Title: Cheap Cremation…..How Cost and Convenience is Changing our Funeral Plans - US Funerals Online
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Cheap Cremation…..How Cost and Convenience is Changing our Funeral Plans
What can you expect to pay for a funeral or cremation?
Cremation rate on the Increase
The era of price comparison: searching for funeral and cremation prices online
The Death of the Traditional Funeral
Direct cremation offers a new alternative for budget family farewells
Written by Sara Marsden-Ille

Content: The ruling by the Vatican in 1963 to allow cremation for catholic funerals marked a shift-change in traditional burials and funerals. In 1980 about one in ten people who died in the U.S. were cremated, by 2018 this has reached 54.8% and by 2035 it is expected that at least 70% of all deaths will be followed by a cremation. This is reflected by a decline in the casket industry and casket wholesalers report a slight decrease in their casket sales year-on-year. Mark Allen, of the Casket and Funeral Supply Association of America, claims that they “ theorize that more families chose cremation due to the economic conditions .” The era of price comparison: searching for funeral and cremation prices online
Certainly here at US Funerals Online we continue to see an increase in our visitors searching with cost in mind. The volume of visitors searching with the terms “cost” and “affordable” has increased by 33%, and we find an increase in visitors to the web site who are seeking to compare costs online. We average about 100 searches a day for people who want to compare the costs between a burial and a cremation. We can only come to the conclusion that cost is now an important concern to many American families as they feel the pinch of the recession. The convenience of cremation has for some time contributed to its increase in popularity.