Eating gluten-free while traveling or taking a vacation? Here are some tips. https://glutendude.com/category/travel/ Celiac Disease Advocate Thu, 22 Dec 2022 14:38:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://glutendude.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/favicon.png Eating gluten-free while traveling or taking a vacation? Here are some tips. https://glutendude.com/category/travel/ 32 32 Find gluten-free options at airports around the world https://glutendude.com/find-gluten-free-options-at-airports/ https://glutendude.com/find-gluten-free-options-at-airports/#respond Tue, 22 Nov 2022 14:18:45 +0000 https://glutendude.com/?p=20040 It’s heeeeeeeere! After 3 months of research and a few sleepless nights, the new Let’s Fly section of the Gluten Dude app is live. Thanks to those who helped me and thanks to everyone else for your patience. So what is Let’s Fly? What airports are covered? How were the restaurants vetted? All good questions. …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/celiac-quarantined-canada/feed/ 9 Lessons learned driving cross-country gluten-free https://glutendude.com/driving-cross-country-gluten-free/ https://glutendude.com/driving-cross-country-gluten-free/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:45:06 +0000 https://glutendude.com/?p=19832 My younger Dudette (for this article and for the sake of privacy, I will call her Madison; that’s also her real name) spent the last 10 months working for Under Canvas in Utah. She bought a Subaru Outback while she was out there and since neither one of us was fond of her driving home …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/driving-cross-country-gluten-free/feed/ 5 How to Survive (and Thrive) the Gluten-Free Holidays https://glutendude.com/how-to-survive-the-gluten-free-holidays/ https://glutendude.com/how-to-survive-the-gluten-free-holidays/#comments Tue, 26 Nov 2019 13:53:51 +0000 http://glutendude.com/?p=9773 I loved the holidays growing up. And I mean I LOVED the holidays…everything about them. I loved the anticipation. I loved not having to go to school. I loved watching tons of football. I loved spending time with my family. I loved the presents under the tree (and hopefully loved them just as much when …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/how-to-survive-the-gluten-free-holidays/feed/ 29 Stop Blaming Others for Your Lack of Preparation https://glutendude.com/stop-blaming-others-for-your-lack-of-preparation/ https://glutendude.com/stop-blaming-others-for-your-lack-of-preparation/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:20:53 +0000 http://glutendude.com/?p=17998 Hey everyone…it’s me…Gluten Dude. Can’t see me? I’m up here…on my pedestal. There you go! Look…being a celiac can seriously suck sometimes. No need to sugarcoat it. And we’ve all had those “Crap…I didn’t pack any/enough food for the day!” moments. But when that happens, let’s lay the blame where it belongs. On us. Why …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/stop-blaming-others-for-your-lack-of-preparation/feed/ 4 A Parade that Includes People Throwing Flour? What’s a Celiac to do? https://glutendude.com/a-parade-that-includes-a-boatload-of-flour-whats-a-celiac-to-do/ https://glutendude.com/a-parade-that-includes-a-boatload-of-flour-whats-a-celiac-to-do/#comments Mon, 20 Mar 2017 12:48:12 +0000 http://glutendude.com/?p=15935 Being a celiac means considering things that others don’t have to. It doesn’t mean living in fear, but it certainly means living in a state of heightened awareness. Take this fellow celiac’s dilemma: Hey Gluten Dude, I have to admit this isn’t how I planned my first email to you to go. You see you …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/a-parade-that-includes-a-boatload-of-flour-whats-a-celiac-to-do/feed/ 14 How to Recover from a Vacation https://glutendude.com/celiac-tired/ https://glutendude.com/celiac-tired/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:24:07 +0000 http://glutendude.com/?p=15662 What a vacation!! Wish I could say it’s nice to be back…but…well it kinda sucks to be back. Not just because vacation is over, but because coming back from vacation as a celiac makes me feel like I need another vacation…from the abundance of food, drink and fun I had from the first vacation. Got …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/celiac-tired/feed/ 1 Packing for a Gluten-Free Vacation https://glutendude.com/packing-for-a-gluten-free-vacation/ https://glutendude.com/packing-for-a-gluten-free-vacation/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2016 21:58:06 +0000 http://glutendude.com/?p=15647 I’m. On. Vacation. That sound you hear is one huge exhale that I’m actually taking time off. This is the sixth straight year we’re heading out with the same, crazy vacation crew. Each year, we rent a villa down in the islands. And while we’re doing the same villa as the past two years, we …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/packing-for-a-gluten-free-vacation/feed/ 13 Calling All Gluten-Free Summer Camps https://glutendude.com/celiac-safe-summer-camps/ https://glutendude.com/celiac-safe-summer-camps/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2016 13:14:00 +0000 http://glutendude.com/?p=14378 Dude note: If you have not seen the classic movie Meatballs, 1) shame on you and 2) some of the references in the post will make absolutely no sense to you. Summer is around the corner and that means parents are scrambling, looking for ways to get rid of their kids for the summer. I …

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]]> https://glutendude.com/celiac-safe-summer-camps/feed/ 31 What It’s Like to Travel as a Celiac https://glutendude.com/how-to-travel-with-celiac-disease/ https://glutendude.com/how-to-travel-with-celiac-disease/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2016 14:31:45 +0000 http://glutendude.com/?p=14035 So the Dude family headed down to Potomac, MD last Friday for my nephew’s Bar Mitzvah. We would be leaving Friday am and coming back late Sunday afternoon. When I go to big occasions like this, I NEVER put a request in at the hotel to make sure there would be food available to me. …

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