Vegan and Vegetarian 
Travel
Sure it takes a little extra effort - but traveling as a vegetarian or vegan is not as tough as many people think. I’ve traveled quite a bit as a vegan and have never felt like I was malnourished or missing out on a key cultural experience. In fact I’ve felt quite the opposite. If you’re open to tasting new and interesting foods like I am, you’ll be amazed at the variety of exciting things you’ll get to try when traveling. This vegetarian travel guide (along with the country specific travel links at the bottom) are meant to show that it is completely possible to stick to your vegetarian belief system and enjoy the local cuisine anywhere you go.
Vegetarian and Vegan Travel Resources
The following is a list of general travel resources for vegans and vegetarians worldwide. I hope you all will find it helpful.
Do you have any tips on how I can make my site better? Any veggie travel links I’m missing? Advice is warmly welcomed!
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Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurant Guides:
Happy Cow - Guide to vegetarian restaurants and health food stores around the world
VegDining - Guide to vegetarian restaurants around the world
VegGuide - Guide to vegan restaurants and grocers around the world
Vegetarian Restaurants.net - Guide to vegetarian restaurants and natural food stores around the world.
Vegetarian Guides - Links related to eating vegetarian worldwide
Veggie Places - Search engine for vegetarian places and reviews around the world.
VegEats - World veg*an restaurant guides
Suma Ching Hai - long list of vegetarian restaurants and food suppliers
Vegan and Vegetarian Language Guides:
Vegan Passport - Passport sized book with phrases for explaining your vegan diet in 56 languages (honestly, while the description of veganism is very thorough and I can certainly see how this would be useful in some situations…It tends to come across as arrogant when translated so literally into certain languages). I’d be interested to see how a person would react if they were handed this book.
Select Wisely - Printed cards explaining what you can’t eat. Great for people with food allergies, but would need to be customized for vegans. I think I’ll make some myself.)
HedWeb - Vegetarian phrases in other languages
IVU - Vegetarian phrases in other languages
*Tip - For sites in other languages, Babel Fish or Google Translate are great tools that allow you to translate a block of text or an entire Web page. (Sometimes the translations return some gibberish, but it’s better than nothing).
Vegan and Vegetarian Travel Sites:
Vegetarian/Vegan Festivals - International vegetarian and vegan festivals calendar
Green Earth Travel - Vegetarian travel agency
World Vegan Directory - Contacts and vegan groups for each country
International Vegetarian Union - Database of vegetarian organizations around the world. Also has restaurant guides and other vegan travel information
Vegetarian Vacations - vegetarian travel directory of veggie holidays worldwide
Vegetarianism in Specific Countries - Wikipedia article about world vegetarianism
ResponsibleTravel.com - Vegetarian and vegan holidays
Vegetarian Vacations - Vegetarian bed and breakfasts, travel agents, and tours
Vegetarians Abroad - List of guesthouses and hotels that cater to vegetarians
Vegan Traveller - Vegan destination guides with info about restaurants, hotels, and general tips
VRG (The Vegetarian Resource Group) - Links to vegetarian bed and breakfasts, camps, communities, and tours
Soystache - Scroll down to find a big list of vegetarian travel links
Vegan and Vegetarian Travel Articles:
VRG - Questions about vegetarian travel and restaurants
VRG - What can vegetarians eat on airline flights?
Happy Cow - Air Travel: How To Get What You Want to Eat
Vegetarians in Paradise - Airline Vegetarian Meals
Glimpse.org - Top 5 Ways to Be a Respectful Vegetarian Abroad
Vegan and Vegetarian Travel Blogs:
World Travel as a Vegetarian/Vegan
Vegan Society of Ellwagen, Germany
No Meat, Extra Spicy: A Vegan Travel Blog
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Country Specific Vegan Travel Pages:
Oceania
Southeast Asia
North Asia
Central Asia
Western Asia
Southern Europe
Northern Europe
Vegan Norway
Northern Africa
North America
Central America
Vegan Costa Rica
[...] Happy Cow is an excellent resource, with a comprehensive list of vegetarian restaurants and stores worldwide. Listings here are usually up-to-date and include user reviews; the site also has a travel forum, great for advice and trouble-shooting. Useful links to vegan-specific travel info can be found at Circle Our Earth. [...]
Great set of links. If flying to or from Canada - Air Transat offers several specialty meals including Vegan and vegetarian - you just need to call the number of their website at least 72 hours before your flight to book the meal.
A couple in New York wrote a book and started a vegan travel company. I think that one of them had worked in travel reservations with the airlines before starting off on their own.
Do you know or recall their names?
No, I don’t know them. But if you find out, please let me know!
I own and operate a vegetarian travel company.
I am also a vegetarian and my body has never been in a very good shape. Being a vegan can really make you much heathier.,:*