Preparing for Funerals: The New Trend Among Today's Millennials

Jakarta, 25 June 2021 – For millennials, the basic necessities of life, such as clothing, food, and shelter, are essential. It is no surprise that millennials who already have an income are starting to be interested in saving and investing. Many millennials follow the lives of Instagram celebrities as a reference for their own future. This approach is not wrong, but if applied directly, the results will differ. Instead of making a financial plan like celebrity A, it turns out their income does not match their expenses. In the end, the savings plan made for business investment becomes a postponed dream.

Lifestyle is also a particular challenge for millennials. To keep up with trends and the aesthetics of Instagram Stories, it is not uncommon for millennials to forget to manage their finances for the future. Yet at a productive age, millennials can easily create new businesses or investments for themselves.

As a fast-moving and creative generation, it is time for millennials to wisely manage their time, energy, and finances to invest in themselves. There are many ways to manage personal finances. Rather than only saving in a bank or investing in stocks, one option is to prepare for funeral arrangements. This is something that will certainly happen, yet it is rarely considered carefully and planned in advance.

Preparing for a funeral can be a new way to invest in yourself. Just like the need for shelter, planning a funeral can also be treated as an investment for yourself and your family.

This investment may seem less appealing, because millennials usually want something easy and quick to profit from. However, investing in a burial plot can be more meaningful and valuable for yourself and your family.

Another benefit of investing in a burial plot is similar to investing in residential land, because burial land can also be an asset with a high value. A burial plot that you own and have not yet used can be sold to someone else, at the market price at the time of sale rather than the purchase price. It is estimated that the value of land increases by about 20-25% per year from the original purchase price. This can certainly become a future business opportunity.

In addition, another benefit of investing in a burial plot is the use of the land for personal purposes.

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According to Riman Budiman, Managing Director of Kamboja, finding burial land in big cities such as Jakarta and Bandung is very difficult, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic over the past year. According to WHO data from 2020, weekly deaths can reach 3.4 per 100,000 population. It is quite possible that burial land will become very limited and expensive, so burial land can be one option for future investment, so that families do not struggle to choose a burial location that fits their budget.

The scarcity of available land combined with the number of deaths is the main factor behind high land prices. This factor makes it difficult to find burial land in public cemeteries. This is the problem that Kamboja has taken on as a solution for the future.

Kamboja is a funeral protection service provider that handles everything in the funeral process, guarantees the necessary payments and administration, and provides benefit funds for the families left behind.

In this way, Kamboja can be a solution to the difficulty of finding burial land that is limited and expensive. The facilities offered by Kamboja are fairly complete, from funeral arrangement types and funeral needs such as headstones, coffins, transportation of the deceased, to refreshments. In addition, Kamboja also selects and partners with several dedicated burial sites, including Al Azhar Memorial Garden, San Diego Hills Memorial Park, and public cemeteries in Greater Jakarta (Jabodetabek), Bandung, and other areas.

Preparing a funeral as a future investment is certainly very beneficial for yourself and your family, because family members left behind will feel supported by this future savings. It is time to recognize that you should protect them from the financial burden they would otherwise have to bear. Register with Kamboja today.