Hi! I read with great interest your travel tips and thought they were
terrific. Would you please tell me what kind of Pop tarts you use? Many
thanks, Sandy (mom of a five-year old girl allergic to milk)
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>From: Kathryn M Przywara <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: need help on travel tips
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>On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:21:46 -0800 P & M Clark <[log in to unmask]>
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>>I am curious what others have found to work when traveling.
>
>You don't say what mode of travel - plane or car. We take a cooler
where
>ever we go - we did this before allergies too. Obviously in a car,
it's
>no problem. On a plane, I pack things like the boxes of soy milk in
it,
>tape it shut at the check-in counter and it becomes a piece of checked
>luggage. I've frozen foods (margerine, fresh baked cookies, Kosher
>salami, etc) and packed them in the cooler with bottles of frozen water
>(don't use dry ice, just the reusable ice packs that I can keep using
>while there and just toss to come back). I pack dirty laundry or wet
>towels in the cooler for the return trip :-)
>
>While on a trip, we usually try to do sandwich type stuff especially
for
>lunches. You can usually find something that will work - bagels and
>lunch meats. I carry a sharp paring knife with me to cut tomatoes and
>rolls. Chips and pretzels and sodas for snacking. That way we can
stop
>whenever and where ever we want or need to. Breakfast is usually pop
>tarts or cereal.
>
>Dinners are more difficult. If you book somewhere with a kitchenette
or
>a condo type unit, it won't be a problem because you can cook. You
>didn't say if you were staying in one place or going to be moving
around.
> When you check in, at least make sure that there is a fridge. If not,
I
>pack my cooler with ice from the machine. I always carry a box of
zipper
>storage bags and fill them with ice to keep things from floating.
>
>Many places have "complementary" coffee makers, so you could at least
get
>hot water if you have some instant cup meals. I usually take one or
two
>along on the plane also in case the meals get screwed up. That way, at
>least I have something to eat. It might not be the greatest, but they
do
>have hot water and it will hold me over.
>
>That's all my tips I can think of,
>Kathy P.
>
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