Title: Dying abroad | Expat finance | The Guardian
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Content: On average you can expect to pay around $6,500 for an all-in burial in the UK and $4,000 for a cremation, according to funeral directors Rowland Brothers International. Australia and the United States cost more. ' In Australia this works out about one-third more expensive than England and for the US, it's half again more costly,' explains Roland. ' The price of interment in Spain is about double that of England.' Be warned, though, that burial is not necessarily a one-off expense. In Spain, of the two types of burial – earth and over-ground niche (a type of stacking scheme) – the widely practiced niche burial is only for a finite number of years. Individual cemetery bylaws determine the duration of a niche contract. They typically run for five, 10 or 15 years. Once a contract expires and if a new one has not been agreed, the coffin will be placed in a communal grave. Rowland says: '