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Type 1 travel guides

Hostels, insulin storage, flying and the systems that made long-term travel manageable.

Food and communication

Allergy-aware travel

Eating abroad, translation cards and making careful decisions with severe allergies.

The human side

Stories from the road

Fear, confidence, mistakes and the lessons that stayed with me after returning home.

Type 1 travel guides

Detailed, experience-led articles for planning accommodation, flights, insulin storage and long journeys.

Hostels and insulin

Can You Stay in Hostels With Type 1 Diabetes? Insulin Storage, Fridges and Safety Questions

The exact questions I now ask before trusting a hostel with my insulin, equipment and nighttime hypo plan.

Airports and cabin bags

Flying With Insulin Pens, Needles and a CGM: What I Put in My Hand Luggage

What I carried through six flights, what security actually did and why medical supplies and baggage allowance are different questions.

Insulin and heat

How I Keep Insulin Cool While Backpacking in Hot Countries

Hostel fridges, FRIO wallets, backup supplies and the storage mistake I will never repeat.

Allergy-aware travel

The practical routines that helped me eat and communicate abroad with severe peanut and shellfish allergies.

A first meal abroad

The First Time I Ate Out Abroad With Severe Allergies

Allergy cards, kitchen questions, walking away and the fear that arrived before the food.

Six countries compared

Food Allergy Translation Cards in Southeast Asia: Do You Really Need Them?

How useful the cards were across Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Stories from the road

Personal essays about the moments that changed how I understand fear, preparation and independence.

A hostel fridge in Vietnam

The Day My Insulin Froze on the Ha Giang Loop

Five months of medication, one hostel freezer and the separate backup that stopped the problem becoming a disaster.

Diagnosis and possibility

I Thought Diabetes Would Stop Me Travelling. It Didn’t.

How the world felt smaller after diagnosis and what five months in Southeast Asia taught me instead.

Fear and confidence

What Travelling With Type 1 Diabetes Taught Me About Fear

Why confidence is not believing a trip will be smooth, but trusting yourself to make the next decision when it is not.

Lessons from five months away

6 Things Solo Travelling Taught Me About Living With Type 1 Diabetes

Capability, preparation, hypos, community and the healthcare access I had taken for granted.

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Browse by topic

Type 1 travel guides

Allergy-aware travel

Stories from the road

Type 1 travel guides

Can You Stay in Hostels With Type 1 Diabetes? Insulin Storage, Fridges and Safety Questions

Flying With Insulin Pens, Needles and a CGM: What I Put in My Hand Luggage

How I Keep Insulin Cool While Backpacking in Hot Countries

Allergy-aware travel

The First Time I Ate Out Abroad With Severe Allergies

Food Allergy Translation Cards in Southeast Asia: Do You Really Need Them?

Stories from the road

The Day My Insulin Froze on the Ha Giang Loop

I Thought Diabetes Would Stop Me Travelling. It Didn’t.

What Travelling With Type 1 Diabetes Taught Me About Fear

6 Things Solo Travelling Taught Me About Living With Type 1 Diabetes

Pack the backups before you need them.

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