Allergy Traveler
Translated chef allergy alert cards & phrases for travelling
“Food allergies? Now you can dine anywhere with less worry. Allergic Traveler chef cards could be the answer!“
Tarah Jakubiak Credentials
- FARE 2018 Nominee for Vision Award
- Featured in Living Without and Piedmont Parent
- Presenter at universities, trade shows and support groups.
- Travel Coach
- Blogger
- To date 24 countries and 34 states (2019)
| Feature | Allergic Traveler |
| Languages | Afrikaans Arabic Chinese Croatian Czech Flemish French German Greek Hebrew Italian Japanese Korean Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Slovak Spanish Thai |
| Allergens | Dairy Egg Shellfish Fish Nuts Peanuts Soy Wheat Other |
| Multiple Allergens Y/N | Yes |
| Reliable Language Translations | Fail: Peanuts only translated to “Cacahuetes” |
| Images Y/N | No |
| Phrase | To avoid an allergic reaction, please ensure there is no cross contamination |
| Do It Yourself (Y/N) | No |
| Digital PDF Card Emailed (Y/N) | No |
| Physical Card Printed (Y/N) | Yes |
| Cost | Two Cards: $12.95 + $5.95 S&H |
- A provider passed the “Translation Test2” if there were statements that allergens may have different words in different countries and/or translated peanuts in Spanish as “Mani” and “Cacahuetes”
- Cost as of January 2025
Approach
(Vendors are welcomed to submit corrections and/or data missing)
- Languages/Allergens/Images: When access was easily available, the options that cards were available are listed. In some case access was denied or found difficult to ascertain .
- Reliable translation: If in Spanish the several words for peanuts were available the status was pass.
- Do It Yourself/Digital PDF Card Emailed/Download/Physical Card Sold : If a card could be emailed or generated on line the status was Y
- Price per Card/Shipping: as of January 2025