My father had a "prepaid funeral" purchased about 25 years previous to his passing (not cremation) including free transportation in coach 3 years ago. He lived in Ft Lauderdale and cemetery was in NJ. Turns out the "free transportation" cost us $1200 and the "pre-paid" funeral cost us $3700 which was still better than $12,000 but read the fine print VERY carefully before signing anything. I guess a cremation wouldn't have too much transportation expense since you can send a bag of ashes USPS Priority Express for about $45. True story: I managed a "The UPS Store" for a number of years and UPS, FEDEX etc do not allow ashes to be sent although it is very easy to get around it. We had to fight with lots of people who brought in ashes and wanted them packed and shipped by UPS when we told them we couldn't but only could by USPS. One guy want next day UPS and came back in after packing them himself and when we asked "what's in the box" he said "sneakers" which was true according to him.
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