Some cremation and burial providers offer additional services, such as a published obituary page on a website and/or local newspaper. Creating and publishing the obituary might incur one cost, and if you want to keep the obituary perpetually published on the internet, you could be looking at an additional fee or a monthly or annual payment for this type of digital memorial.
Many people struggle with the high cost of funerals and can’t always afford what the funeral home will charge. A funeral home’s least expensive option is usually a direct burial. Having a direct burial means the body is not embalmed and there is no visitation. Another option is direct cremation, which is essentially the same as a direct burial, except the body is cremated not buried. Both options are more affordable for families looking for a low cost funeral and usually cost several thousand dollars less.
• We are one of few funeral homes in Orlando, FL with access to our own personal crematorium. This allows you and your loved ones the convenience of not only saved time and cost but also the reassurance of knowing first hand that the remains are well cared for. We use a Security Trust System to ensure accuracy throughout the entire process. As an added comfort, families may choose to witness the cremation process or hold a private family viewing beforehand.
Of course not. When we shop for cars, we talk to salespeople (and our friends and family), drive different vehicles, consult consumer magazines, and negotiate the price. If a specific make or model has a bad reputation or is priced too high, we walk away and look for a different car. We want a good car at the right price, and we’re willing to do some homework to get it.
Despite being an obvious source of carbon emissions, cremation also has environmental advantages over burial, depending on local practice. Studies by Elisabeth Keijzer for the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Research found that cremation has less of an environmental impact than a traditional burial (natural burial was not addressed), while the newer method of alkaline hydrolysis (sometimes called green cremation or resomation) had less impact than both. The study was based on Dutch practice; American crematoria are more likely to emit mercury, but are less likely to burn hardwood coffins.[73] Keijzer’s studies also found that a cremation or burial accounts for only about a quarter of a funeral’s environmental impact; the carbon emissions of people travelling to the funeral are far greater.[73]
Other people view cremation as a way of simplifying their funeral process. These people view a traditional ground burial as an unneeded complication of their funeral process, and thus choose cremation to make their services as simple as possible. Cremation is a more simple disposition method to plan than a burial funeral. This is because with a burial funeral one would have to plan for more transportation services for the body as well as embalming and other body preservation methods. With a burial funeral one will also have to purchase a casket, headstone, grave plot, opening and closing of the grave fee, and mortician fees. Cremation funerals only require planning the transportation of the body to a crematorium, cremation of the body, and a cremation urn.[71]