Have Any Celiac's Travelled To Mexico?

[aerickson8]

I'm traveling this weekend to Acapulco Mexico for one week with my 4 year old Celiac daughter. I plan to pack a suitcase full of food. Has anybody travelled to Mexico and if so can you give me any pointers??

Thanks so much!

Alicia in Seattle

[Lymetoo]

Sheesh. I don't know. I would eat at the very best restaurants and take a translated copy of instructions for the chef.

Happy traveling!

[mouse]

Take a doctor's orders for the food with you. I had to bribe an official for a small amount of coffee I was bringing in (years ago). They like bribes with American dollars. Maybe things have changed since then. I was not diagnosed on my Mexico trip.

[sasha1234]

I went to Mexico a couple of times during High School and had no trouble taking food in as long as it was packaged. Home made breads/muffins etc. are a no-no, but if it's sealed or vacuum packed or whatever it's all good. Depending on where you enter customs vary too. Some times they check you other times they don't. Proper mexican tortillas are made with corn flour, and if you are in authentic places you are more likely to find more corn flour than wheat flour. I was lucky in that I lucked out on discovering this. But, I also ate a heck of a lot of fruits and vegetables and plain meats. Like travelling anywhere, it's do-able but you gotta pay a lot of attention to all the little details. Good luck

[Guest cassidy]

I went a few months ago and had a great time. I was very lucky that I was staying in a very nice resort. This was a trip I won through work so they paid for everything. I brought a few snacks that I put in the minibar fridge and then I ate all of my meals in the hotel restaurants.

When I arrived I had a meeting with a few of the chefs and they assigned a select few to make my meals. They even packed me "to go" meals for my day trips.

Everyone spoke english and they understood what gluten was. If you can eat at the same place several times, that would be ideal. Also, if you have a good meal maybe you can ask them to fix another meal to go so she can eat that later in the day.

I brought yogurt, fruit and cheese across the border both ways (we flew) and no one said anything to me. I am going to the Bahamas for a week in a few weeks and I'm going to bring all that stuff again. I'll have a doctors note in case I'm questioned, but I didn't have any problems bringing food either ways.