4.9 out of 5from 65 reviews left on Trustpilot
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“We definitely chose the right company. From start to finish, Sebastian and his team took all the stress away.”
“Sebastian has been super helpful and always responsive. Thank you so much for all your help during this period.”
“A very reliable company. I am happy to have used their service. Sebastian provides efficient, high quality service.”
“Mr Sebastian Kirila was very kind, very helpful and did all the paperwork for repatriation. They really helped me in the most difficult time.”
Rated excellent, 4.9 out of 5
One of the highest-rated repatriation services in the UK, and the other name on your list beside it.
Albin International
4.2 out of 5from 7 reviews left on Trustpilot
Scores as shown on Trustpilot, on the 6th of October, 2026. These change as new reviews come in, so if a figure is out of place, tell us and we will correct it.
What families say in our Trustpilot reviews
- Quick replies and regular updates, by phone, email or WhatsApp, late at night and at weekends too.
- Calm, kind and respectful at the hardest time, from the first call to the last.
- The paperwork and every arrangement taken care of, step by step, so the family has less to carry.
What usually decides it
Some repatriation firms are known mainly inside the funeral trade; families reach them through a funeral director. Others are the firm the family rings directly. It is worth knowing which you are entering.
Firms the trade knows
Some repatriation firms work mostly for other funeral directors: a local funeral director takes on the family and passes the leg abroad to a specialist. That is a perfectly good way to arrange a repatriation. It also puts the family one step from the people doing the work, and a step is where a question waits overnight.
If a funeral director gave you the name
Ask two things: who is the client, and who do you ring with a question on a Sunday evening? When the funeral director is the client, the specialist reports to the funeral director, and the family hears second-hand. That suits some families very well. If you would rather speak to the people doing the work, say so at the start; most funeral directors will put you in touch.
If you are ringing directly
Expect a named person, a written figure and a plain account of what happens next. Ask where your loved one will be held before the coffin travels, and whether you can visit. Ask which documents you will be asked to sign, and which the firm obtains without you. Ask for the process to be explained from the beginning, whoever you are speaking to; you are entitled to that.
What a trade firm’s price looks like
Ask whether the figure is the one that applies to you or a trade figure that a funeral director would pass on, and ask for everything inside it to be listed. Ask whether the receiving funeral director abroad is included or separate, and when each part is paid.
Our answer
That is how we work, whether a family rings us or a funeral director does: one specialist from the first call, a written figure on that call, the same number throughout, and the chapels of rest in London and Nottinghamshire open to a visit.
Before you decide, read what to look for before you choose, the seven questions to put to any firm, and the two guides behind them: how to choose a repatriation company and how much does repatriation cost from the UK.
How body repatriation works, step by step
Call us at any hour. We tell you when each step is done, before you have to ask.
The first call
You tell us where your loved one is. We tell you what it will cost and what happens next. It usually takes about ten minutes.
The paperwork
The death certificate, the consular authorisation and the certificates the carrier needs. We obtain all of it, at both ends.
Care and transport
Hygienic treatment and a sealed coffin. Most cases travel by road, and by air only where the road is not possible.
Arrival
By road, we drive on to the funeral director you have chosen, or to you. By air, collection at the destination is an optional extra.
One price, agreed before anything moves
What it costs depends on the country your loved one is in. We give you your figure on the first call.
You are invoiced what we quote
The figure we give you on the first call is the figure on the invoice. Nothing is added while your loved one is in our care, and nothing is added afterwards.
Estimated, all inclusive
Estimates depend on the country
What it covers
- All the paperwork required
- Hygienic treatment
- A sealed coffin
- Transport, by road or by air
- Collection from the hospital or mortuary
- One specialist, start to finish
See everything the estimate coversShow the short list
- Our fees for arranging everything, with one specialist from the first call to the last
- Collection from the hospital or mortuary
- Care in a mortuary until they travel
- Hygienic treatment, to the standard the carrier and the destination require
- A sealed coffin that meets the route’s requirements
- The coroner’s Out of England permission, where the death happened in England
- A free from infection certificate
- The funeral director’s declaration
- An embalming certificate, where required
- An apostille and certified translations, where required
- Transport by road in our own refrigerated funeral ambulances, or by air where the road is not possible
- By road, the drive on to the funeral director your family has chosen
Not every repatriation is a standard one
When your loved one needs an urgent collection, usually from a home: the estimate covers collection from a hospital or mortuary. Tell us where they are on the first call and the written quote includes it.
Three families, in their own words
Questions families ask us
It tells you how the families who left a review felt afterwards, on a date we show. It does not tell you what the figure covered, when they paid, or who they spoke to. Those are the things a repatriation turns on, and you find them out by asking.
The same seven questions, in writing: what the price covers, when you pay, where your loved one is cared for, what happens if there is insurance, road or air, who you speak to, and what you sign. They are set out on the comparison page, and we answer all seven there.
It depends on who appointed the firm. When a funeral director passes a case on, it is often the client and the family hears about progress through it. When the family rings directly, the family is the client. Ask who the firm will report to.
Often because most of the work comes through the trade, and funeral directors do not leave reviews the way families do. A small count is not a warning on its own. Read what is there and ask the seven questions on the hub page.
Other comparisons
The other repatriation firms families ask us about, each beside our score.
Someone answers, any hour of the day
Tell us where your loved one is and we will tell you what happens next, and what it costs.
Or reach us directly.