It’s a huge strain to organise a loved one’s funeral – not to mention the expenses involved. To help you ease this load, some add-on benefits to standard funeral insurance plans can help you manage these costs. One helpful benefit is the Vehicle Access Benefit, which gives you and your family access to a car around the time of a funeral.
Why is vehicle access important?
When coordinating a funeral, you’ll inevitably need to visit a number of venues, including the funeral home and service officiator’s office. By car, you can move quickly and efficiently through the sad but necessary tasks involved. In addition, you may have guests or family coming in from out of town to attend the funeral that needs to be transported to and from the funeral home.
If you or a family member passes away and you (or your family) have no access to a car, they’ll be forced either to take public transport while organising the funeral – or pay exorbitant car rental fees.
A vehicle access benefit added to your funeral insurance policy protects you and your family from incurring these extra costs. This is especially important at a time when the family is likely to feel emotionally and financially vulnerable and can use all the support they can get.
What should you look for in a vehicle access benefit?
It’s vital to ensure that your vehicle access benefit gives you easy and substantial access to a car before, during and after the funeral. Ideally, your vehicle access benefit as part of your funeral plan should include the following:
- The car should be available for a number of days, both before and after the funeral.
- Ideally, the plan should provide unlimited mileage to take care of everything.
- The plan should allow any family member with a valid license to be a designated driver.
By opting for a vehicle access benefit as part of your funeral insurance, you can make sure that you’re able to organise the logistics for a loved one’s funeral with the minimum of stress during what is an already painful and difficult time.
Interested in a funeral plan that offers a vehicle access benefit as well as standard cover? Hollard Funeral provides affordable funeral insurance with a wide range of optional add-ons.
