Funeral Wish List

In life, the only certainty we have is that one day we shall all pass away. For nearly all of us, we have little to no idea of when this shall happen. Those who have experienced the passing of a loved one & been involved in the preparation of organising their funeral, will acknowledge that it was one of the most traumatic experiences they have encountered.

Funerals are typically planned within 5-7 days of the passing of a loved one, where emotions are extremely high, with 'shock' barely having time to have sunk in. Typically, families are left to discuss the details of how they wish to farewell their loved one with a complete stranger (namely, the funeral director) who chances are, did not even know the deceased personally. As we get older (i.e. married and start families), most of us will look at having wills prepared and taking out life insurance policies. What is nearly always overlooked, is that perhaps the most traumatic experience your partner/parents/children will experience, will be being left to organise your funeral. Prepaid funerals are geared to eliminate the financial burden from families, however most of the grieving process actually stems from the organising of a loved ones funeral - which Prepaid funerals therefore removes.

www.funeralwishlist.com is a "planning website" - used for members to plan how they wish to be remembered. Members complete an online 'funeral questionnaire' for themselves, and use social networking to invite friends-family to have access to this information. In the event of their passing, their nominated friends and family can simply log onto www.funeralwishlist.com and print up their questionnaire, using this information as a "template" of sorts of how to organise their funeral. As accidents happen every day, nobody knows when their time is up, the site is not specifically aimed at any specific demographic - we have members of all ages across 7 different countries already.

The site reduces alot of the emotional burden left to the family (i.e. personal decisions such as what songs to play, what clothes to dress in, what pictures to display, whether to cremate or bury) are all recorded by the member. Most people still believe that the topic of death is too morbid or taboo to discuss ... until it affects somebody close to them. For the price of 2 cups of coffee per year, www.funeralwishlist.com enables everybody the opportunity to have peace of mind (knowing they have recorded how they wish to be remembered) and ensuring that the huge emotional burden that inevitably will fall upon their family and friends is minimised, via having such information accessible.

We are currently running a special promotion this week only - any new standard member that uses the promotional code DS2115 when joining, will receive a FREE 2 year Premium subscription to the site (worth $33). Standard Memberships will be upgraded to a Premium Account the next working day. Please feel free to share this offer with your friends, family and collegues. It only takes only 30seconds to set an account up, after which you can answer the questionnaire at your own pace.