Funeral Transportation in Philadelphia

Transportation, handled quietly.

Planning a funeral is difficult enough. Coordinating rides for family, out-of-town relatives, and friends between the funeral home, the service, the cemetery, and the repast is one small logistical thing we can take off your plate.

Our dispatch team has helped hundreds of Philadelphia families arrange transportation during the hardest weeks of their lives. We move at your pace, follow the funeral director's lead, and quote a single all-in price rather than a stack of small charges.

Same-day bookings are routine. If the service is tomorrow, please call (267) 223-4647 rather than filling out a form — a person will answer.

What we handle

Most families ask us to cover one or more of the following. You can book any combination.

• Funeral home to cemetery. The full procession, with our chauffeur following the funeral director's lead vehicle at whatever pace the day requires.
• Cemetery to repast venue. A single shuttle loop after the committal so the family can travel together, arrive together, and no one gets lost between stops.
• Out-of-town family PHL Airport pickup. Sedan, Sprinter, or motor coach depending on how many people are arriving. We track the flight and adjust for delays without a change fee.
• Hotel-to-wake shuttle. When relatives are staying at a Philadelphia hotel, we run a scheduled shuttle to the wake, the service, and back — often the most helpful single booking a family can make.
• Elderly or mobility-limited family members. Sedan or Sprinter with door-to-door pickup, folding-chair or walker storage, and a chauffeur who does not rush.
• Multi-day services. Wake one evening, mass and burial the next morning, repast that afternoon — we schedule the whole arc under one confirmation.

Choosing the right vehicle

These are the vehicles families most often request. If none of them fit, tell us the group size and pickup points and we will suggest what makes sense.

Stretch limousine — family lead car

Traditional 6 to 10-passenger Lincoln or Chrysler stretch. Used for immediate family in the procession lead position, directly behind the funeral director's coach. Privacy partition, tinted windows, tissues and bottled water on board.

Stretch SUV or Hummer H2 — larger immediate family

10 to 14-passenger stretch SUV for immediate family groups too large for a traditional limo. Same lead-car procession role, more room for grandchildren and in-laws.

Sprinter van — airport arrivals and small groups

10 to 14-passenger Mercedes Sprinter. Best for out-of-town family arriving at PHL, or for a small group of close friends traveling together to the service. Executive configuration available.

Mini-coach — extended family and close friends

24 to 32-passenger mini-coach. The right size for extended family plus close friends when a stretch limo isn't enough and a full motor coach is more than you need. Reclining seats, on-board restroom on longer models, luggage bay for repast trays.

Motor coach — large services and hotel shuttles

40 to 56-passenger long-haul motor coach for larger services, out-of-town cemeteries, or coordinated hotel-to-service shuttles. This is also the right vehicle when a congregation or fraternal organization is traveling together.

How to book

Two ways, either works.

1. Call (267) 223-4647. Our dispatcher will ask five or six short questions — date, funeral home, cemetery, group size, whether there is a repast — and email you a written quote inside an hour. This is the fastest path when the service is within 72 hours.
2. Use the quote form above. Enter the pickup, the venues, and the group size. You will see a real vehicle assignment and an itemized price on screen. If you want to hold the vehicle, follow the confirmation link.

We do not require a large deposit. A card on file secures the booking; final invoice comes after the service. If the family's plans change, so does the quote — no rebooking fees for reasonable changes.

Working with your funeral director

Most Philadelphia funeral directors know us. If you give us your funeral director's name and phone number at booking, we will contact them directly to confirm the procession order, the pacing, the time of the graveside committal, and the drop location for the repast.

This matters because the funeral director sets the rhythm of the day, not us. Our chauffeur takes cues from their lead vehicle — a slow procession at 15 to 25 mph on surface streets, hazard lights on, keeping the line intact through intersections. Our chauffeurs have done this hundreds of times.

If you would rather handle coordination yourself, that is fine too. We do not require funeral-director sign-off.

Cemetery support

We regularly serve every major cemetery in the Philadelphia region. Two of the most-requested have dedicated pages with cemetery-specific staging, entrance, and procession notes:

• West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd — historic 200-acre non-denominational cemetery with on-site funeral home and reception facility.
• Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham — the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Catholic cemetery on West Cheltenham Avenue.

Other cemeteries we serve regularly include Laurel Hill East, Mount Peace, Northwood, Cathedral Cemetery, Ivy Hill, Roosevelt Memorial Park, Sunset Memorial Park, and Chelten Hills. Tell us the cemetery at booking — if we have specific staging notes, we will share them.

Repast and reception transportation

After the committal, most families gather at a restaurant, banquet hall, or private home for a meal. Coordinating that final stretch of the day — cemetery to repast to hotel or home — is often the piece that gets forgotten in the planning.

Our repast luncheon transportation page lists the Philadelphia venues we shuttle to most frequently, along with typical group sizes and parking notes. If your repast is at a private home, we can loop between the cemetery and the neighborhood for as many trips as needed.

