Connect with your host university’s Disability Accommodations Office or communicate with your host family for accommodations with documented dietary allergies. Whether or not a student is abroad/away with a university or host family, it is the student’s responsibility, as the expert on navigating their allergy, to take similar steps as they would at home: plan and prepare, be flexible, ask questions to verify, and have a plan or medications on hand at all times for any allergic reaction.
Here are some actions to take to survive when traveling with food allergies: