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About how much does a filipino funeral cost?

I am from the United States and am planning to send money to some relatives to help with funeral arrangements but I am not sure how much to send or how much the funerals in the Philippines cost. Thanks for your help.

Public Comments

1. uhm, it depends really..maybe PHP 20,000 will do or US$ 430.
2. It depends. A simple funeral package,that includes the coffin and embalming service, can cost you around 5,000.00 to 20,000.00 pesos. And if you want the grandest funeral package from embalming, coffin, venue, procession up to to the cemetery would cost you normally from 50,000.00 to as much as 1,000,000.00 plus,plus pesos; that is if you chose a coffin that's made of silver. If you're in a tight budget, then you might as well rent a coffin.
3. A basic funeral package that includes embalming and a basic casket runs between P 10,000 and P20,000. Cost for enturnment in a cemetary plot varies allot by location. I've seen some as cheap as P 20,000 up to P50,000. I'm sure whatever you can send will be appreciated.
4. class A funeral parlors cost more or less P500,000 (bronze casket and everything).. minimum wud be Php100,000 class B = cost Php 80,000 - 100,000 class C = cost Php 20,000 - 50,000 cremation = Php 30,000 - 60,000
5. There are a lot of ways of sending remittance to the philippines, incase you do frequent sending remittances, you can send it through Ace, the bank is offering free service this month! You might want to be an agent.