Funeral Home Question Generator
Funeral homes are not required to volunteer the cheaper option, and most families only do this once. Build a question set around what you are actually planning, then print it and take it with you.
What are you leaning toward?
What kind of service, if any?
Anything you are worried about?
Choose as many as apply.
Your question set
- May I have your general price list to keep, before we discuss any package?
- What is your basic services fee, and what does it cover?
- Which charges are yours, and which are cash advances you pay to someone else?
- What is the total, in writing, for exactly what we have described?
- What would you remove first if we needed this to cost less?
- What is the price difference between your simplest cremation and your simplest burial?
- What decisions do we have to make today, and which can wait a few days?
- If we choose cremation now, what options does that close off later?
- If we hold a gathering ourselves later, what do you still charge for?
Federal rules give you the right to an itemized price list and to decline items you do not want.
State rules add to that in places. This is general consumer guidance, not legal advice.