4.8 out of 5from 63 reviews left on Trustpilot
Compare Funero UK with Global Funeral Repatriation
Compare Funero UK with Global Funeral Repatriation and make the right choice for your needs.
“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, 4.8 out of 5
One of the highest-rated repatriation services in the UK, and the other name on your list beside it.
Global Funeral Repatriation
4.5 out of 5from 48 reviews left on Trustpilot
Scores as shown on Trustpilot, on the 23rd of September, 2026. These change as new reviews come in, so if a figure is out of place, tell us and we will correct it.
What usually decides it
A worldwide name and recent experience of your country are two different things, and it is the second you are relying on. The way to find out is to ask about the country, the route and the other end.
The name and the route are different things
The offices, the certificates and the consular steps differ from one country to the next. A firm that has done the route recently knows which office is slow and which document a carrier will refuse. That is worth more than the size of the name. Ask when the firm last brought someone home from, or took someone home to, the country you are dealing with, and what went wrong last time.
Ask about the country
Ask which office registers the death, whether the consulate in London has to authorise anything, and how long the release usually takes. Ask whether a death referred to a coroner or a prosecutor changes the timing, because nothing moves until the release is signed. A firm that knows answers without notes. A firm that has to find out is not wrong, but it should say so.
Ask about the route
For most of Europe the coffin travels by road, one vehicle and one team, and it costs less than air. Air is for the distances where the road is not possible, and it adds a carrier, an airport at each end and a set of rules about the coffin. If a firm plans air for a European country, ask why. If the answer is the firm’s own convenience, ask for the road price as well.
Ask about the other end
Someone has to receive the coffin and arrange the funeral. Ask whether the firm has a funeral director at the destination, whether that person has been named yet, and what the handover looks like: an airport cargo shed, a mortuary, or the funeral director’s own premises. Our estimate covers everything up to that handover, and we tell you what the receiving funeral director is likely to charge.
Our answer
We give you the country’s realistic timing on the first call, usually two to seven days, and we plan the road wherever the road is possible. One specialist runs the case from that call to the handover, and the figure in writing is the figure on the invoice.
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.
Ask about a recent case on the same route: which office issued the death certificate, whether the consulate was involved, how long the release took. A firm that has done it answers without looking anything up. Every country we cover has its own page on this site.
Usually the repatriation firm hands over to one it works with, or to the one the family has chosen. Ask which, and whether that firm bills you separately. A quote that stops at the border is not the whole cost.
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.
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