Love the click and collect ! that is the plan I have too ...visited four different funeral parlours for a quote from each ....wrote to Laboratoire D'Analyses to donate body to medical research ....was told it would cost E 250 to collect, had to have no operations or (obviously) notifiable diseases, and that body would be returned to family who would then have to pay for funeral !....and the point is ?? Tried the woodland burial ....communicant has to travel from Paris (nearest one) 600k away ..transport has to be paid and accommodation .....no way ! Used to be acceptable to bury in ones garden but no longer allowed .....chose cardboard biodegradable coffin with daisies printed on it ....sorry, not allowed ...Why ???? it is only going up in flames ! So have instructed my funeral plan co to click and collect with NOTHING else ! After all I am not going to know about it and as I have no family or anyone who wishes to watch me depart, that suits me !! I pay for a basic plan each month so no one else will have to pay (they always trace distant relatives etc from here until they find someone to pay !) ......
My late dad bless him had a Co op Funeral plan, which took care of everything ...this was a blessing as back in the day I was a single parent with no money and could not have paid for anything without getting into debt, so I was able to give him a funeral he would have liked , flowers, catering and even the Rent a Vicar at the Crem )he was not a church goer)...unfortunately despite my giving the RaV copious notes on my dad, his likes, dislikes, hobbies, etc he got his NAME wrong ..called him Ted instead of Joe ...so I had to hiss loudly from the front row ....................my dad would have found that amusing !!
Sorry to all those who have recently lost loved ones......it gets easier as time goes by !