Working directly with funeral homes

Several Philadelphia funeral homes book Philly Charters as their default group-transportation partner. If your funeral director already has an arrangement with us, mention it and we will bill them directly rather than the family.

Our funeral home group shuttle page lists the operators we most often coordinate with, including how direct-billing works and what documentation the funeral home needs from us.

Pricing guide

Funeral transportation is priced by the hour with a small mileage allowance built in. We quote one all-in number — not a base rate plus fuel plus gratuity plus tolls. You will see the total on the quote you approve.

Typical ranges for a Philadelphia-area service, three to four hours of coverage:

• Stretch limo, 6 to 10 passenger: roughly $475 to $675 total
• Stretch SUV / H2, 10 to 14 passenger: roughly $625 to $850 total
• Sprinter van, 10 to 14 passenger: roughly $475 to $700 total
• Mini-coach, 24 to 32 passenger: roughly $850 to $1,275 total
• Motor coach, 40 to 56 passenger: roughly $1,150 to $1,650 total

Services running longer than four hours, or with cemeteries or repast venues outside the immediate Philadelphia region, are quoted per the itinerary. There is no hidden gratuity: chauffeur tips are your discretion, not an automatic add-on.

One final invoice, not multiple small charges.

Service standards for grief-considerate transportation

Everything below is standard, not upgraded. If a chauffeur ever fails on any of these, tell us and we will make it right.

• Formal attire. Dark suit, tie, polished shoes. Nothing loud.
• Silence unless addressed. Our chauffeurs will greet the family, help with the door, and then step back. If you want to talk, they will listen. If you want quiet, they will give you quiet.
• No rushing. Extended waiting at the funeral home, at the cemetery, and at the repast is expected and included — not a source of pressure to move.
• Tissues and bottled water on board every vehicle. No branding, nothing forward-facing. A small basket, always full.
• No music playing on arrival. The vehicle is silent when guests enter. If a family wants music during the ride, the chauffeur will accommodate.
• Discretion. Chauffeurs do not discuss the family, the deceased, or the service afterwards. Nothing goes on social media.
• Religious and cultural traditions. Tell us at booking if there are specific traditions to respect — Catholic pallbearer coordination, Jewish shomer arrangements, Muslim ghusl timing, Hindu cremation timing, or anything else — and we will match a chauffeur experienced with that tradition.

Same-day and next-day availability

Because most funeral bookings happen inside 72 hours, our 24-hour dispatch treats them as a priority queue. Same-day is routine. Next-day is standard. If we cannot fill a request, we will tell you within the first phone call rather than string you along.

Weekends, holidays, and evenings do not change the price. A funeral on Saturday morning is billed the same as a funeral on Wednesday morning.

The full day, mapped out

A typical Philadelphia funeral service that we transport looks something like this:

• Morning at the funeral home. Family arrives for a private viewing and time with the deceased. Our vehicle stages in the funeral home lot 15 minutes early and stays quiet.
• Procession to the parish, church, synagogue, temple, or funeral home chapel. The funeral director's lead car sets the pace. Our chauffeur follows with hazard lights on and holds the line through intersections.
• Service. The vehicle waits at the service venue. Chauffeur stays with the vehicle or steps into the lobby quietly, depending on your preference.
• Procession to the cemetery. Same pacing rhythm. Our chauffeur has coordinated with the cemetery care team on arrival and knows the section location.
• Committal. Vehicle stages close to the graveside if the interior road allows, farther back for a longer walk if the ground doesn't permit closer approach.
• Return to the repast. Whether it is a restaurant, a parish hall, or a private home, we know the route and the parking situation.
• End of day. Guests are dropped at hotels, at their cars at the funeral home lot, or at their own homes. Chauffeur presents the paper invoice and departs. Final payment processes over the next day.

What we do not do

To be clear about our role: we are a transportation company. We do not:

• Provide funeral direction, care of the deceased, or cemetery paperwork — that is the funeral home's role, and we defer to them on everything except vehicle operation.
• Operate hearses. The hearse belongs to the funeral home; the family cars and shuttles belong to us.
• Coordinate flowers, catering, or programs. That is the family's role, coordinated with the funeral home.
• Handle religious officiation, eulogies, or grave services. Those are handled by clergy or celebrants engaged by the family.

Our job is to move people quietly and reliably from point to point, on the funeral director's schedule, so the family can focus on the day itself rather than logistics.

After the day

The final invoice arrives by email within 48 hours of the service, itemized so you can see exactly what you paid for. If you want to leave a review, we would appreciate it, but we do not follow up asking for one. Families in the middle of grief do not need marketing outreach in their inbox.

If you had a good experience, tell your funeral director. Referrals from Philadelphia funeral homes are how the majority of our funeral work reaches us, and a kind word from a family they served carries more weight with them than any advertising we could buy.