My mother shocked me. “I suppose I should tell you what I did today,” she said casually preparing morning tea from her retirement home in, Mandurah, Western Australia. “Oh yeah,” I said, fully expecting to hear something mundane. “I just planned my own funeral today,” she said. I was caught by complete surprise as this […]

Well, we all know that Uber offers a range of peer-to-peer ridesharing, taxi cab hailing, food delivery, bicycle-sharing and other services. So why not funerals? So far, Uber has not hit the funeral industry. Not yet anyway. So if you really need to get to the funeral on time and on budget, your best option is […]

Most of us don’t like to talk about death, but it is only through these conversations that we can let our family and friends know about our wishes at end of life. Taking a few minutes to record things in writing can save your family time, money and unnecessary grief.   Questions to consider for […]

If you or a friend have used a funeral home in the past, don’t automatically assume it’s the best choice. Not all Funeral Directors in Australia are the same. So it pays to do your homework! eziFunerals has partnered with some of the best funeral directors in Australia. Independent funeral directors listed with eziFunerals are small […]

In our recent blog ‘Independent Funeral Homes Grow Market Share’ [28 December 2018], we discussed why a more informed consumer, an increase in funeral shopping and the rise of modern, creative funeral directors has resulted in a shift in funeral volumes to smaller independent funeral homes. In this blog, we learn more about independent funeral directors […]

 A more informed consumer, an increase in funeral shopping and the rise of modern, creative funeral directors has seen a shift in funeral volumes to smaller independent funeral homes, according to eziFunerals. In the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS, 2017), there were 160,909 deaths registered in Australia – an increase of around […]