Should you plan your own funeral?
Funeral plans.
We’re not great fans of the one person who definitely won’t be there organising an event for others to participate in…
We believe funerals are for the living.
We understand why so many people feel they should get their funeral organised and paid for, we really do.
Advertising is extremely powerful, and the subliminal pressure to do ‘the right thing’ and sort out your funeral in advance has almost become part of our accepted culture. But who does this actually benefit?
Obviously, for some people, in some circumstances, pre-arranging their own funeral, deciding in advance what will happen after they die might be the right thing to do, but mostly we think funerals would be vastly improved if they were the creations and expressions of the love and loss of the living, not a result of a choice of a carefully curated package of pre-paid plan options decided by the person in the coffin.
Of course there is the costs to consider, funerals typically increase in costs each year to to third parties increasing their costs and inflation etc, but take into account administration fees, cancellation fees etc should you change your mind, these are some of the things you need to consider.
Marketing is a very strong influencer , millions of £s are spent every year trying you influence you to buy a particular product, its not about you the consumer, its all about those companies trying to secure their business and market share in the future.
