subject: Consider The Expense Of Corpse Repatriation. [print this page] When a relative or friend dies overseas it is an incredibly shocking event, and you'll never a lot of time and help to get over it. You will eventually have to consider what you'd like to do with the body, and what the wishes of the deceased were regarding pre-condition with a funeral home that explains what they want to happen when they die.
But when someone dies overseas it is very difficult to make the decision regarding exactly what you should do with the body of the deceased. There are a number of options, but one of them is a very expensive option so you must consider what the deceased would want you to do before diving in and making that decision for them. The most expensive option when someone has died overseas, let's say it's your grandfather, is to book flights from Chicago to Rome and arrange for his coffin to go from Illinois to Italy.
This however is a very expensive thing to do as sending a coffin, what is could repatriation of a body, is a very expensive thing. If the deceased has made a request to be cremated then you should consider that you should infa ct have the deceased cremated at a local crematorium in the country or state that they have died, rather than flying them home and paying the incredible cost.
With the money saved you'll be able to give the deceased a funeral that they deserve, and you will not be burdened with the cost of the returning the body home, just to send it to a crematorium at home instead. So have the ashes delivered to you in an urn, and then you could take flights from New York to Miami with just the urn instead of the body. Following flights from Portland to Bangkok you may wish to have the body returned, but you should call your airline to find the cost of this.
