Benefits of pre-planning
• Knowing that your loved ones will be relieved of many burdensome decisions at one of the most difficult times of their lives.
• Husband and wife pre-planning together avoids the ‘at need’ confusion of well meaning relatives.
• Avoids the need to make many decisions in a very short time.
• Provides time for the family to think and reconsider, if necessary.
• Knowing that the funeral will reflect your expressed wishes.
• Arranging your own service ensures that it is conducted as you wish, not as others wish.
• Planning for the inevitable is logical and right; it just makes good sense.
• Assures an appropriate service, eliminating concern about the family getting ‘carried away’ because of grief, exhaustion, sorrow, confusion or guilt.
• Knowing that the funeral will not be a financial burden on your family.
• Protects against inflation by ‘freezing the price’.
• Protects your pension, as the amount paid is not considered part of your assets.
• Making an outlay for funeral expenses at a time when it’s more affordable.
• Life insurance can be used for family expenses, as it should be.
• Monies paid are no longer part of your estate and therefore not subject to administration expenses.