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Facts About Using International Funeral Shipping Services

By Anita Ortega


In these modern times, many people immigrate to other countries in search of work, to serve their countries and to enjoy pleasant attractions. Many people do not think much about what would happen if their loved one dies in a foreign country and what they need to do to bring him or her back home. People who have to transport human remains internationally find it more difficult to plan a funeral. Dealing with the unfamiliar laws of a foreign nation can also be distressing.

Funerals are not a simple affair especially when you consider that legislation governs several aspects of the process. You may not know how to transport human remains and it is not wise to rely on a local mortuary that is not experienced in mortuary shipping. This can result in unnecessary delays and additional costs. Fortunately, you can use the services of funeral homes and firms that specialize in international funeral shipping.

With the services of such a firm, you will be relieved of the burden that is involved in transporting caskets and urns internationally. Their connections and expertise enables them to offer safe and dignified transportation at reasonable prices. Mortuary shipping service providers collect the body, embalm it, fill relevant documents and deliver the body or ashes to the airport.

After contacting a company that ships human remains, it will collect the body of your relative from where he or she passed on and take it to a mortuary. Afterwards the company will collect the items needed to ship a body like shipping containers and sealer caskets. It then coordinates all the state, local and documents required by the country that is receiving the remains of the deceased. It also books flights.

People who want to ship the remains of their relative also need to work with a local funeral home. This mortuary will help them collect caskets, handle import procedures and manage ongoing funeral arrangements. It is wise to work with a well established mortuary that has adequate experience in shipping bodies internationally. Such mortuaries usually have important contacts in many nations.

The costs of transporting human remains vary considerably depending on the choice of transport and the destination. Companies that offer mortuary shipping services offer air and land transport. The costs of transporting cremated human remains are cheaper than those of transporting bodies.

It can cost you up to 10,000 dollars to ship a corpse. Some funeral homes that specialize in transporting corpses may charge about 3,800 to 5,500 dollars depending on the country the remains are being shipped to. This does not include the fees charged by an airline, which may range from 1,200 to 4,500 dollars.

Most enterprises that ship human remains also assist their clients to arrange a basic cremation. They make arrangements for the body to be cremated in the country where a person died and ship the ashes to his or her country. The average cost of cremating a body is one thousand dollars. Shipping cremated human remains usually costs less than 1000 dollars.




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