Revealed: The shocking hidden costs of dying abroad if you have bad travel insurance (grieving family faced with £86,000 bill)

Funeral director Jackie Lymn Rose explains the financial burden of repatriation. Language barriers and legal issues are other things to consider, she says. READ MORE: What the different codes on your boarding pass REALLY mean

By Laura Sharman

Published: 4:26 p.m. BST, October 2, 2023 | Updated: 6:52 p.m. BST, 2 October 2023

Death is the last thing on most people's minds when they go on vacation, but it is something to be considered, as a failure. to prepare for the worst-case scenario, your loved ones might pay the price.

That's because the cost of repatriation - transporting a body from one country to another - can cost tens of thousands of euros.

So says funeral director Jackie Lymn Rose, director of AW Lymn The Family Funeral Service in the Midlands region of England and repatriation specialist with over 30 years of experience. about it.

She says it's "completely understandable" that people don't immediately turn to the possibility of dying when they book a trip abroad, but reveals why that's the case. It is "important to understand" the practical and financial consequences of such a scenario.

Here, Jackie and travel insurance expert Garry Nelson reveal how it can cost to lose. a loved one abroad...

WHAT DOES REPATRIATION MEAN?

Jackie describes repatriation as the process by which “the b...