Plan Ahead

Planning for your funeral 

Planning, and paying for, your own funeral removes a huge burden from your family at what will be a very difficult time for them. By pre-planning your funeral, you take away much of the decision making that surrounds funeral organisation and by paying for the funeral director services included in your plan, you help ease financial pressures that could be placed on your loved ones. 

Funerals can be expensive and another financial benefit of planning your funeral is that it gives you control over how much you spend. Faced with a recent bereavement, it is easy for family members to feel that they must ‘do right’ by you and spend more on your funeral than you may have wanted. 

Buying a funeral plan from a regulated provider means that your money is safe until it is needed. A Crystal funeral plan will also protect your family against any increases in the cost of funeral director services included in your plan.  

Crystal funeral plans offer customers the option to make a single payment or pay in monthly instalments, depending on customer age and plan value. 

Your funeral, your way 

By pre-planning your funeral, you can make sure that your wishes are carried out exactly as you want them to be. With more people opting for non-traditional funeral services, it is more important than ever to state clearly what you want. Leaving behind a clear plan for your funeral not only takes the stress off your family at a difficult time but also makes it easy for loved ones to respect your wishes. 

Your funeral plan should include instructions on whether you want to be buried or cremated and can include details on additional elements of the service like what readings you want, what music you would like played and what flowers you would like. 

Taking care of arrangements for your funeral also means that you have the time to think about what you want and change your mind. With a Crystal funeral plan, you can update your instructions at any time, giving you full control of your final send-off. 

At Crystal, we offer a range of low-cost funeral plans that allow you to organise your funeral arrangements in advance and specify your wishes. Our funeral plans also include the funeral director’s services for conducting the funeral which is fixed at today’s prices and includes an allowance towards third-party costs at the time of the funeral.