Increasingly our Funeral Planners are being asked to preplan funerals for people who have been in the situation of arranging a funeral for someone else. There are many reasons you might want to consider this service. Primarily because it enables you to ensure your service is conducted according to your own wishes and it saves someone else the responsibility of arranging it for you, but there is far more to it than that.
We have found that while most people expect the act of pre-planning their own funeral might make them feel morbid, they have discovered it is actually quite a liberating and fulfilling experience. By going back over their life some people have been able to re-establish relationships that they thought were lost to them and in many instances clients have said that a weight has somehow been lifted from their shoulders.
The preparation that goes into a pre-planned funeral obviously makes it easier to arrange things in advance and consequently they have resulted in some of the most memorable events we have ever held. Some people have arranged to be video recorded and speak at their own funeral and others have asked us to deliberately ensure that the hearse does not arrive on time because they literally wanted to be late for their own funeral.
The choices you make are entirely up to you and our Funeral Planners can give you the insights you may need to help you arrange everything. It is worth noting that Seasons offers to pre-plan funerals for free and it is also up to you whether or not you choose to pre-pay for this service. If you decide to pay in advance your funds are held in trust and the price is fixed in advance at the time you sign the contract.
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