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This is exactly along the lines of what I was hoping to find, thank you. Where does one rent the flowers from? The temple itself or outside? It sounds it lasted for more than one day. Did you have to pay for the coffin alongside the transport? Sorry you went through that and thanks for sharing your experience. Will keep all of this in mind. The death certificate was the paper provided by the police station that was needed for the consular letter, right? Travelling to Bangkok will be the hard part. Not sure who I can authorise or nominate to take it there instead either. Are there any services that do that? If I call the police hospital to ask them things, will they take it as me claiming the body and charge me for anything straight away? I assume they will ask for cash when they get to see you in person rather than an invoice. Appreciate the cost estimates. Sadly we dont have those kinds of friends, which is why I was hoping to hear of any experiences here. Thank you for the donation links. Will see if they have any guidance.

Hi, thanks all for the time responding. I realise I have worded some things poorly. I also live in Thailand("North East"), I have the consular letter, and am lost on what comes after I find a way to hand it in. It will be done locally, and I was wondering if anyone had any personal experience/knowledge on cremations(or body donation) in the past few years, as I know there are different things you can ask for and want to keep track of things. I was told the 30 days of storage are free. I'll check to be sure though. I was aware of the transport fees, but not the coffin. Will keep note. Thanks again.

Hi all. Looking for some insight. Will try make this short. Sorry if this was posted in the wrong place. My British dad passed away recently and, as his next of kin, all responsibilities for everything go to me. There is nothing in his Thai bank account (unable to check his UK one, unsure if contacting them will jumpstart probate which I am too overwhelmed to get to yet, also unsure if it is wise to try withdraw anything) so all of this is coming out of my pocket. His body is now in Bangkok, mum and I are situated in the North East. The funeral will probably be near Pattaya. I could leave him to be buried in a “pauper’s mass funeral”, but I don’t know anything about it and it would personally weigh on my conscience to do that. (Any info on this would be great.) Therefore I’d like any recent knowledge of affordable temples, either just the cremation or an estimate on how much each option should typically cost? If I can make it a little nice then I will, we don’t need anything too extra like 3-5-7 days if that raises the cost too much. I’m open to alternatives, like other locations, or maybe even medical donation instead? What would be the process of that? (any resources, links, recommendations, numbers?) Any information at all for any of these things would be very helpful. He’s stated before he doesn’t want anything special, but he is my dad and this kind of thing only happens once, so for myself I'd like to do a little more than just leave it. With all the things I have to be responsible for, it’s proving to be difficult to get all the info I need on my own for this, so I appreciate anything sent my way. Thank you very much for your time. Cheers.