Type 1 travel

Type 1 diabetes travel guides

First-hand guides to flying, insulin storage, hostel fridges and travelling with backup equipment.

Ollie looking across the mountains of northern Vietnam

Before you go

Before you travel

Ollie travelling with his backpack in Cambodia

Packing

My free Type 1 travel checklist

Flying

Airports and hand luggage

Ollie arriving at Angkor Wat with his travel backpack

Airport guide

Flying with insulin, needles and a CGM

What I carried and what airport security actually did.

Insulin and accommodation

Insulin storage and hostels

Ollie in the mountains during his Southeast Asia trip

Insulin and heat

How I keep insulin cool while backpacking

Ollie travelling in Vietnam

Hostel guide

Staying in hostels with Type 1 diabetes

Ollie looking over the Ha Giang mountains

When things go wrong

The day my insulin froze in Vietnam