I pay or when I collect the van?
It starts at the time you choose. Cover can start within minutes of paying, or you can set it for the hour you collect the van, and it then runs for seven days. Cover exists only once the policy has been issued and the certificate is in your inbox.
Does it cost anything to get a quote?
No. Getting a quote is free and you are under no obligation to buy. We may be paid a fee by the broker if someone takes out a policy after being introduced by us. It does not change the price you are quoted.
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A comprehensive policy for the week a van job, a fit-out or a loan van needs, seven days at a time, with business class 1 use included and the owner’s no claims discount left alone.
In partnership with GoShorty
What being in partnership with GoShorty means GoShorty is a trading style of Complex to Clear Group Limited (company 05044963), a UK insurance broker authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under reference 751221.We may be paid a fee if you take out a policy after being introduced by this website. We do not provide advice or make recommendations, and we are not an insurer or a broker.