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    The Essential Vegan Travel Guide: 2017 Edition
    The Essential Vegan Travel Guide: 2017 Edition
    The Essential Vegan Travel Guide: 2017 Edition
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    The Essential Vegan Travel Guide: 2017 Edition

    By Caitlin Galer-Unti

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    After a day of sightseeing, you are in no mood to pick pepperoni off your pizza or nibble on undressed lettuce leaves. “The Essential Vegan Travel Guide” is here to ensure that your vacation is filled with good times and good food. Stop stressing, because the only thing you should be worrying about on holiday is whether red or white pairs better with your seitan piccata!

    This step-by-step guide shows you how to research and locate vegan-friendly (or vegetarian, raw, or gluten-free) fare in any city. Beyond the food, the book offers hints for connecting with local vegans, choosing a place to stay, packing, and traveling (and keeping the peace) with non-vegan companions. The expanded 2017 edition has all-new sections, including dog- and child-friendly travel, traveling with allergies, and planning vegan adventures (such as camping, road trips, cruises, and retreats).

    The Essential Vegan Travel Guide costs less than the price of a pizza and when you consider how much this book reduces the stresses of travel, it's priceless!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCaitlin Galer-Unti
    Release dateMar 1, 2017
    ISBN9780998655512
    The Essential Vegan Travel Guide: 2017 Edition
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    Caitlin Galer-Unti

    Caitlin Galer-Unti is a vegan travel writer who has been featured in the New York Times and Yahoo! Caitlin speaks English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, and has lived in the US, the UK and Spain. She has traveled to 30 countries (and counting) and writes about the vegan food she finds around the world at theveganword.com. Caitlin's mission is to show vegans around the world that stress-free, meat-free travel is possible.

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      The Essential Vegan Travel Guide - Caitlin Galer-Unti

      The Essential

      Vegan Travel Guide:

      2017 Edition

      Caitlin Galer-Unti

      Copyright © 2017 by Caitlin Galer-Unti

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

      ISBN 978-0-9986555-0-5

      Caitlin Galer-Unti

      The Vegan Word

      Suite 74, 272 Kensington High Street

      London W8 6ND

      United Kingdom

      Caitlin Galer-Unti

      The Vegan Word

      445 N. Park Blvd

      Unit 5K

      Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

      USA

      www.theveganword.com

      Ordering Information:

      Special discounts available for quantity purchases by corporations, charities, wholesalers, bookstores, educational institutions, others. For information please contact the publisher at the address above or by email: sales@theveganword.com.

      Front Cover Photo: Santorini, Greece © Caitlin Galer-Unti

      Cover Design by prodesignsx: https://www.fiverr.com/prodesignsx

      Although the author and publisher have tried to provide as up-to-date of information as possible, they are not responsible for any injury, theft, loss, delays or melted dairy-free gelato.

      For Lost Vegans Everywhere

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Vegan Travel? Yes You Can!

      Who’s This Book For?

      Their Objections – Your Solutions

      Vegans Do It Better

      Okay, But How Do I Do It?

      Section 1: How the Hell Do I Find Somewhere to Eat?

      Google Research

      Everyone’s Favorite Site: HappyCow

      Other Directories

      Local Sites

      Blogs

      Barnivore

      Research Isn’t Compulsory

      Section 2: Making Connections and Meeting New Friends

      Couchsurfing

      Meetup

      Forums

      Social Networks

      Asking People

      Section 3: Organizing Your Trip

      Make a Folder or Booklet

      Putting Your Information Together: Google Maps

      Looking up Opening Times and Addresses

      Don’t Starve Just Because It’s Sunday

      Translations

      Eating Like a Local

      Section 4: Where to Stay, and How to Choose

      Find a Vegan-Friendly Area

      Hotels

      B&Bs and Guesthouses

      Hostels

      Couchsurfing

      Airbnb

      Housesitting

      Vegvisits

      Renting an Apartment

      Section 5: Preparing for Your Trip

      What to Pack: Toiletries

      What to Pack: Food

      Eating on the Plane

      Section 6: What to Do When You Get There

      Making Friends

      If You’re Traveling with Non-Vegans

      How to Order at a Non-Vegetarian Restaurant

      Vegan Volunteering

      What to Do If You Get Stuck

      Section 7: Vegan Adventures

      Camping

      Cruises

      Road Trip

      Retreats

      Vegan Festivals

      Tour Groups

      Section 8: Special Considerations

      Dog-Friendly Travel

      Kid-Friendly Travel

      Travel with Allergies and Special Diets

      Healthy Travel

      Section 9: What to Cook

      Recipes for the Road: Food to Cook Anywhere

      Useful tools to have with you

      Soup in a coffeemaker

      Salad

      Snack: Hummus with dip-able items

      Snack: Trail mix

      Couscous in a coffeemaker

      Bean burritos

      Avocado on toast

      Oatmeal in a coffeemaker

      Sandwiches

      Baked potato

      Chili

      One pot pasta

      Instant Food

      Tips

      After Your Trip

      Resources

      Your Free Gift

      Thank You

      Acknowledgments

      The Vegan Word Travel Guidebooks

      Introduction

      Vegan Travel? Yes You Can!

