why cremation

More and more people are shopping for cremation urns today, and the reason for that is,
a traditional burial funeral costs from $7,000 to $10,000 that covers the service, casket, burial and a headstone, prices may very in different areas.
Based on study's by the Cremation Association, the average cost of cremation service is about $1,600, ranging from less than $1,000 to $5,000 with additional services and extras that might include a coffin if one wants the ash's buried, custom cremation urns and a burial plot.

But people should be aware that options and extras can bring costs up as much as a traditional funeral. The key is knowing the cost of  the memorial and burial of ashes will be.
The most common of cremation services is referred to as a direct cremation. Transportation of the body from the place of death to the funeral home, refrigeration, and transportation to and from the crematorium, and  the cremation and the return of the ashes in a cremation urns are all included.

You will have to decide where to store the ash's, which can be costly in its self if you choose not to scatter the ash's your self or keep them at home. Cemeteries offer a variety of places to store your ashes, from graves to niches in memorial walls to mixing ashes in an underground vault .
Some glass niches in the mausoleum chapels begin at $8,000, which includes an urn.

And today one of the many options is to scatter the remains in the air while flying in a small plane, and some want the ashes to be scattered at sea so if you choose any of these two options you will have to consider the cost of chartering a boat or plane. Most people though just purchase a
cremation urn and choose to store the ash's at home.