Help! What the he'll as the funeral rules???

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I am hoping mumsnetters can help.

We are in London tier 4 and are due to go to a tier 3 area on Monday for a funeral (we will need to take one train but due to timings and distance will need to stay overnight with family (all healthy) )

What are the rules? Reading the useless gov website I think we can go and stand outside and stay in a hotel?

Extra info
It's a very close family member (think godmother/aunt) who was terminally ill so if we can go at all, we need to go.

Bloody autocorrect 🤦‍♀️

I think funerals for close family are exempt from travel and accommodation rules. It's one of the few reasons you could stay in a hotel during the November lockdown (I know this because I had to organise my dads funeral but it ended up being after the end of lockdown). Some hotels are open for essential workers etc.

I'm not sure whether you'd be allowed to stay with family though. They'd probably expect you to socially distance and use a hotel.

Thanks so much

I suspected it would be a hotel.
@HarrietteNightingale do you know if we Will we have to stay outside for the funeral.

You won't have to stay outside if you fall within the allowed numbers (up to 30 depending on venue), you will just have to wear masks.

Thank you - this is really helpful
we are calling the relatives shortly.

If we had held my dads funeral during lockdown in November we would have had the same amount of family and close friends in attendance at the crematorium chapel, just no wake. Several of them had to travel from a distance away, some to stay overnight. Try a Premier Inn or other large hotel chain for accommodation.