11-05-2025
My sister's shock death at 34 was devastating. So at 42 I'm already planning my budget funeral - including the trick to save my family £3,601 on my burial
The cost of a basic funeral has hit an all-time high of £4,285, and families end up paying more than twice that on average, once additional costs such as the wake and flowers are included. But not my family. I've planned my own send off – and it'll be cheap as chips.
I'm only 42 years old and in good health. But I have attended more than my fair share of funerals and planned a couple, too, which made me realise that I didn't want some extravagant funeral that comes just about as close as you can get to simply burning money.