      Picture it. You disembarked a 12-hour flight two hours ago, found your way to the train, and now you’re clutching a white slip of paper as if it’s going to save your life. You are bedraggled, you smell like you haven’t showered all day (you haven’t), you haven’t slept in 27 hours (thank you, screaming baby on the plane), and you are starving because the airline forgot your vegan meal. All you’ve had to eat in the last 15 hours is a measly bag of airplane peanuts and an energy bar you managed to unearth from the depths of your bag (an amazing bit of contortion because you performed the dig to the bottom of your purse all the while strapped firmly into seat 28B, in between that smelly guy and the woman who kept elbowing you in the ribs every time she adjusted her seat).

      The train arrives at its destination, but you are confused by the street signs (not surprising as you don’t know the language). You clutch the white paper even harder, and approach people on the street and ask for directions. They don’t understand you, so you point desperately at the address and the map, then gesture wildly (International sign language for: I’m lost). Eventually, your meaning seems to get through and the local resident points you down the street and to the right.

      You smile (universal sign language for thank you), head down the indicated side street, where you are greeted with the most beautiful sight in the window of the restaurant. You’ve never been happier to see a trove of gleaming, fresh fruits and vegetables.. You practically sprint toward the display… But something feels wrong, a nagging feeling in the pit of your stomach (no, it’s not hunger). Yep, it’s definitely pitch black in that restaurant, and yes, they’ve pulled a grate down in front of the door.

      What are you going to do?  You’ve got the following options:

      1. Wander back to that restaurant near the train station, the one with the aggressive waiter who shoved a menu at you as you walked past. Take a seat and communicate with international sign language that you want a plant-based meal. How would you even begin to do that?  Wait and wait and wait for them to figure out your meaning and, then, serve you food. Eat whatever they bring you and hope for the best, pausing occasionally to pick off bits of bacon.

      2. Meander up and down the nearby streets and see if you can find a grocery store that’s open. Roam the aisles trying desperately to find a label written in English. End up buying a bunch of bananas and a tin of black beans. Eat, feeling depressed and deprived, and go to bed sort of full, but ultimately unsatisfied.

      Fortunately, the above scenario is a thing of the past. No matter what anyone on the Internet says, vegan travelers do not need to starve, insult local cultures, or have to survive eating beans out of cans. You can travel and eat delicious, healthy meat-free food, in any country, and I’m going to show you how in this guidebook.*

      *Disclaimer: I might not be able to help you out in Mongolia, which has one of the most meat-heavy diets in existence. Although who knows, because as of January 2017, Happycow.net has 20 listings for vegetarian, vegan and veg-friendly restaurants and stores in Mongolia.

      Who’s This Book For?

      This book is for anyone who’s ever been frustrated or worried about finding decent food on the road. Whether you’re vegan, vegetarian or a healthy eater, don’t worry, you can find food while traveling, and this book will show you how. We’ll be focusing on finding vegan food, but you can easily adapt this advice to other dietary needs (e.g. vegetarian, gluten-free, etc.).

      This book is also a great resource for expats who are moving abroad. You’ll learn how to navigate a new and unfamiliar culture, make friends and find vegan food.

      Their Objections – Your Solutions

      But you’ll insult your hosts/host country by refusing to try their national dishes.

      But you’ll never experience the real . Everyone knows you can’t really get to know a place unless you get to know their cuisine.

      What if you can’t find any food? What if there aren’t any vegetarian restaurants? What if you can’t find any veggie options in other restaurants? What if you STARVE?

      All of these are actual sentences that you’ve probably heard when you’ve told people about your upcoming travel plans.  I know, as I’ve heard them plenty of times. Some travelers have used these reasons as the basis for beginning to eat meat again.. Maybe you’ve even considered it. Perhaps you’ve previously had a bad food-related travel experience, and you found yourself wandering around a foreign city, admiring the street artwork, but absolutely fricking starving, unable to find anywhere offering decent food that fits with your diet and lifestyle. But let’s unpack (verb use intentional as this is a travel guide) each of these arguments just a little bit.

      But you’ll insult your hosts/host country by refusing to try their national dishes.

      This is an irrelevant argument, because usually the people who utter this nonsense are exactly the sort of people you KNOW would never go to Mexico and try grasshopper tacos, or one of the various insect-inspired foods in Thailand. Also, I’m sure there are plenty of local traditions that even non-vegans might refuse to participate in – like bullfighting, child marriage or stoning gay people. Now, people may not understand why you don’t eat animal products, especially in a culture without a history of vegetarianism, but the vast majority of people understand that different cultures have different traditions, and quite often you will find the locals are actually very interested in getting to know more about your culture and beliefs, including your diet. Even if you do run the risk of offending someone, somewhere, what is better – potentially risking offending a stranger, or going against your values and consuming a food that is the product of suffering and the cause of environmental destruction? If you regularly turn down these foods at home when friends and family offer them, why stop just because you’re somewhere else?

      But you’ll never experience the real . Everyone knows you can’t really get to know a place unless you get to know their cuisine.

      A vast majority of people won’t eat any and all local foods anyway. If someone asks you this, you can just retort, Would you eat mealworms? Or cow testicles? Or an egg that’s rotten and been buried for years? (All local delicacies in some parts of the world!) Would

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