Picture the scene: It’s Valentine’s Day, you’ve finally got round to organising a genuinely romantic getaway and everything is in place for some serious brownie points and then it happens. The car breakdown en route to your hotel.

Checking your car before you set off for the weekend may well be the very last thing on your mind by Rescue My Car is urging all UK motorists to do just that this weekend to avoid a very embarrassing breakdown

Icy conditions and busy roads will further increase the chances of something going wrong, either mechanically or electronically and the advice is to ensure you are stocked up with food, water and a fully charged mobile to enable you to call your car breakdown cover insurer for help, should you need it.

And for those thinking there is little chance of having such a thing to happen to them, consider this statistic: there have been an unbelievable 544,000 breakdown incidents recorded in the UK since the bad weather really began in mid December!

Rescue My Car Breakdown spokesman Craig Astbury said: ‘We all know how much work can go into organising a nice Valentine’s Day break and yet we all leave the journey to chance, which, statistically, is the part of the trip where you are most likely to experience a problem.

‘The best option is to take out a simple breakdown cover policy so our rescue trucks can at least ensure that your entire trip is not ruined. For around £30 is it worth taking the chance?’

To ensure you are not caught cold this Valentine’s Day take out one of our cheap breakdown cover policies – it could earn you more Brownie Points than you think! Call the team now on 0800 0199519.