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Traveling on holiday with a food intolerance


Costa Teguise, Lanzarote

Holiday checklist

Find veggie friendly or vegan restaurants so I can eat out on holiday.

- Happy Cow website has found me a couple

Find shops that sell that sell Soya milk and fresh fruit and veg.

- Both Euro spar and hiperdino stock

Write down the spanish translation for dairy and yeast free food.

- soya milk = Leche de sojo
- Soya yogurt = yogur de soja
- vegan = vegano (A lot easier than saying I can't eat meat or poulty)
- I am lactose intolerant = soy la lactosa intolerante
- Yeast intolerant = levadura intolerante

Find out if I can take my own food to eat during the flight.

- UK Government website says YES, as long as it's solid food. eg no yogurts, syrups, drinks or sauce sachets

Bake emergency food for traveling

- Orange and cranberry soda bread scones
(Basic soda bread recipe with zest of 1 orange & 50 grams dried cranberry, then formed into scones)









Book Travel insurance

- Done through Asda Travel online, anyone with a mental or nervous disorder (anxiety, stress & depression) can buy this insurance, but you can't make a claim associated with these condition.  Don't have a problem with this, as a holiday in the sun always has a positive effect on my  mental health problems.

- IBS intolerance not a life threating condition so also not covered.  Again fair, that's why I booked a self catering holiday so I could have control over what I eat. 

Holiday clothes

- I have an entire wardrobe of holiday clothes to take on holiday.  I had a habit of comfort shopping online during previous periods of depression. 

Holiday books

- Bucking the normal holiday reading trend I like to read in depth books on holiday. Iv got a few picked out, but might need pick up some more.  ( I read a lot)


Lol, I didn't book my travel insurance till today.  When you have a food allergy or intolerance, your prioritys totally change.

If your planning a holiday abroad, try searching Trip Advisor for information.  I found a lot of traveller's reviews on where I could buy dairy free food.  If like me your going to Lanzarote, check out the Lanzarote Information website they also have helpful information. 

11 days till take off..........



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