by Kyle Tevlin | Jul 6, 2019 | FTC Funeral Rule, funeral costs
Low sexiness factor, high practicality factor… Shopping for funeral services. As I’ve said in many posts, the prices of funeral services vary incredibly — by thousands of dollars for the same services. This is no joke or exaggeration. We need to shop around when...
by Kyle Tevlin | May 25, 2018 | funeral costs
I’ve long had a theory that the less $$ you spend on a goodbye, the better it might be. It’s so easy to just buy stuff as a way to either mollify your grief, assuage any guilt you might have, or just as a way to feel like you’re doing the right...
by Kyle Tevlin | Sep 1, 2017 | Caleb Wilde, funeral costs, Funeral Homes
For your reading pleasure… another post from one of the very best in the death care world, Caleb Wilde. He’s on a mission to make us all more comfortable with death and the funeral industry. He has a new book coming out, Confessions of a Funeral Director. I...
by Kyle Tevlin | Apr 28, 2017 | funeral costs, Life celebration
Returning to the confessional for True Confession #3. It can be darn hard putting forth my conviction that: Spending a lot of money on funeral merchandise (casket, urn, services, etc.) is not an indication of how much you loved someone. On a surface level,...
by Kyle Tevlin | Oct 14, 2016 | alternative containers, Caskets, funeral costs, Uncategorized
Reality Check: You may sincerely desire a funeral service that is not ostentatious or grand, yet it’s easy by default to end up with more than you desired. Few among us are completely immune to the vulnerability of appearances. We may say/think/believe that...
by Kyle Tevlin | Sep 29, 2016 | Acceptance of death, alternative containers, Caskets, funeral costs, Life celebration, New Zealand, Personalized caskets, Pre-planning funeral, Uncategorized
It’s that time again. Another vote for the power of making your own casket courtesy of The Guardian. “Scores of retirees across the country have formed clubs so they can get together and build their own coffins.” “I had a deep-seated feeling that people’s...
