Do cremation families really want cremation or are they just people who do not want traditional burial?

Cremation gives options impossible by burial - namely you can take your departed with you and decide at a later time what you wish to do with the cremains. Something that many funeral providers fail to mention to families who may end up with their departed loved-ones scattered on a a garden of remembrance without realising they have other options (this is true in the UK at least).