Funeral Costs Keep Rising
If you are an older person and you have a keen eye for financial changes in the world, you are probably shocked at how the costs of funerals have rose. Especially here in South Africa, it has become extremely expensive to bury a loved one, with costs going as high as R30 000 for a funeral. The problem with us is that we have this notion that we have to go all out when it comes to funerals in order to pay respects to our loved one and that is why we pay so much for funerals, and the costs just keep going up and up, when we should be cutting back. In the US, for example, people are cutting back more and more since the costs are rising each year.
You should understand that it is a very normal feeling to have that you want to make the funeral as big as possible, since you feel that this person deserves all that you can give and you feel that it is the last thing that you can give to this person, but it really is unnecessary. What we should be doing is trying to keep the costs low, since when you are dead, I can assure you that you will really not care about what kind of funeral you have, since no matter what your religion, you will not be there to witness it and you will not feel more honored with a more expensive funeral - in fact, I am sure that you want your loved ones to spend as little as possible in order to not get into serious debt and encounter financial problems in the near future because of your funeral.
However, when you are part of the population that have minimal salaries, what can you do to ensure that you are able to even afford any kind of funeral for your loved one? Let's face it: No one wants one of their loved ones to be buried by the government, and you want to be able to choose between a burial and cremation, and above that even, you want to be able to get the family together so that you can have support and ensure that they have support. So what are you left with? Quite simply, your best option is to have funeral cover.
Funeral cover will cover your funeral, and thus the finances of your loved ones, in the case that you pass one. You can even arrange your own funeral to ensure that they are not stuck with the decisions and the worries of not giving you what you want or not having enough money to give you what they feel you deserve. Do the responsible thing and get funeral cover.
You should understand that it is a very normal feeling to have that you want to make the funeral as big as possible, since you feel that this person deserves all that you can give and you feel that it is the last thing that you can give to this person, but it really is unnecessary. What we should be doing is trying to keep the costs low, since when you are dead, I can assure you that you will really not care about what kind of funeral you have, since no matter what your religion, you will not be there to witness it and you will not feel more honored with a more expensive funeral - in fact, I am sure that you want your loved ones to spend as little as possible in order to not get into serious debt and encounter financial problems in the near future because of your funeral.
However, when you are part of the population that have minimal salaries, what can you do to ensure that you are able to even afford any kind of funeral for your loved one? Let's face it: No one wants one of their loved ones to be buried by the government, and you want to be able to choose between a burial and cremation, and above that even, you want to be able to get the family together so that you can have support and ensure that they have support. So what are you left with? Quite simply, your best option is to have funeral cover.
Funeral cover will cover your funeral, and thus the finances of your loved ones, in the case that you pass one. You can even arrange your own funeral to ensure that they are not stuck with the decisions and the worries of not giving you what you want or not having enough money to give you what they feel you deserve. Do the responsible thing and get funeral cover.
