What are the costs associated with planning a funeral?
Planning a funeral or personalized farewell involves costs associated with three categories. The first category are funeral home costs which include the professional services of the funeral director and staff, temporary medical preservation of the body for viewing (embalming), the use of the funeral home facilities for visitation and ceremony, and transportation (Funeral Coach, Limousine and motor vehicle equipment costs). The second category are merchandise costs which can include the casket, the outer burial container (the receptacle which is placed into the cemetery grave and the casket is then placed inside of it), remembrance stationery and keepsakes, video tributes, miscellaneous gifts, etc… The third category are third party or non-funeral home costs which can include the purchase of a cemetery plot, the opening and closing of the grave, the associated religious or non-religious service costs, newspaper notifications, post funeral events such as a catered reception, etc… The
