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Thank you for the Food Allergy Support website, and the tip about traveling with a car fridge. We do usually find a hotel room with a refrigerator, and I forgot to mention that we always have safe snacks in the car just in case we can’t find a restaurant we’re comfortable with.

Thanks for the comment!

Linda

We don’t travel a lot, but we don’t let the food allergy stop us from going where we would otherwise go. We bring along plenty of snacks, plus her breakfasts. Often continental breakfasts have nothing we dare to let her eat, other than milk and juice. We tend to stick to chain restaurants; I take a look at their websites in advance.

A website I find very helpful is http://www.foodallergysupport.com . There is a section on traveling and restaurants where people share what they’ve learned and what their experiences have been.

One tip I’ve heard from families dealing with multiple food allergies is to get a car fridge that plugs into the power supply. Then they can bring groceries than can be a meal and not have to depend on restaurants. They also sometimes get hotel rooms with kitchens and cook for themselves, or even just bring along small appliances that they can use in a normal hotel room to prepare food. We often get rooms with a microwave and especially a fridge so that we can buy a few groceries for breakfast or lunch to give my daughter a safer option.
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