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Cremated. However, in the case where the body is cremated after a formal funeral service, it can be as much or more than burial. It also depends on how the ashes are handled post-service. If the ashes are scattered or presented to family in an urn, it will be less expensive than burying the ashes in a proper burial plot (some religions require that ashes are buried). Maybe it's just me, but it seems like planning a funeral has gotten to be a lot like buying a car. You have a mind-boggling number of options that can be purchased individually or in "packages". It used to be that cremation was extremely econimical, but these days you can run the tab up quite a bit with all the available extras. Overall though and "on average" it is still less expensive to be cremated.
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It really is going to vary. By regulations, all funeral directors are required to provide you with a price list. Things like viewing, embalming, caskets, etc. are optional. With direct cremation, there is no need for a lot of it, therefore, can be less expensive.
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cremation costs less than the average cost of a casket. so, that being said, cremation is a fraction of the cost for a funeral that includes a burial. often times, the facility performing the cremation will often offer to have a "mini" service free of charge. cremation is always the least expensive way to go. also, in my experience, most morticians themselves, choose cremation. i have talked at length with many many many morticians at conventions for their business, and not one that i came across said that they would choose a traditional burial. that has been my experience.
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We charge $425 in Canadian dollars just to cremate the deceased. Extra charges such as an upgrade from the basic cremation container would of course cost extra as would an urn of some type.
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Cremation is the cheapest and cleanest way to dispose of the dead. As someone pointed out, morticians themselves would rather be cremated, not for the cost involved, but they know what happens to bodies after they are buried. To bury the dead, the body would require land that cannot be disturbed for many many years. Cremation takes about 4-5 hours and it's over, no land required after that, do whatever with the ashes. In some cases, you could spend more money on a cremation if you really want, buy the best coffin or casket, waste money on flowers that had to die, just to make a pleasant day for whomever. Spend a lot if you want the best coffin or casket, it is for the appearence of the living only, the deceased ain't going to know anything and it will burn just like the cheapest coffin or casket.
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This depends upon the location and also on what services are involved besides the disposition of the body. In the UK, direct cremation as practiced in the US is unknown. Funeral costs are the same for cremated bodies as for those buried. In the US, one can have a direct cremation with little or nothing in the way of ceremonies, etc. This is at a lower cost than most burials. However, many who choose cremation also have a more or less traditional funeral, with the embalmed body present in a rental or combustible casket. The cost of that sort of cremation is naturally more than the direct cremation, and it can be more than a funeral with burial. So, it depends.
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Here it costs close to $2000.00 to be cremated or close to the same for the some of the cheaper caskets. However, with the added expenses of handling the body, transportation etc., my mother's funeral cost $5000.00 (she did not choose to be cremated, but it was on the lists of services) and that is not counting her burial plot which she purchased in advance. So, I think that cremation is cheaper.
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