Honeymoon with a coeliac!! (January 2014)

RQ2013

Hi All
I'm getting married shortly and have been giving the task of organising the honeymoon :eek:

To be honest there's so many choices I'm a bit lost.

To make matters more complicated my wife to be is a coeliac and so is a bit reluctant to travel to certain places for fear of getting sick/or finding it difficult to get anything nice to eat.

We would be looking to travel in January 2013 January 2014 for around 2-3 weeks and our budget would be @ €6/7k.

We would like to avoid the States or Hawaii but ideally would like to travel somewhere where we can have a bit of an adventure/sightsee for @ 10 days and then have a luxury beach holiday chillout at the end.

I was looking at somewhere like Sri Lanka and the Maldives but I fear that they won't be the most clued in on coeliac disease and that the language barrier might be a concern when trying to explain etc.

So I'll throw the floor open to suggestions. Has anyone organised a "Gluten Free" honeymoon before or has any suggestions for places to visit.

All help greatly appreciated
Thanks
RQ2013

athtrasna

I would recommend Thailand or Hong Kong. Very few Thai dishes contain any kind of wheat and Hong Kong is very Westernised and they speak perfect English almost everywhere.

10 days is too long for HK though, 4 or 5 is plenty.

In general anywhere where rice is a staple you won't have to worry about wheat for the most part.

RQ2013

athtrasna wrote: »

I would recommend Thailand or Hong Kong. Very few Thai dishes contain any kind of wheat and Hong Kong is very Westernised and they speak perfect English almost everywhere.

10 days is too long for HK though, 4 or 5 is plenty.

In general anywhere where rice is a staple you won't have to worry about wheat for the most part.

Thanks Athtrasna... Any suggestions where to visit in Thailand? Would fluent English be spoken widely in hotels, restaurants etc?

Would be good to know that we could communicate easily re gluten free diet.
Will check out your suggestion of HK
Cheers

athtrasna

RQ2013 wrote: »

Thanks Athtrasna... Any suggestions where to visit in Thailand? Would fluent English be spoken widely in hotels, restaurants etc?

Would be good to know that we could communicate easily re gluten free diet.
Will check out your suggestion of HK
Cheers

I haven't been to any of the Thai Islands but loved Bangkok, Hua Hin and Chiang Mai. Wouldn't recommend Pattaya to my worst enemy.

Hua Hin is a resort on the mainland about 70 minute drive from Bangkok so makes a good combo. It's where the Royal family holiday, we met the Queen on our last visit.

Chiang Mai might suit the adventurer in you better. It's a short flight from Bangkok. There is a high level of English spoken in the hotels and restaurants. I would also be tempted to get a little card printed up in Thai to explain that she can't have gluten. I know my aunt has a selection of them for her travels.

0lddog

Have you browsed around http://coeliac.ie/webboards/viewforum.php?f=6 ?

Also, http://www.coeliac.ie/gf_living/travelling/societies_around_the_world

NZ would be very safe for a coeliac ( www.coeliac.co.nz ) & it would be summer !

kerry4sam

Hi there,

I closed your thread here as you already have an active thread with the exact same opening post right here over in Weddings, Marraige & Civil Partnerships and one thread will suffice.

Thanks,
kerry4sam