When families are searching for ways to spend less on the services for a deceased loved one, many times the cremation cost is much less than the expense of a traditional funeral and burial. There are numerous times when someone you care about passes on without abandoning the financial resources to cover what today has become the exorbitant expense of funeral and burial services.

The added financial burden to the families can often be too much, let alone trying to think of ways to pay for everything while going right through their grieving. With Cremation Services skyrocketing often to $10,000 at a minimum, a cremation is often seen as the only way to ease the financial pressure on the family to deal with the loved one's final affairs.

The price of a cremation is far less than traditional funeral expenses for a few reasons. First, unless the household is planning to have a viewing and funeral service prior to the cremation, there is less cost as the body doesn't need to be embalmed and prepared.

Most often those who choose cremation over a traditional funeral service will opt for a direct cremation and have a memorial service following the cremation process. This is actually the least expensive option to a normal viewing and funeral.

Just about the most expensive purchases for a normal funeral and burial may be the casket. Since the body will undoubtedly be transported to the crematory in a box that is designed to be put into the cremation oven, there is absolutely no expense of a high-priced cremation casket because nobody will be viewing the body.

Another obvious savings may be the purchase of a grave plot, that may cost around $15,000 or more based on where you are and/or the cemetery you choose to have your loved on placed in. Those expenses also include the maintenance of the grave following a burial.

Traditional funerals also include expenses such as transporting your body from the funeral home to the area of the funeral service, say for example a church, and transportation to the grave site for interment. These expenses are eliminated since there will be no body to transport, thereby lowering the cremation cost to something a lot more affordable for the family.

Direct cremation costs can range from $695-$1395 based on your geographical location in comparison with the many thousands needed to pay for a traditional funeral and burial service.

Due to savings of choosing cremation over a traditional funeral, many families have the ability to create a living memorial in honor of their loved ones, which do much to assist in the grieving and healing following the loved one has been finally laid to rest.