How to Compare and Chose the Best Funeral Home?

Choosing a funeral home has to be a prudent choice. The best way to find out about a good funeral home is to ask friends and relatives for recommendations. Once you get the recommendation, you need to compare their services and choose the fits your need and budget. Making a choice in a time of distress and immense sadness can be very difficult. Avoid the temptation of emotional spending. Remember, the more you spend on the dead, the less amount of money shall be left for the living whose requirements might be more genuine and justified.

Below are certain criterions which you should keep in mind before finalizing your choice.

• Price: As per law, every funeral home is required to provide customers with a general price list. This price list consists of all the funeral services that the home has to offer. Some homes may offer a packaged deal, which might look lucrative for you. However never finalize your decision before comparing the price of some 4-6 funeral homes in the same locality.


• Services: While comparing rates, do not forget to check the size and facilities provided by the funeral home. If you are planning a funeral service in the chapel of the funeral home, make sure the chapel is big enough to accommodate all the people who wish to join the prayer service.  In case there is someone who is disabled or wheel chair dependent, understand what special provisions are available for them.


• Freedom to Choose Your Own Things: While making a choice, you should make sure that the funeral home allows you to choose your own materials like the casket or the cementation urns. You can buy a casket at Costco or even at Wal-Mart’s online outlet, instead of opting for some expensive alternative offered by the funeral home.


• Embalming: Remember that embalming is not a requirement by law. Only under certain conditions like death by certain communicable diseases or shipment of the body via common carrier across state lines requires the body to be embalmed. So unless you are subject to the above two situations mentioned, you can save around $ 500 of direct funeral services fees.


• Parking: This is something many people forget to consider, but it plays a big role, especially if you stay in a big city, where parking spaces are available at a premium rate.


• Religious Decision: While finalizing your funeral home, make sure the funeral home is aware of your religion and has conducted similar funerals before. In case you do not find them satisfactory during your discussions, you can stop and find more about them and have the option to opt for a different provider of funeral home services.

So, go ahead and make an informed choice.