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Life and logistics

Travel and holidays

Cool bags, airport security, time zones, and other people's cooking.

The most cheerful circle on the site. Everything about travelling with this is solvable, and between us we have solved most of it several times over.

What we collect here is hard-won detail: which cool bags actually hold temperature for eleven hours, what airport security has actually said, how a thirteen-hour time difference interacts with a weekly dose, and how to survive a fortnight of other people's cooking.

Who this circle is for

  • You are travelling and want the practical detail
  • You live between two countries
  • You have a travel disaster or triumph worth passing on

Agreements here

  • We give experience, not customs advice — rules differ and change
  • Nobody is judged for how much or how little they eat on holiday

On top of the sitewide agreements.

  • Injecting in an aeroplane toilet, reviewed

    Núria25 Apr 202613 replies

    Injecting in an aeroplane toilet, reviewed — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in. Practical question, and possibly a silly one. My prescriber has been…

  • Cruise ships and cold storage

    Vera17 Apr 20268 replies

    Cruise ships and cold storage Writing it down partly to work out what I actually think. Anyone else navigating this? I feel as though every piece of advice I read was written for someone…

  • Camping for a week with no electricity

    Ozren24 Mar 202613 replies

    Camping for a week with no electricity Writing it down partly to work out what I actually think. The logistics of this are defeating me more than the medicine is. What I would find most…

  • Travelling in 38 degrees

    Bracken29 Jan 202616 replies

    A question rather than an update: Travelling in 38 degrees The logistics of this are defeating me more than the medicine is. I have written down what has actually happened, in order,…

  • All-inclusive and not wanting to explain myself

    Ozzy6 Jan 202613 replies

    All-inclusive and not wanting to explain myself — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in. Anyone else navigating this? I feel as though every piece of advice…

  • Thirteen hours, a cool bag and airport security

    Tulla23 Oct 202518 replies

    A question rather than an update: Thirteen hours, a cool bag and airport security Practical question, and possibly a silly one. My prescriber has been fine, genuinely. The problem is that…

  • Time zones and a weekly dose — how I shifted it

    Núria10 Oct 202516 replies

    A question rather than an update: Time zones and a weekly dose — how I shifted it Practical question, and possibly a silly one. What I would find most useful is not advice. It is somebody…

  • Two weeks of my mother-in-law's cooking

    Tamar29 Aug 202513 replies

    A question rather than an update: Two weeks of my mother-in-law's cooking Practical question, and possibly a silly one. What I keep tripping on is not the physical bit. It is the not…

  • What security actually said in six different airports

    Nissa22 Jul 202514 replies

    A question rather than an update: What security actually said in six different airports Practical question, and possibly a silly one. What I keep tripping on is not the physical bit. It is…

  • The letter from my GP that I have never once been asked for

    Salma3 Jun 202520 replies

    A question rather than an update: The letter from my GP that I have never once been asked for Practical question, and possibly a silly one. I have read the guides here, which were more…

  • Pharmacies abroad in an emergency

    Núria25 Apr 202521 replies

    A question rather than an update: Pharmacies abroad in an emergency The logistics of this are defeating me more than the medicine is. I have written down what has actually happened, in…

  • A missed dose abroad and what I did

    Blue26 Jan 202523 replies

    A missed dose abroad and what I did — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in. Practical question, and possibly a silly one. I have written down what has…

  • Ramadan, travel and injection timing

    Nissa12 Nov 202424 replies

    Ramadan, travel and injection timing — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in. Anyone else navigating this? I feel as though every piece of advice I read was…

  • Long-haul with a needle phobia

    Tulla5 Nov 202414 replies

    Starting a thread on this because it keeps coming up in ones and twos: Long-haul with a needle phobia Anyone else navigating this? I feel as though every piece of advice I read was written…