What You Need To Know About International Funeral Shipping

By Anita Ortega


People relocate to other countries for a number of reasons including recreation, work and serving their countries. Many people who have their loved ones in other countries never think about what would happen if they die until this happens. Transporting a body from a foreign country to your own can be an added burden to your funeral plans. You can find it stressful to deal with the laws of another country.

It is not easy to hold a funeral because of the costs involved and the legislation that governs a number of aspects of holding such an event. Not everyone knows about the process of transporting a corpse and it is not advisable to rely on a local mortuary that does not know how to carry out mortuary shipping. To avoid additional costs and unnecessary delays, grieving family members can utilize the services of companies or funeral homes that offer international funeral shipping services.

Firms that help the bereaved to ship the remains of their loved ones are able to coordinate everything on your behalf. With their contacts, expertise and knowledge, they can guarantee you the dignified and safe transportation of the remains of your relative at a fair price. The fees they charge include the costs of collecting and removing the deceased, embalming his or her body, filing relevant documents, delivering it to the airport and departure from the same.

Companies that ship corpses make the necessary arrangements to collect the body or a person from the hospital or other place where he or she passed on and move it to a mortuary. They then gather the materials required to transport corpses like shipping containers and sealer caskets. These firms coordinate the state, local and consulate paperwork of the country where the body will be shipped and book international flights.

To ship the remains of your loved one, you also need to use the services of a funeral home at the destination airport. Such a mortuary should be able to handle the collection of human remains, the import protocol and manage ongoing arrangements for funerals. You should seek to work with a mortuary that is well established and is experienced in international mortuary shipping. Such a mortuary will already have strategic contacts in many countries.

The main factors that determine the cost of transporting human remains overseas are the destination and the type of transport you choose. Firms that provide mortuary transportation services offer both land and air transport. If you are transporting cremated remains, you will be charged less than a person who is transporting body.

The task of transporting a corpse can cost up to ten thousand dollars. Some mortuaries charge 3,800 to 5,500 dollars to transport human remains depending on the destination. This cost does not include the fees that an airline charges. Airline fees may range from 1,200 dollars to 4,500 dollars.

Many companies that transport human remains internationally can also assist you to make arrangements for a direct cremation after which they will ship the urn containing the ashes to your homeland. A basic cremation may cost you about one thousand dollars. You will be charged much less to ship the urn.




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